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What you gonna do? Threaten us with non existence milki army? lolor your 30 year old jets which our weapons can drop easily...
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7th July 2014 - 07:30 AM
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Iraqi Jets Bomb Tuz Khurmatu, Killing 12-Year-Old Girl
By RUDAW 4 hours ago

KIRKUK, South Kurdistan—Iraqi fighter jets bombed the center of Tuz Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk Sunday afternoon, killing a 12-year-old girl and wounding at least eight others, local officials said.

“At 5:50 pm (local time) the Iraqi warplanes struck Tuz Khurmatu, killing one 12 year-year-old girl and wounding either others," said Sardar Ahmed Fatih, a member of Tuz Khurmatu town council.

Officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) suspect that the jets had targeted their local office in the ethnically mixed town.

“The fighter jets came and flew over the town for a while and then they dropped a bomb towards the PUK headquarter and then they fired another rocket at the headquarter,” said Karim Shikur, a PUK official in Tuz Khurmatu, as quoted by the PUK media.

“The airstrike was directed at our office,” Shikur added.

Two houses close to the PUK office were reported destroyed in the attack.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces strengthened their positions in Tuz Khurtamu, 85 KM south of Kirkuk after the withdrawal of Iraq’s armed forces from the region last month.

The Peshmerga lines are within range of both the Iraqi army and the Islamic State (IS). But the Kurds are in defensive positions to hold back any advance of the Iraqis or Islamic militants.

In a similar incident last month Iraqi helicopters attacked Kurdish forces near Saadiya in northern Diyala province, killing seven Peshmerga fighters and wounding 27 others.
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South Kurdistan's secession bid faces major obstacles: Experts

7.7.2014

BAGHDAD/ERBIL,— KRG Kurds would face enormous challenges if they were to secede, but the threat of an independence vote amid chaos nationwide could squeeze concessions from Iraqi federal government, experts say.

Their autonomous three-province northern South Kurdistan expanded its control over a swathe of territory that Baghdad also claims when Kurdish Peshmerge fighters moved in last month to areas from which Iraqi soldiers withdrew during a sweeping Sunni militant onslaught.

That emboldened Kurdish president Massoud Barzani to call for a referendum on independence, which he said would be a "powerful weapon" in Kurdish hands after years of bitter haggling with Baghdad over oil, territory and funds.

But experts say secession soon would be fraught with danger, and that the threat of a vote is more likely a bargaining tool on a longer road to independence.

One of the biggest obstacles to Kurdish secession is money, with oil revenues from areas they control insufficient to pay for the region's numerous civil servants, and future revenues in doubt because of objections from Baghdad, which considers independent Kurdish energy exports to be illegal.

The dispute with the federal government has led Baghdad to withhold the 17 percent share of the national budget allocated to the Kurdish regional government (KRG), and the landlocked region's ability to augment its income relies on exporting oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

Anathema to Turkey

"The current financial position of the KRG is very weak, and exporting oil through Ceyhan has been difficult," said Ayham Kamel, Middle East and North Africa director at the Eurasia Group consultancy.

"There is no short-term solution for the Kurds finding an alternative financing structure to what they find in Baghdad."

Kurdish independence has in the past been anathema to Turkey, which also has a sizeable Kurdish minority, but Ankara has since softened its stance.

Whether that lasts beyond August 10 elections, in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to rally the Kurdish vote, and whether the Kurds are happy to swap dependence on Baghdad for dependence on Ankara, remains to be seen.

While the Kurds struggle for money, they are also financing an expensive campaign to keep a raging Sunni insurgency led by Islamic State (IS) jihadists from their borders and out of disputed areas vacated by the retreating Iraqi army.

But with the IS militant onslaught held in check by state forces further south, experts say it is only a matter of time before they turn their focus on the north, which may force the KRG to call for Baghdad's help.

Meanwhile, Kurdish politicians are fighting for key posts in Iraq's new government after April polls, indicating they are hedging their bets on independence.

Barzani ploy could backfire

"This is just a way to put pressure on the Baghdad government, and the proof of that is that they're still battling for the post of president and other posts on the political map," Ihsan al-Shammari, a politics professor at Baghdad University, said of the independence referendum.

Such a ploy could backfire on Barzani, however, given the Kurds' long-time aspirations for a separate state.

"He can wave that sword around his head when he's looking toward Baghdad, but his population (is) deeply committed to independence and has in the past been frustrated he hasn't driven them there," said Toby Dodge, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.

