Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Cabinet Plans to Cut Kurdistan Share in 2018 Federal Budget

Nov 6, 2017 | Ahmed Rasheed and Raya Jalabi, Reuters
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Iraq’s cabinet proposed on Sunday to slash the Kurdish share of the country’s revenue in the 2018 federal budget, a move that Kurdish officials said was aimed to further punish them for a Sept. 25 referendum on independence. If approved, the budget would further damage the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil -- the semi-autonomous region’s capital -- already at boiling point after the central government launched a military offensive last month that swiftly recaptured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.