Tensions rise as Iraq Kurds defy Baghdad in independence vote
Abdel Hamid Zebari with Shwan Mohammad in Sulaimaniyah/ An Iraqi Kurdish man shows his ten ink-stained fingers after casting his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum in the city of Kirkuk/ An Iraqi Kurdish man shows his ten ink-stained fingers after casting his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum in the city of Kirkuk (AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)/ Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraq's Kurds defied widespread opposition to vote Monday in a historic independence referendum, sparking fresh tensions with Baghdad and threats from Turkey ...
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