"I don't think he can flirt with his population without sowing deep alienation if he doesn't deliver it."

The United States, which the Kurds are keen to cultivate as an ally, has warned against a rush for independence, while Shiite Iran, a powerful neighbour to any future Kurdish state, is unlikely to condone a unilateral breakaway from Shiite-led Iraq.

With Turkish support uncertain, strained finances, insurgents at the door, and the possibility of revolt by Arabs in disputed lands that Kurdistan intends to fold into its realm, experts do not expect the birth of a new nation soon.

"You'd end up with a dead state," Shammari said.

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Egypt's president Sisi warns South Kurdistan's secession would splinter Mideast

7.7.2014

CAIRO,— Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned the independence of Iraq's South Kurdistan would be "catastrophic" and cause the Middle East to splinter along ethnic and religious lines, newspapers reported Monday.

A Sunni militant offensive that drove soldiers out of KRG last month has emboldened leaders of the country's three-province South Kurdistan to push for an independence referendum.

But Sisi said such a move would be a disaster for the region.

"The referendum currently demanded by Kurds is nothing... but the catastrophic beginning of the division of Iraq into small rival states, starting with a Kurdish state that will grow to include lands in Syria on which Kurds are living," Sisi told Egyptian newspapers.

The move was part of a "terrible plot" that was aimed at "redrawing the region on religious and ethnic grounds," he said in the remarks published on Monday.

The president of Iraq's autonomous South Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, asked its parliament on Thursday to start organising a referendum on the long-held dream of independence.

The South Kurdistan has long been at odds with Iraq's federal government over numerous issues, especially what Kurdish politicians say are delayed and insufficient budget payments to the region this year.

Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt, the most populous Sunni Arab country, on June 8 after he overwhelmingly won an election riding on a wave of popularity after ousting Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

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We don't care mr.sisi that's not our problem! iraq is a fake country made by the brittish ! independence is our right, too many kurds died for having independence
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Kosrat Rasul biggest official in PUK: "we support Barzani's call for referendum"

http://xendan.org/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmara=3502&Jor=1
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Russia: "there is a possibility a Kurdish state will be born"

http://xendan.org/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmara=3517&Jor=1
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7th July 2014 - 11:52 AM
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What you gonna do? Threaten us with non existence milki army? lolor your 30 year old jets which our weapons can drop easily...
Their airplanes are a joke. Yesterday (I read it on a Dutch news outlet), an Iranian pilot was killed in Iraq by ISIS, this means the peshmerga can definitely take their old SU-25 fighter jets down with their current arsenal.

Now F-16 are another story, but luckily they haven't got any
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7th July 2014 - 10:45 PM
Egypt's president Sisi warns South Kurdistan's secession would splinter Mideast

7.7.2014

CAIRO,— Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned the independence of Iraq's South Kurdistan would be "catastrophic" and cause the Middle East to splinter along ethnic and religious lines, newspapers reported Monday.

A Sunni militant offensive that drove soldiers out of KRG last month has emboldened leaders of the country's three-province South Kurdistan to push for an independence referendum.

But Sisi said such a move would be a disaster for the region.

"The referendum currently demanded by Kurds is nothing... but the catastrophic beginning of the division of Iraq into small rival states, starting with a Kurdish state that will grow to include lands in Syria on which Kurds are living," Sisi told Egyptian newspapers.

The move was part of a "terrible plot" that was aimed at "redrawing the region on religious and ethnic grounds," he said in the remarks published on Monday.

The president of Iraq's autonomous South Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, asked its parliament on Thursday to start organising a referendum on the long-held dream of independence.

The South Kurdistan has long been at odds with Iraq's federal government over numerous issues, especially what Kurdish politicians say are delayed and insufficient budget payments to the region this year.

Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt, the most populous Sunni Arab country, on June 8 after he overwhelmingly won an election riding on a wave of popularity after ousting Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

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1-That is not Sisis or Egypts business. It is about our(kurdish) future
2- why should we listen to his advice. He is just another dictator like all other arab leaders.
3- They dont see us kurds as nation which deserve right like other nations, all they have in their mind iraq=arab
I hope islamic brotherhood turn to another ISIS and f--d them.
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Egypt is next on line to be destroyed. They know 100% ISIS will come to them too :D, and he also speaks on behalf of his Arab masters in MidEast
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Indeed, if we do declare independence, the MidEast will be more f***ked up than ever, in fact it will be greater than this Arab Spring :Dit will be the wars of Middle East and North Africa. And I hope we create this, it should spread more and more. We are following God's plan xD
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World Shows Growing Acceptance of Kurdish Independence Bid

ERBIL, South Kurdistan – As the Kurdish parliament in Erbil considers a date for an independence referendum, there is growing acceptance of the likelihood Kurds would opt to have their own state, according to Kurdish officials.

