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Date of release: 2017/9/19 13:56 • 6 times read
Letter from Saudi Arabia to Barzani
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The Minister of State for Gulf Affairs, Thamer Al-Sobhan, on Tuesday, the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, to accept international mediation on the referendum on the independence of the region.
"I look forward to the wisdom and courage of President Massoud Barzani to accept international mediators to resolve the current crisis within the UN proposals and spare Iraq crises that are ruthless," he said in a tweet on his Twitter page.
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Curfew imposed in Iraqi city before Kurdish independence vote

Authorities erect checkpoints and impose nighttime curfew in contested city of Kirkuk after deadly clashes

 
 
 

People wave flags to show their support for the forthcoming independence referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq.  People wave flags to show their support for the forthcoming independence referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photograph: Ako Rasheed/Reuters

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Agencies in Kirkuk

Tuesday 19 September 2017 06.05 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 19 September 2017 06.14 EDT

Iraqi authorities in the northern city of Kirkuk have imposed a nighttime curfew to prevent a deadly dispute from developing into ethnic clashes before a referendum on Kurdish independence, local residents have said. 

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The Kurdish authorities want to hold the vote on 25 September, despite opposition from the central government in Baghdad and the region’s non-Kurdish population. The oil-rich city is also home to Arabs and Turkmen.

Kurdish security and the police erected checkpoints across the city after a Kurd was killed in a clash with the guards of a Turkmen political party office.

Two other Kurds and a Turkmen security guard were also wounded in the clash that broke out on Monday night when a Kurdish convoy celebrating the referendum drove past the Turkmen party office, security sources said. The Kurdish dead and wounded were among those who had been celebrating, they said.

Tension in the city rose after the Kurdish-led provincial council voted this month to include it in a referendum planned by the Kurdistan regional government of northern Iraq.

Kirkuk lies outside the official boundaries of the Kurdistan region and is claimed by both the Kurds and the central government in Baghdad.

Kurdish peshmerga fighters seized Kirkuk and other disputed territories when the Iraqi army was defeated by Islamic State in 2014, preventing its oilfields from falling into the militants’ hands.

Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militias have threatened to dislodged the peshmerga from Kirkuk should the Kurds proceed with the vote.

The Kurdish authorities show no sign of bowing despite international pressure and regional threats to call off the referendum, which Baghdad claims is unconstitutional and a prelude to breaking up the country.

The UN, US and other western powers fear the poll could distract attention from the fight against Isis militants occupying parts of Iraq and Syria. Iran and Turkey fear it will further unsettle their own Kurdish populations.

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AP September 19, 2017, 6:03 AM

Violence as Iraq tries to block Kurdish independence vote

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Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion that targeted a shop selling alcohol in the mainly Kurdish Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Sept. 16, 2017. The blast came as Kurdish leaders prepared to hold an independence referendum on September 25 in the face of fierce opposition from Baghdad and the Kurds' international backers.

 
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's ethnically-mixed and contested city of Kirkuk was on a nighttime curfew on Tuesday after clashes erupted there the previous night between Kurds and Turkmen amid preparations for the controversial Kurdish independence referendum next week, a local Turkmen official said.

The Iraqi Kurds plan to hold the referendum on Sept. 25 in three governorates that make up their self-ruled region, as well as in disputed areas that are controlled by Kurdish forces but claimed by Baghdad, including the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.

Baghdad, Turkey, Iran and the international community have rejected the vote and asked the Kurds to call it off to avoid further destabilizing the region.

Shortly after sunset Monday, gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on one of the offices of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, Mohammed Samaan Kanaan, in charge of the Front's offices, told The Associated Press over the phone. The guards returned fire, killing one and wounding two of the assailants, Kanaan added.

Hours later, a police patrol that included the brother of the slain assailant attacked another office, triggering clashes, Kanaan said. The fighting ended when a large ethnically mixed force reached the scene. No casualties occurred in the second bout of clashes.

Local Kurdish officials and officials in Baghdad were not immediately available to comment on the clashes or the curfew.

Kirkuk is home to Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Christians. Kurdish forces took control of the province and other disputed areas in the summer of 2014, when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants swept across northern and central Iraq and the Iraqi armed forces crumbled.

On Monday, Iraq's top court temporarily suspended the northern Kurdish region's referendum on independence, saying it "issued a national order to suspend the referendum procedures ... until the resolution of the cases regarding the constitutionality of said decision."

The move is just the latest in a number of rulings from Iraq's central government attempting to stop the vote. On Sept. 12, Iraq's parliament voted to reject the referendum and on Sept. 14, lawmakers voted to dismiss the ethnically mixed Kirkuk province's Kurdish governor who supports the referendum.

