AFP) - Egypts President al-Sisi warned the independence of Iraqs Kurdish region would be catastrophic and cause the Middle East to splinter along ethnic and religious lines. A Sunni militant offensive that drove soldiers out of northern Iraq last month has emboldened leaders of the countrys three-province Kurdish region to push for an independence referendum. But Sisi said such a move would be a disaster for the region. He said that the catastrophic beginning of the division of Iraq into small rival states, starting with a Kurdish state that will grow to include lands in Syria , Sisi said. The move was part of a terrible plot that was aimed at redrawing the region on religious and ethnic grounds, he said.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:11:53 +0000
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