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| KDP official: Kurdistan seeks 'amicable divorce' from Baghdad |
| 2015-07-10 |
| [RUDAW.NET] The head of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Foreign Relations, Hemen Hawrani, told a panel in Washington Wednesday that the process of Kurdistan's independence is ongoing and that Erbil is seeking an "amicable divorce" from Baghdad, which he argued would contribute to the stability in the region. "This[independence] is a process that is happening and it's going to happen. The referendum will be held very soon, I mean in less than two years. It will be for all Iraqi Kurdistan citizens," said Hawrami in a panel at the Middle East Institute in Washington. "Frankly speaking, Iraq is broken." Hawrami added that Kurds will talk to Baghdad for a peaceful separation, arguing that the current system of governance in the Middle East had failed and a new system based on the socio-ethnic realities should be the premise for a new map of the region. "The first capital we are going to talk with is Baghdad. Baghdad is important for us. We want to do it in an amicable way. We want to add to the stability of the area and Kurdistan is the anchor of stability," said Hawrami. "It's time for the world to realize that a failed system needs a review." On the participation of Kurds in the current Iraqi government, Hawrami said that there is representation, but no power-sharing in Baghdad, citing as example the exclusive Shiite control over Iraq's Defense Ministry with marginal Kurdish and Sunni presence. "Unfortunately, his [PM Abadi] government has not fulfilled the agreement and the promises we have agreed on and he has not fulfilled the agreements that they had with the Sunnis as well," he explained. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Its coming to the point where the only way the Bammer can keep his dream as per above alive is to deploy massive US MilFors back to Iraq. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-10 22:19 |
| #3 POTUS Obama's = USA's desire for a unified, Federal Iraq keeps getting hit, + hit hard, by both Muslim Allies + Muslim Enemies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-10 22:17 |
| #2 There has been only one ME civil war. It started when Cain killed Abel. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-10 16:02 |
| #1 Coming to a middle eastern country near you. After these fractious mercurial types get Daesh all settled and tucked in their mass grave, does the Greater Kurdistan become the next great ME civil war??? My money is on the Kurds. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-07-10 14:41 |