MESOP : VAN WILGENBURG’S PREDICTION ON KIRKUK
The move may inflame separatist sentiment among Kurds who form large minorities in adjoining areas of Turkey, Syria and Iran. That would likely make it far more difficult for Kurdish leaders to cede Kirkuk and its large oil deposits to the government in Baghdad – that is, if it survives the ISIL onslaught, said Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an expert on Iraq’s Kurds and columnist for the US-based Al Monitor website.
“It will mean that the Iraqi state has lost Kirkuk forever,” he said. Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/world/iraq/a-historic-opportunity-for-kurds-in-iraq-chaos#ixzz34dhx1Zkg