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Disputed Iraqi City Fears Oil Will Only Fuel Woes

Flames rise from a pipeline of an oilfield in Kirkuk city, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, July 13, 2009. Iraqi officials may have high hopes for what the vast oilfields near the city of Kirkuk can yield, but residents of the violent area have a different take on the resource they say has brought them nothing but trouble. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

KIRKUK, Iraq  - Iraqi officials may have high hopes for what the vast oilfields near the city of Kirkuk can yield, but residents of the violent area have a different take on a resource they say has brought nothing but trouble.

The Oil Ministry plans to boost production in Kirkuk, with 13 percent of Iraq's proven reserves and a fifth of its output, and elsewhere in Iraq by luring major foreign energy firms for the first time since Saddam Hussein kicked them out in 1972.