 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eAmerica neBritain akatungamira kupinda muIraq muna Kurume 2003, kuchiratidza kutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeIraq. Kurds peshmerga varwi vakabatsira mukutora Kirkuk muna 2003. Kunyange zvazvo peshmerga yakabvumirwa kushanda kunyange mushure mekunge Coalition Provisional Authority CPA yapedza uye yakarambidza mazhinji emarudzi ane zvombo muIraq, peshmerga yakazokumbirwa kuti ibve muKirkuk nemamwe mapurovhinzi akachengetwa neKurd. 