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Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum

Baghdad : Iraq's supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional. "The supreme court has issued the order to suspend organising the referendum set for Septem

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Published 18 September 2017, 8:00 · Updated 18:23

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Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan referendum

Baghdad : Iraq's supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional.

"The supreme court has issued the order to suspend organising the referendum set for September 25... until it examines the complaints it has received over this plebiscite being unconstitutional," it said in a statement.

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