Rudaw has learnt that the United States, France, Italy, Britain, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are among states that have told the officials that, if Kurdistan declares independence, they would show understanding.

This assessment echoes comments by Massoud Barzani, President of the South Kurdistan, who told an interviewer that the U.S. and Turkey were unlikely to oppose the declaration of an independent Kurdish state.Anticipating reaction from Washington and Ankara, Barzani told Germany’s Die Welt: “I do not expect active assistance or resistance.” He was speaking at the weekend after calling on parliament to work on fixing a date for a referendum.

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly showed support for a Kurdish state, saying: “We should support the Kurdish aspiration for independence.” President Shimon Peres commented: "The Kurds have, de facto, created their own state, which is democratic. One of the signs of a democracy is the granting of equality to women”.

Elsewhere in the region, however, there is less enthusiasm for Kurdish statehood. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told MENA news agency: “The referendum that the Kurds are asking for now is in reality no more than the start of a catastrophic division of Iraq into smaller rival states”.

The KRG’s foreign relations chief, Falah Mustafa, meanwhile told Asharq al-Aswat newspaper that Kurdistan’s referendum on independence has been discussed with U.S officials and that, “the U.S. administration understands how the province suffers in its relations with Baghdad.”

“The U.S. also understands the decision by President Massoud Barzani on the issue of holding a public referendum on the province’s right to self-determination,” he said.

How Kurdistan’s independence would be received by other major powers, including Russia and China, is still unclear.

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/070720142
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8th July 2014 - 02:34 AM
Russia: "there is a possibility a Kurdish state will be born"

http://xendan.org/dreja.aspx?=hewal&jmara=3517&Jor=1
no, there is no doubt. its unavoidable. republic of kurdistan is coming
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Why Saleh Muslim is against SK independence!!??
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Why Saleh Muslim is against SK independence!!??
because barzani would rule it, and we all know that pkk and kdp arnt the best of friends. Barzani should resign after independence if not then he is definetly a dictator
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8th July 2014 - 10:55 AM
Why Saleh Muslim is against SK independence!!??
Act of revenge, the same way KG, more specifically KDP, denied recognition of Rojava. Or just an act to make Turkey do the opposite of what PKK says hahahahalike children who disagree
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The Kurdish moment is now

By Tracey Shelton, GlobalPost

POSTED: 07/07/14, 5:33 PM PDT

KIRKUK, — As Kurdish president Massoud Barzani asked legislators to prepare for an independence referendum Thursday, dozens of Kurds in the region’s capital Erbil rallied in support, waving flags and chanting slogans of freedom and independence.

The reaction internationally has not been so welcoming.

The U.S. urged the Kurds to remain with the central government. Maliki was highly unimpressed, accusing them of “exploiting” Iraq’s precarious position as government forces battle with the extremist militant group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

“This is rejected,” he said in a press conference on the semi-autonomous region’s push for independence.

THE CASE FOR KURDISH INDEPENDENCE

Sunni militants seized control of large areas of Iraq last month. The Kurds moved in in the wake of fleeing Iraqi forces, gaining control — for the first time — of the full area they claim as Kurdish land in Iraq. So in effect, not only is Barzani calling for independence, but he plans to take a large chunk of previously government-controlled and oil-rich territory with him.

In an interview with the BBC, president Barzani reinforced his belief in the right to Kurdish independence.

“Iraq is effectively partitioned now,” he said. “Are we supposed to stay in this tragic situation the country’s living in? It’s not me who will decide on independence. It’s the people. We’ll hold a referendum and it’s a matter of months.”

If the referendum goes through, most Kurds say the answer will be an overwhelming “yes.”

“Independence will be a great thing for Kurdistan, but it should have been done a long time ago,” said Hawer Ismael, a university student studying business management.

Tailor Reaz Abdul Wahid agreed. “The sooner the better, but I think it will take some time. We have been trying for many years, so it won’t happen overnight,” he said.

Independence has been the ultimate dream for the majority of Kurds since their region was split between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey in the wake of World War I.

