Iraq court orders arrest of Kurd referendum organisers
An Iraqi court has ordered the arrest of the chairwoman and two other members of the commission that organised the 25 September vote for Kurdish independence, a judicial official said. The court in Baghdad acted in response to a request from the National Security Council (NSC) headed by the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar told AFP. The court issued warrants against chairwoman Hendren Saleh […]