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Manson, Katrina. “An ambassador without a country.” Financial Times, September 8, 2017.
She said the U.S. and other countries privately acknowledged that Kurdistan has legitimate aspirations and some of them even agreed that Baghdad had pushed the region into a corner leading effectively to a point where it needed to have a referendum. But they also advised the regional Kurdistan government that it was not the right time for independence.
“But when we asked them, ‘well when is the right time?’, there wasn’t an answer.”
https://theglobepost.com/2017/10/02/kurdistan-rahman-independence-threats/ – 10/2/2017.
BackChannels could do with professional intelligence interpretation — and vetting — on this apparently (or so claimed) near live video compilation.
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