A move that was known to be coming for years, the referendum on the potential secession of Kurdistan from Iraq is going to be coming at some point in 2017, and the United Nations has agreed to oversee the vote, with the US also expected to be involved.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has long held secessionist ambitions, and early on in the war against ISIS, Kurdish officials made clear that the question would be addressed as soon as fighting with ISIS was resolved. With Mosul the last city to be contested, that day is seen fast approaching.
The Iraqi government has long feared that possibility, with the KRG including a lot of oil-producing regions. That becomes even more pronounced if Kurdistan retains territories conquered in the fighting against ISIS, including the major city of Kirkuk.
With the fate of Kirkuk clearly up for grabs, the Iraqi parliament has moved to formally ban the display of the Kurdish flag on all government buildings. The Kirkuk Provincial Council had previously approved the flag’s display, but in a vote which saw the boycott of many Arab and Turkmen MPs.
Kurds are the enemy of the all the neighbours and established Kurdistan as a country is against the interest of Turkey / Iraq / Iran / and Syria also against American interest. Americans won’t solve some problems they rather see the problems persist so this way American higher interest would be protected. Same is for Israel, solving Israel Palestinian issue is against higher interest of America.
Kurdistan may have oil but it needs to get it out to be of any use. Probably via Iraq. One more flashpoint for local wars: invasions by Turkey and Iraq.
Um it is April 2nd today. Is the US going to allow Iraq to break in 2 or 3 (a totally foreseeable outcome BTW)
interesting,.. UN to oversee Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum..
AND YET WHEN THE CRIMEA VOTED “by over 90%” TO DO THE SAME THING.. THEY WERE ATTACKED AND ARE STILL BEING ATTACKED..
DOUBLE STANDARD MUCH??
and the laws of unintended consequences will kick them in the teeth. It will encourage other parts of other nations WILL HOLD INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUMS, now that the UN supports Kurdistand..
Why bother. Even if they vote against it, they will rig it. When it passes, the country will become an american vassel state and have a us military base to attack russia