BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered security services on Monday  to protect citizens being threatened and coerced  in the autonomous Kurdish region where a referendum on independence is under way. Abadi s order was announced in statement from his office. Abadi has said the vote is against the constitution and asked the Kurdish authorities to cancel it. 
Iraqi PM orders security services 'to protect citizens being coerced' in Kurdistan