Iraq Kirkuk Fighting Shock, as Peshmerga Retreat
Channel: The iState Channel
Date: 2017-10-17

Iraqi Forces Seize Key Kurdish Cities with US Approval
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More sources:  
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41631697 
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/10/16/thousands-flee-as-iraqi-forces-seize-kirkuk/ 
http://time.com/4984979/kurds-kirkuk-iraq-peshmerga/
The Peshmerga abandon Kirkuk and Produce mass evacuation of the city as Iraqi Forces move on.
The recent actions against the Kurds by Iraqi forces began a month ago after the Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly to separate from the Iraqi state and form their own independent nation.  At the time of the vote, the Iraqi Prime Minister said the vote was unconstitutional.  Much of the type of rhetoric used by the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, is very similar to the rhetoric being used by the Spanish government in response to a similar referendum and outcome in the region of Spain called Catalonia.
At the time of the referendum, the US remained somewhat ambiguous.  But in response to Iraq’s latest moves to crush the bid for Kurdish independence, the US has chosen to take an even more ambiguous stand, which is an effective tacit approval of Iraqi action.  The US has offered token neutrality when it responded to the conflict by saying they were “engaged with all parties in Iraq to de-escalate tension.”

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