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An independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan was planned to be held in 2014 amidst controversy and dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government of Iraq.〔 Longstanding calls for Kurdish independence gained impetus following the Northern Iraq offensive by ISIL in which central forces abandoned some areas, which were then taken by the Peshmerga and controlled ''de facto'' by the Kurds. ==Background== The Kurdistan Regional Government had criticized Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, claiming that his rule was divisive.〔 After the central government began withholding funding to the Kurdistan Regional Government in January 2014, Kurds attempted to export oil via the northern pipeline into Turkey in May,〔 but the Iraqi government lobbied international governments to block the export and sale of this oil. As jihadis affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took control of much of western and northern Iraq in June 2014, the Iraqi military in those areas largely disintegrated and abandoned their positions. The Peshmerga stepped into this vacuum, taking control of the city of Kirkuk〔 and other northern areas long claimed by the Kurdistan Regional Government but until then outside its formal control. Nouri al-Maliki's government was widely blamed for the failure of the security forces and for Sunni Arab dissatisfaction with the central government, and international and domestic calls for a new prime minister became widespread. On 1 July, Kurdish president Masoud Barzani announced his intention to call a referendum on independence sometime in 2014 on the grounds that the country had been "effectively partitioned" already. More recently, after Maliki was replaced, Kurdish leaders have agreed to postpone the referendum while they focus on the fight against ISIS. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Future Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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