After the 1991 Persian Gulf war , when the British and American forces protected Iraq 's Kurdish region from Saddam Hussein 's government , the Kurds on the two sides of the border increased their contacts .
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Saddam Hussein /people/deceased_person/place_of_death Iraq
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