KALAK, Iraq (AP) — "For the sake of the sacrifices and blood of the martyrs, let's all say yes for Kurdistan independence," reads a large billboard in the center of Kalak, a small town in Iraq's northern Kurdish region. "Independence is not given, it's taken!" reads another banner hanging below a cluster of red, green, yellow and white Kurdish flags. Iraq's Kurds are set to vote Monday in a referendum on support for independence that has stirred fears of instability across the region as the war against the Islamic State group winds down.
Iraq's Kurds To Vote On Independence Amid Fears Of Unrest
By SUSANNAH GEORGE, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Sun, 09/24/2017 - 3:37am
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