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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asked oil-rich Kurdistan
to delay its referendum on independence from Iraq, currently
scheduled to take place in September, according to emerging
reports. “Our point right now is to stay focused like a laser beam
on the defeat of ISIS and to let nothing distract us,” the
secretary told reporters before approaching Erbil for the meet with
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani on
Tuesday. An independent Kurdistan would mean Kirkuk’s oil reserves
would be severed from…
to delay its referendum on independence from Iraq, currently
scheduled to take place in September, according to emerging
reports. “Our point right now is to stay focused like a laser beam
on the defeat of ISIS and to let nothing distract us,” the
secretary told reporters before approaching Erbil for the meet with
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani on
Tuesday. An independent Kurdistan would mean Kirkuk’s oil reserves
would be severed from…
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has asked oil-rich Kurdistan
to delay its referendum on independence from Iraq, currently
scheduled to take place in September, according to emerging
reports. “Our point right now is to stay focused like a laser beam
on the defeat of ISIS and to let nothing distract us,” the
secretary told reporters before approaching Erbil for the meet with
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani on
Tuesday. An independent Kurdistan would mean Kirkuk’s oil reserves
would be severed from…
to delay its referendum on independence from Iraq, currently
scheduled to take place in September, according to emerging
reports. “Our point right now is to stay focused like a laser beam
on the defeat of ISIS and to let nothing distract us,” the
secretary told reporters before approaching Erbil for the meet with
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani on
Tuesday. An independent Kurdistan would mean Kirkuk’s oil reserves
would be severed from…