Despite strong opposition from Baghdad, regional leaders and the United States - a key ally of Iraq's Kurds - Kurdish officials have continued to pledge that the vote will be held.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-kurdish-independence-referendum-plan-kirkuk-baghdad-legal-challenge/

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President of the Republic is discussing with Maliki and Allawi file of the referendum on independence of Kurdistan
President of the Republic is discussing with Maliki and Allawi file of the referendum on independence of Kurdistan

Roudao - Erbil

DAMASCUS, (SANA) - President Fuad Masum on Tuesday discussed with his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi the file of the Kurdistan independence referendum scheduled for September 25. According to a statement by the Office of the President of the Republic, which was seen by the network Roudao Media: "The President of the Republic, Dr. Fuad Masum received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad Tuesday morning, 19/9/2017 Vice-President of the Republic, Mr. Nuri al-Maliki and Dr. Iyad Allawi, and during the meeting discussed the overall situation in The country and the referendum file in the Kurdistan region. " The statement said: "The meeting reviewed the developments on the political arena, especially between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and the ongoing talks regarding the referendum file and the means and solutions to them."





The President and his deputies stressed the need to activate dialogue and exchange of views between all political parties to contribute to reaching a political consensus to end the tension between the center and the region, stressing the importance of preserving the national cohesion and peaceful coexistence among all the people of Iraq. 

 

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President of the Republic is discussing with Maliki and Allawi file of the referendum on independence of Kurdistan
President of the Republic is discussing with Maliki and Allawi file of the referendum on independence of Kurdistan

Roudao - Erbil

DAMASCUS, (SANA) - President Fuad Masum on Tuesday discussed with his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi the file of the Kurdistan independence referendum scheduled for September 25. According to a statement by the Office of the President of the Republic, which was seen by the network Roudao Media: "The President of the Republic, Dr. Fuad Masum received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad Tuesday morning, 19/9/2017 Vice-President of the Republic, Mr. Nuri al-Maliki and Dr. Iyad Allawi, and during the meeting discussed the overall situation in The country and the referendum file in the Kurdistan region. " The statement said: "The meeting reviewed the developments on the political arena, especially between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and the ongoing talks regarding the referendum file and the means and solutions to them."





The President and his deputies stressed the need to activate dialogue and exchange of views between all political parties to contribute to reaching a political consensus to end the tension between the center and the region, stressing the importance of preserving the national cohesion and peaceful coexistence among all the people of Iraq. 

 

:0 Interesting. Anyone see this coming? The president we know nothing about...Maliki definitely has plenty of...stroke...left. This Kurd referendum is his final shot at sticking his foot in the door for power, maybe? Abadi cancels the flight to the US, protests and bombings in Kurdistan...it's getting hot, something has to give.

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Iraqi Kurdistan, Baghdad to discuss referendum

Tehran, Sep 19, IRNA – An envoy of Iraqi Kurdistan region declared on Tuesday that a delegation from the region will visit Baghdad by next Saturday to talk on referendum.

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Speaking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Kurdistan's envoy to Iran, Nazem Dabaq, also quoted foreign relations minister for the Iraq's Kurdistan regional government Falah Mustafa that the regional government expects to receive a new suggestion on postponing the independence referendum.

The referendum is approved by Iraqi Kurdistan parliament to be held on September 25 despite harsh oppositions from the federal governement in Baghdad, and warnings from neighboring countries on the repercussions. 

Iraq's parliament in a resolution has rejected the decision by Kurdish local authorities.

The oil-rich Kurdistan region in north of Iraq has a 4.7-million-people population. 

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Barzani gives Baghdad ultimatum: Forge agreement in 3 days or vote proceeds

By Rudaw 26 minutes ago
Kurdish Resident Masoud Barzani addresses a rally for independence of Kurdistan in Soran on September 19, 2017. Photo: Rudaw TV
Kurdish Resident Masoud Barzani addresses a rally for independence of Kurdistan in Soran on September 19, 2017. Photo: Rudaw TV
SORAN,  Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani gave Baghdad three days to reach an agreement with Erbil, backed by the international community, providing an alternative to the referendum that will eventually lead to “independence.”
 
Speaking at a rally for independence in Soran on Tuesday, Barzani said their problem is not with the international community, which has offered to mediate between the regional and central governments, but “We have to reach an agreement with Baghdad.”
 
What can take the place of the referendum is “a bilateral agreement between Erbil and Baghdad, if the agreement materialized in a way that could take the place of the referendum. And then the international community, the US, Europe, backs that agreement and give guarantees that this agreement will be implemented,” said Barzani.
 
“But I will be honest with you, Baghdad has not reached that level yet,” he added, giving the central government a deadline of “two to three days” to reach such an agreement.
 
If no viable alternative is offered, “it is impossible to postpone the referendum,” Barzani said.
 
He stressed that the purpose of the September 25 referendum “is to tell the world that we want independence.” So any alternative must achieve the same objective.
 
He said that if Baghdad agrees to provide an alternative, then the people of Kurdistan will “hold a celebration on September 25.”
 
 
This is a developing story.
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Thanks Englishman...The world in general has already voiced their disapproval of the Kurdistan position...Between the constitution and art. 140...all positions at this time are covered...Barzani seems to relish in pointless relic without a leg to stand on...This only shows the incompendence of the Barbadian regime...Maybe this has something to do with the problem of finding people with an IQ over 40....

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