Kurds to vote on independence from Iraq

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Kurds to vote on independence from Iraq

KRG president calls for a referendum this year to let the 'people of Kurdistan determine their future,' in a call to secede from Baghdad.

 

By Arutz Sheva Staff

First Publish: 1/7/2016, 10:55 PM

Kurdish fighter in Iraq (file)

Reuters

The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq's north reportedly intends to hold a vote this year, on whether or not to secede from Iraq and gain independence.

KRG president Masoud Barzani has been said to have told diplomats about the impending referendum in the Kurdish region.

"A referendum is the only way for the world to know what the people of Kurdistan want and how they will determine their future," read a statement from Barzani's office published by The New Arab.

"Fulfilling the will of the Kurdistani people will take place in the appropriate time and in a non-violent, peaceful manner," added the statement.

Around five million people live in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, and from Barzani's statement, it appears a vote will be held to have them choose to secede from Baghdad.

A similar referendum was held in 2005, when an overwhelming majority came out in favor of secession. Events in the hectic region have prevented that referendum from being realized.

However, Barzani clarified that the KRG will not take by force areas under dispute between Iraq and his government.

"We have always stressed it would be the people of the liberated regions themselves to decide their future though a referendum, and their wishes will be respected," he said, calling for coexistence between the Kurds and the Iraqi Arabs.

Israel has held ties with the Kurds, with a report last August indicating that the Jewish state imports three-quarters of its oil from the Kurds in Iraq.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/206115#.Vo8MslJ-41c

 

[freeroy]

Can we do the same by referendum from DC?

[crane]

How is this going to affect things for us ? I hope not more excuses and delays because of this. As I ponder these things to somehow always come to the surface one has to wonder????????????? its like they always have some excuse to not RV, there money, just go back in time if you will, I have been listening to these lame excusess for over 11years and they never move forward , why the hell would you shoot your self in the foot and keep pissing off the kurds to the point they now want to seceed from the country? is that whole country brain dead????????????????????

[Antietam]

What we dinar speculators forget is that the iraqis have no driving desire to revalue their currency. Right now a shoe costs 10,000 dinar. After revalue, a shoe costs 10 dinar. All samey same to them. A revalue of a currency does not make all the citizens overnight rich. That is a fairy tale spewed out by the gurus back in 2008. All revalues that occur without lopping, occur slowly and over time, and in small increments, to allow the marketplace to adjust. If you did not give this adjustment time, you would have absolute chaos, and most likely collapse, of the nation's economy. I say this because we need to back off the "why don't they just pull the trigger" rhetoric we often hear. Iraq is in no hurry to "pull the trigger", believe me.

[caz1104]

LOL

[Texstorm]

There is one thing for certain I'm still here until the RV ! 

[caz1104]

Once whatever happens,.............happens there will be plenty of time for gloating by either side. Me personally..........i'll be gone.

Hey Tex!

Edited January 11, 2016 by caz1104

[Texstorm]

Hello Caz ! Yep the Caribbean for me !