Posted on 09/27/2017 1:37:32 PM PDT by Enchante
More than 92% of voters in Iraqi Kurdistan have opted for independence, according to election monitors, in an overwhelming endorsement of a proposed split from Baghdad that has sparked increasing threats of air and land blockades that could be imposed as early as Friday.
The result came after Iraq’s parliament authorised the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, to send troops into areas disputed between Arabs and Kurds that were contentiously included in the ballot.
Euphoria on the streets of Erbil in recent days has been met with sharply increasing tension in the region, which is likely to escalate in the wake of the result.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
[ There is no reason for the Iraqi’s for force them to stay. Iraq is an artificial legal entity by foreign powers, i.e. the League of Nations in 1920. The Kurds have every much a right to self-determination as the former parts of Yugoslavia. ]
Agree, the Kurds are a separate cultural entity that should have their own state, the league of nations meddling needs to be undone, I have no good words for woodrow wilson and his meddling legacy that caused WW-II and a number of issues in the middle east to this very day.
Blame T. E. Lawrence!
Mois? I support Kurd independence 100%, and only hope the movement spreads to Iran, Turkey, Syria and whatever parts of the former Soviet Union has Kurd enclaves. I’m a pan-non-Arabist, and also want independence for Balluchis, Akhwazis, Allawites, Zoroastrians, Bahais and eastern Christians. These are Israel’s potential allies, along with Greeks, Armenians, South Sudanese, and best of all, India. At the very least, it will chop up the Arab/Muslim sea into pieces. It’s called EMA (Eastern Minorities Alliance) and it’s coming on as surely as autumn follows summer, and spring follows winter. This Kurd referendum is yet another leaf falling from the Sunni/Arabian tree, and yet another bud of life after the storms and blizzards of the Arab Winter.
They want multiculturalism and self-determination for oppressed peoples? They’ll get more than they bargained for, these leftists.
Bush the perp who for whatever problems they had with crazy Saddam, made Iraq ten times worse with his idiotic invasion and resulting disaster.
The Brits screwed up when they set borders with no mind to tribal differences.
When was this plebicite held ? Never saw any mention of it here in FR.
Referendum was on Monday, Sept. 25 and results were just announced today on Wed., Sept. 27.
Yeah, I don’t know why it has been ignored on FR but it is pretty big news. This could dramatically change the history of the region. Mods don’t think so, though, this thread was knocked off of “Breaking News” by someone.
“This Kurd referendum is yet another leaf falling from the Sunni/Arabian tree, and yet another bud of life after the storms and blizzards of the Arab Winter.”
Well said.
Balluchis are an Iranian minority. Akhwazis are Arabs, and they are sitting on the Iranian oil fields, the Iranians know it, and treat them like dog sh!t, suppressing their language and culture, polluting their environment. This is a golden opportunity to take down Iran.
Israel, if it’s smart, will be in the middle of this regional reorganization, tweaking it quietly but effectively from the sidelines. I think that that is exactly what the government is doing. Trump, if he is smart, will help and encourage this.
Iraq will suspend flights into the Kurd region airport tomorrow.
Also saw an article about shiite southern iraqis painting the Israeli and US flags on the street and dancing on them in disrespect.
Thanks Enchante.
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