‘I Think There Will Be War’: Iraqi Kurds Fear Conflict After Referendum
Official fears violence after 25 September independence vote, as disputes grow in areas controlled by Kurd forces outside original KRG borders.
(MEE) — Fears of fresh conflict in northern Iraq are bubbling to the surface weeks before Iraqi Kurds hold a contentious vote on independence, with warnings of war over disputed, ethnically mixed border regions and reports of Shia forces pushing Kurd officials from a town to prevent voting.