Kurds could opt out of next Iraqi government: president

The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, said Iraq had been led in an authoritarian direction by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and threatened to end the oil-rich autonomous region's participation in the federal government.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-kurds-barzani-idUSBREA4C0B220140513