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“We don't expect any kind of military conflict with Iraq," Barzani told reporters. "That kind of thought doesn't even cross our mind."
Talks which took place in Baghdad on Saturday, between the visiting Kurdish delegation and the ruling Shiite National Alliance, broke down soon after.
Hostile rhetoric intensifies as the referendum becomes increasingly certain.
“We will not allow the creation of a second Israel in the north of Iraq.”
"We will not allow the creation of a second Israel in the north of Iraq.”
If the Iraqi population is "threatened by the use of force outside the law, then we will intervene militarily," says Iraqi Prime Minister.
The Iraqi army can claim to have improved its capabilities since 2014, but the prevalence of militias in the country is a real test to future stability
