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ERBIL Anthony Duclair Blackhawks Jersey , Iraq, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Kurdish regionalPresident Masoud Barzani on Sunday reconfirmed holding thereferendum on the independence of the Kurdish semi-autonomousregion as scheduled on Sept. 25.


""We have decided to hold referendum and we are going aheadwhatever the price would be. We are not going to wait for unknownfate, and will not be subject to pressure and threats,"" Barzanisaid during a press conference in Erbil.


""We have reached the conclusion that independence will allow usnot to repeat past tragedies,"" Barzani said in his speech.


He said ""the partnership with Baghdad has failed and we will notreturn to it Marian Hossa Blackhawks Jersey ,"" said Barzani, who pushed his region toward thereferendum on independence despite pressure from Baghdadgovernment, neighbouring countries and Washington to call off thereferendum and to negotiate a new deal.


Barzani also said ""Iraq was supposed to be a democratic civilstate (after 2003), not like what we see a theoretic, sectarianstate.""


""I urge the people of Kurdistan to go to the ballot boxes toexpress their views without any problems and to maintain securityand order during this democratic experiment Gustav Forsling Blackhawks Jersey ,"" Barzani said.


As for possible military actions against the Kurdish, Barzaniconfirmed ""we don't expect any kind of military conflict withIraq,"" he said, adding that such kind of thought ""doesn't evencross our mind, but we are ready for everything. We have all thelove for the Iraqi army and we are brothers.""


Barzani also hoped that Turkey John Hayden Blackhawks Jersey , a strong opponent of thereferendum, would not close its border with Iraqi Kurdish region,warning that both sides would be ""losers.""


Barzani considered the reactions about the referendum, so far,are not final and most of the world states will accept the faitaccompli that would result from the referendum Brandon Saad Blackhawks Jersey , saying ""we willdeal with the final decisions of the world states.""


He emphasized that the referendum would not establish facts onthe ground, but would be a platform for discussion with thegovernment in Baghdad.


""We tried our best to find a solution to these problems in Iraqwith Baghdad,