Iraqi Kurds Hope for a More Independent Future

Kurdish leaders fear Iraq is destined for a long sectarian civil war if Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki refuses to step aside and insists on confronting militarily the Sunni Muslim uprising roiling the country. Much of the media focus on the current strife in Iraq is on the role played by the al-Qaida breakaway, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). But Kurdish leaders said jihadists would not have grown so strong had they not been able to feed off widespread Sunni...

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