With numbers surpassing 25 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group without a country of their own. In Turkey, the battle for independence has been long and bloody with few gains. The recent conflict in Syria gave Syrian Kurds their first chance to seize control of their own lands and today, they too stand on the brink of full independence.

In Iraq, Kurds gained semi-autonomy with the support of the U.S. in 1991. Talk of full independence has been frequent, but this is the first official move towards a complete split from Iraq. But are they capable of the unity such a move would require?

Much of the country remains split between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan who fought a three-year civil war in the 1990s before settling on a power-sharing agreement. Both still operate somewhat independently and hold their own security forces.

But most Kurds believe their leaders are capable of uniting under a Kurdish State flag.

“It won’t be easy as there are different groups and different parties, but if we unite we will be stronger and an example to other Kurdish regions,” said Ismael, the university student.

THE CONSEQUENCES FOR IRAQ

The central Iraqi government is already dealing with the declaration of an Islamic State along its northern and western borders. Many say a Kurdish break from the already weakened Maliki government will further destabilize the country.

“I do not like this call for independence. I reject it!” said Dr. Bassil, a plastic surgeon and Arab resident of Kirkuk, which is now under Kurdish control. “I think it will make even more problems for our country.”

Ismael agreed that independence could further destabilize the central government and may even lead to further clashes, but he remains adamant that the time is right.

“This may be our only chance for this, so we must take it,” he said.

The most significant land gain for the Kurds in this recent crisis is the long disputed city of Kirkuk, whose population is split between Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen and Christians, all of whom claim historical ties to the oil rich city.

This new push for independence has been met with mixed reactions in this divided city.

Among the Kurds, everyone interviewed for this article welcomed Kurdish rule. Arabs and Turkmen were split with some hopeful Kirkuk could stabilize and progress if united with the prosperous South Kurdistan. Others, like Ahmed Mohammed, an Arab store owner, were adamantly opposed.

“The Kurds don’t have the right to decide our fate,” he said.

Reaz Abdul Wahid, who lives in the South Kurdistan of Kirkuk, said while he hoped for a peaceful transfer to Kurdish rule, there is a possibility of violent resistance.

“In my opinion, the majority will oppose this. But making Kirkuk a Kurdish area is necessary because the Kurds have suffered so much for so many years from the Saddam region and the policies of the new government,” Wahid said, adding he himself was one of thousands of Kurds arrested and tortured during the reign of Saddam.

Harem Sazan, a Kirkuk landowner, said he believed Kurdish rule would bring stability and an economic boom to the city.

“Within five years I think Kirkuk could be like Erbil,” he said, referring to the rapid economic expansion of the Kurdish capital which stands in stark contrast to the instability and economic stagnation that plagues much of Iraq.

“If no one opposes this take over it will be a great thing for all of us — Kurd, Turkmen, Christian and Arab,” he said.

But as always, conspiracy theories abound.

“Clearly the USA and Israel are behind this,” said an engineer who gave his name as Qutaiba. “How could Bazani make this decision without their support? We know the peshmerga have their deals with Israel.”

Dr. Bassil says the Kurds will never pull off such a bold move, with or without international support. “It’s all just talk,” he said.

As for the Kurdish claim over Kirkuk he added: “They themselves know they are wrong in making this claim. This city does not belong to any one people. It must be shared between all the people who have a heritage here.”

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20140707/the-kurdish-moment-is-now?
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The Kurdish option: An independent state for the Kurds, an ally for the U.S. in Iraq

By TIMOTHY WILLIAM WATERS

This moment requires statesmanship." That was Secretary of State John F. Kerry — a man not known for irony — in a meeting in late June with Massoud Barzani, president of Iraq's autonomous South Kurdistan. Appealing to Barzani's nonexistent Iraqi patriotism, Kerry asked for the Kurdistan leadership's help in fighting Islamic militants overrunning KRG, and pleaded for Kurds to help form a new government in Baghdad rather than seek independence.

But what Kerry seems to have meant is, "This moment requires provincialism," because that is what the United States is asking the Kurds to remain: a province of Iraq. The Kurds aren't likely to listen — Barzani announced a referendum on independence — and the question now is: How should the U.S. respond? Washington has long insisted on Iraq's unity — "worship[ing] at the altar of a unified yet unnatural Iraqi state," as foreign policy analyst Leslie Gelb has written. But recognizing Kurdish independence would advance American interests and better reflect American values.

