Kurdistan independence referendum 2017

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Kurdistan independence referendum 2017

Iraqi Kurdistan is voting today on whether to declare independence from the Republic of Iraq

The polls for Iraqi Kurdistan's independence referendum closed at 7PM GMT after voting was extended for an hour https://t.co/1G8bfWbC0x pic.twitter.com/vSF91mcgrN

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 25, 2017

A 90 years old #Christian voted Yes in the #Kurdistan Region's independence referendum. #TwitterKurds #YesKurdistan pic.twitter.com/BX5QkpNqg4

— Kurdistan 24 English (@K24English) September 25, 2017

Good luck to the Kurds. The world's newest sovereign state could be about to be born.

I support Kurdish independence and have done for a long time. The Kurds aren't backwards like the Arabs of the region, Islam doesn't have a chokehold there, Jews and Christians are safe there, women are free and even fight (without headscarves) and it should have been granted independence when British and French divided the region after World War I following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Iraq isn't a real nation but Kurdistan is.

Not much Iraq can actually do about this either. The Kurds are in complete control of their territories at the moment following the collapse of the Iraqi army in the face of Islamic State two years ago, and Iraq doesn't have the strength to forcibly take back Kurdish areas. It really looks like the real deal at the moment.

Thoughts?

[FlyingJesus]

About time, this has been in the pipeline for decades and it makes complete sense. Iraq doesn't want the Kurds, and the Kurds don't want to be Iraqi

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Kurdistan votes for independence from Iraq with 93% saying 'yes' https://t.co/ttWe77DBXY

— Telegraph Breaking News (@TelegraphNews) September 27, 2017

A turnout of 72% like our EU referendum.

If Iraq won't co-operate then the Kurds should go for a UDI. They're de facto independent already anyway, this is a formality.