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Kurdish referendum inspires statehood for Iraq's Sunnis too

Last month's Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq has inspired some of the country's Sunni leaders to call for their own autonomous state in its Sunni areas.

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Sunni worshippers attend prayers at a Sunni mosque on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 12, 2016. — REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

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