The Kurds have powerful moral claims to statehood, claims denied after World War I, when a Kurdish state first proposed under Woodrow Wilson's principle of self-determination was instead divided among Turkey, Syria and Iraq. KRG Kurds' decades of suffering under Baghdad — including Saddam Hussein's genocidal gassing campaign — give them grounds for exit now.

Still, despite calls over the years to recognize Kurdish claims, there have long been hard-nosed, geopolitical objections. But those concerns always rested on a brittle reading of realism and have now vanished.

First, there was fear of what Kurdish self-determination might do to regional stability. But with the neighborhood in meltdown, the neighbors are having second thoughts. Turkey long opposed independence, fearing radicalization of its large Kurdish population. Officially, Turkey still opposes independence, but its response has been complex and muted because Turkey has close ties with Kurdistan and sees it as a stabilizing hedge against Islamic militancy and Iraqi chaos.

Iran has its own Kurds but also an ambiguous attitude: It is likely to have considerable influence in an independent Kurdistan and is equally eager to stop the Sunni militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, who are threatening the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.

Then there was fear that independence would destabilize Iraq. Reading the news, that hardly seems like a compelling argument anymore. Of course, things could get worse. Some argue that partition would provoke even more bloodshed — quite a claim, since unified Iraq has set the bar pretty high. But while partitioning Arab Iraq might provoke a maelstrom, Kurdistan in effect has already separated from Baghdad.

Independence carries risks, but there are no options that don't. Objecting to recognition because of the risk utterly ignores the very real and rising tide of bloodshed that our present policy of a unified Iraq entails. It is like objecting to the dangerous qualities of the only exit before one hurtles off a cliff.

But the most compelling argument is the realist one: Kurdish independence is happening and we don't have good alternatives, so we might as well harness it to our interests. The U.S. wants the Islamic State defeated. But neither 300 military advisors nor drones nor bombing are going to turn the tide or hold the ground. The Kurdish militia, the peshmerga, is the only fighting force in Iraq able to resist and roll back the militants.

But the Kurds don't have any incentive to carry the fight to the Islamic State — they have been beneficiaries of its success in Iraq, which has allowed them to consolidate their autonomy and seize oil-rich Kirkuk. If the U.S. wants the Kurds' aid, we will need to give them something.

So what kind of deal is Washington offering? Help defeat the Islamic State and, in exchange, please forgo independence and join a new government for the dysfunctional country you want to escape. Not a particularly attractive offer.

Kurds see their moment for exit, and they are unwilling to commit lives and treasure to maintain an Iraqi state to which they feel only the heavy bonds of painful, past entanglements. Americans should understand that. And we have something the Kurds do very much want: recognition. So America should be telling the Kurds: If you help defeat the militants in the rest of Iraq, we will recognize your independence.

We shouldn't take countries apart for pleasure, but neither should we insist on unity when states stop working for the people living in them. The Kurds have long since lost faith in Iraq and are rapidly consolidating their independence. We can resist that — scrambling to cobble together yet another dysfunctional coalition, concocting ever-more fragile federalisms — or accept the Kurds' desire and align it with our interests and our values. The original promise of a Kurdish state, nearly a century ago, was an expression of America's commitment to self-determination for peoples longing to be free.

Kerry asked the Kurds to be statesmen. Statesmanship is a quality we associate with states. The Kurds have long wanted one; perhaps now is the time. For that to happen requires statesmanship — from us.

Timothy William Waters is a professor of law and associate director of the Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and editor of "The Milosevic Trial — An Autopsy."

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0708-waters-recognize-kurdistan-20140708-story.html
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Sometimes things need to be kept secret. After rudaw published the names of countries to support Kurdish independence mullah regime of Iran sends it's dogs to each one of them not to support Kurdish state...

KRG must do something to counter these fuckwits...
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8th July 2014 - 11:33 AM
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8th July 2014 - 10:55 AM
Why Saleh Muslim is against SK independence!!??
Act of revenge, the same way KG, more specifically KDP, denied recognition of Rojava. Or just an act to make Turkey do the opposite of what PKK says hahahahalike children who disagree
This got nothing to do with revenge. If my mom make Yaprax for me and you, and i eat your Yaprax to without you knowing it, your revenge is not to kill me, unless you are crazy.

