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Members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council voted on August 29, 2017 to go ahead on the Kurdish referendum in Kirkuk. Ako Rasheed/Reuters
Members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council voted on August 29, 2017 to go ahead on the Kurdish referendum in Kirkuk. Ako Rasheed/Reuters
Kirkuk may be ticking time bomb as it joins Kurdish referendum
Head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, told The National the council's decision 'will create new conflicts in Iraq'