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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 29 Jun 2017

    Iraqi Kurds plan to vote on creating the world's newest country. @YaroTrof on why Baghdad and the US oppose the planhttp://on.wsj.com/2tttn5d 

    8:19 AM - 29 Jun 2017
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    20 replies 58 retweets 65 likes
      1. Ted Gambogi‏ @TAGIII 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        Iraq was just a Brit creation to inject discord. Let the Kurds ne their own country!

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      2. DoubleD‏ @DSaDarryl 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        If it was okay for Kosovo to secede and NATO enforced it with a war then why does the same principle not apply for Kurds?

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. MRT123‏ @firstmail2806 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @DSaDarryl @WSJ @yarotrof

        neither region has constitutional right of unilateral self-determination-so it's compl null and void

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. DoubleD‏ @DSaDarryl 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @firstmail2806 @WSJ @yarotrof

        Who determines who has right and who doesn't. Is that democratic? This "we rule" attitude makes West hated

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. MRT123‏ @firstmail2806 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @DSaDarryl @WSJ @yarotrof

        consider there are dozens of people's all over the world likewise claimed to be "oppressed"..imagine the chaos if

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      1. lafaw Osman‏ @Lafaw_Osman 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        If anyone needs country it's #Kurds yes we will want to divorce iraq. Because every few years war coming again and again

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      1. Joshua safeek D.B.A‏ @SafeekJoshua 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        Kurdistan needs its independence for too long the people are oppress by # Turkey, #Iran , # Iraq.

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      1. Moby‏ @amsorouh 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        A huge regional disaster will create conflict worst than Palestine. It will unit Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria against its existence

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      1. BJ‏ @BJbchillin 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        Good theyve proven their ability to self govern and ability to defend their own borders. If its the will of the regions majority pop then ok

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      1. Joshua Williamson  🐘‏ @joshwill90 29 Jun 2017
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        If anyone deserves their own country, it's the Kurds.

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      1. Azzurra826‏ @Azzurra826 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        È un popolo nobile da ammirare. Lasciatelo libero di vivere nel loro nuovo Stato. Finalmente.

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      1. MRT123‏ @firstmail2806 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        world society from having any deals( automatically void ) with terrorists or buying stolen oil3. Form alliance with Turkey

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      1. whtguywblindeye‏ @DonaldRoche2 30 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        The one world order crowed is not going to like this idea but I say let them the Kurds are good people

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      1. We Deliver‏ @Paper8oy 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        Should have been done after the invasion in 2002. Iraq is really three countries based on tribal lifestyle.

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      1. Eileen Jane‏ @impy48 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        We shouldn't oppose this plan. The Kurds red their own Country and we should be supporting this.

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      1. Michael Akley‏ @michaelakley 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        This always happens.....America backs some separatists for it's own needs and sooner or later they lead to more trouble #HistoryRepeats

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      1. MRT123‏ @firstmail2806 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        Iraq must declare kurdish "authorities" to be in violation of Constitution thereby having lost legality and legitimacy-ban

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      1. Harold Truman‏ @Maggiesdad34 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        A democratic multicultural Iraq would be a beacon for peace in the middle east An attempt to make it work is worth the effort Bush was right

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      1. John Kish‏ @JohnKish20 29 Jun 2017
        Replying to @WSJ @yarotrof

        They ought to go for it. We were extremely divided during Civil War. Country divided not ideal or productive.

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