The policy KG has towards Rojava was not to that level, that PKK need to go so low that they will actually deny a 100% independent Kurdish state.
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ISIS attacks in Iraq have fast-forwarded Kurdish Independence: British Expert

07.07.2014
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British political expert has said that an independent Kurdish state is very close and believes that the recent developments in Iraq have hastened the Kurdish dream of achieving independence.

Professor Gareth Stansfield is a Senior Associate Fellow and Director of Middle East Studies at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), an independent think tank engaged in cutting edge defense and security research.

“Independence for the South Kurdistan of Iraq is tantalizingly close. Indeed, the geopolitical realities are now rapidly catching up with the nationalist visions and the majority of Kurds in the region,” Stansfield told BasNews.

“The invasion of Mosul by ISIS on June 10, and the subsequent Sunni Arab insurgency against the Government of Iraq has, in every way, fast-forwarded the crystallizing of the geopolitical parameters needed to see the Kurds become independent”, Added the British Expert.

Last week, Kurdish President Massoud Barzani asked Kurdistan Parliament to begin organizing a referendum on Kurdish independence.

Stansfield who is also a Professor of Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter in England, explains that if the Kurds take this step, it will have a big impact in the entire region.

“If President Barzani keeps to his word and holds a referendum on independence in the next few months, then the dream, the vision, will become a reality and Kurdistan, and the Middle East, will be a very different place. And Kurdistan’s challenges will similarly be very different as well,” said Stansfield who has done a lot of research on Kurds and their long struggle for independence.

Regarding the possibility of Kurdistan announcing independence and whether it will be a viable state, Stansfield believes it will; but it will still need external backing.

“Kurdistan has the building blocks of being viable, internally speaking. Indeed, there are many established states that do not have Kurdistan’s cohesion, resources, or state institutions. But it is landlocked and will always need to have at least one friendly neighbour, along with broader regional support,” said Stansfield.

He also believes that Kurds will need wider international support, as well particularly from Western powers, especially if Kurdistan faces a jihadist Islamic State to the south and west.

Israel recently showed its support for an independent Kurdistan, while Iran rejected such an idea. Regarding Iran’s influence in the South Kurdistan Stansfield thinks if the Kurds decide to establish a state Tehran might cause trouble for the KRG.

“The fear of Iran being able to cause internal security problems in Kurdistan is well known, and not doing Tehran’s bidding exposes the South Kurdistan to internal security concerns the like of which it perhaps has not witnessed before. But it is still unlikely that such pressure would force President Barzani – now clearly a figure with an eye on history, and how history would write about him if he were to lose either the opportunity to hold Kirkuk, or to secure Kurdish independence – to relinquish what has been an unattainable objective ever since the commencement of the Kurdish Revolution by his father in 1961”, explained Stansfield.

With the ISIS attacks and its ability to control Northern Provinces of Nineveh and Salahaddin Provinces, Stansfield says that the recent policies from Baghdad have contributed to the current crisis.

“Political and radical Islamism has been a strong and powerful mobilizing force, particularly from 2004 onwards, So the origins are older than Maliki’s government, but it is Maliki’s post-2010 actions in particular that gave ISIS the opportunity to grow and expand into the organization capable of taking control of a huge amount of Iraq,” concluded Stansfield.

Gareth Stansfield, Senior Associate Fellow and Director of Middle East Studies at The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/ISIS-attacks-in-Iraq-have-fast-forwarded-Kurdish-Independence--British-Expert--/26001
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8th July 2014 - 05:56 PM
Sometimes things need to be kept secret. After rudaw published the names of countries to support Kurdish independence mullah regime of Iran sends it's dogs to each one of them not to support Kurdish state...

KRG must do something to counter these fuckwits...
Yes, there is not a lot to worry about. No one gives a damn about Iran's interests, let alone European countries, except Maliki.
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Xoybun
8th July 2014 - 11:33 AM

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This got nothing to do with revenge. If my mom make Yaprax for me and you, and i eat your Yaprax to without you knowing it, your revenge is not to kill me, unless you are crazy.

The policy KG has towards Rojava was not to that level, that PKK need to go so low that they will actually deny a 100% independent Kurdish state.
The KDP went to the lowest of the lowest first and the PKK followed. Trench digging didnt have the meaning of just holding off ISIS it also had the indication that Rojava is going to fall. And yet today KDP is so stubborn to help Rojava saying all parties must be included in the government while in fact other parties are included.

And the yaprax example was bad, you cant use food as a comparison of what renenge is. I dont expect much from fanboys, they live in absolute denial.
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