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Iraqi Kurds Offer to Freeze Referendum Results
25 Oct 2017 – The Kurdish regional government offered to freeze the results of a September independence referendum and cease military operations in Kurdistan (Rudaw) to allow dialogue with Baghdad. Baghdad accused Kurdish forces on Tuesday of attacking and killing Iraqi soldiers (NYT). – CFR’s Steven A. Cook asks what went wrong between Baghdad and Kurdistan in Salon.