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The First Kurdish–Iraqi War [...] was a major event of the Iraqi-Kurdish conflict, lasting from 1961 until 1970. [...] attempt to establish an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq. Throughout the 1960s, the uprising escalated into a long war [...] During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds. The war ended with a stalemate in 1970, resulting in between 75,000[7] to 105,000 casualties. [...] lled to the Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970.
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Kurdish villages were targeted by United States supplied munitions consisting napalm bombs numbering 1,000 and 4,000 other bombs which were given by the United States to the Ba'athist government in Baghdad to use against the Kurds. [...] The decision to supply napalm and other weapons to the Ba'athist was backed by American President Kennedy.
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The Kurdish uprising received material support from [...] Israel [...] wishing to weaken Iraq. [...] Another Israeli interest was Kurdish assistance for Jews still living in Iraq to escape through Kurdish territory to Israel.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Iraqi%E2%80%93Kurdish_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Iraqi%E2%80%93Kurdish_War

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