BREAKING AWAY
The planned Sept. 25 referendum on secession from Iraq would tear the country apart at precisely the moment the so-called Islamic State is on the ropes. Mattis wants to stop it.
Bahra Saleh, 27, is the Research and Program Officer for the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS).
The planned Sept. 25 referendum on secession from Iraq would tear the country apart at precisely the moment the so-called Islamic State is on the ropes. Mattis wants to stop it.