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May 1994 PUK?KDP clashes
was the first outbreak of violence of the 1994?97
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
, fought in
Iraqi Kurdistan
between the rival
Kurdistan Democratic Party
and
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Kurdish factions. The clashes left around 300 people dead.
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The clashes saw the PUK capture the towns of
Shaqlawa
and
Chamchamal
from the KDP.
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