# Will the Iraqi Kurds declare independence?

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**Created:** [June 24, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-iraqi-kurds-declare-independence/691495 "2014-06-24T00:09:23Z")\
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There is \*some \*truth about ISIS finding _some_ support among the Kurds, as I pointed out upthread. And the Iraqi Kurds are predominantly Sunni, and sure as hell don’t want \*Iranian \*Shiites in control of their affairs. The current Iraqi government _is effectively_ an Iranian proxy, so it’s easy to understand why they have no confidence in the Iraqi/Iranian status quo - pretty sure they’ve had enough of that.

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**Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-iraqi-kurds-declare-independence/691495/122 "2014-07-24T11:12:10Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Well, I’m sure practically all the people of the city would rather be ruled by the KRG than by the ISIS.

I doubt they get a say and in the long term it is not either/or. Kirkuk etc are not part of the kurdish province and I doubt other factions will just shrug their shoulders…

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