24 März 1991 Jahr - Fall of Tuz Khormato

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After two weeks of bombardment, and despite a fierce resistance put up by the Peshmerga, the town fell to government forces. On the final day of the siege the Republican Guard and Special Units were deployed against the town. The Iraqi government also fired 5 or 6 missiles per minute at the town from the direction of Tikrit, resulting in up to 1/4 of the town being hit.[1] Other sources have suggested that up to half of the town was destroyed by the fighting.

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