title: Turkish and Iraqi militaries discuss Kurdish independence vote
text: ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The heads of the Turkish and Iraqi armed forces discussed the  illegitimate  Iraqi Kurdish referendum on Saturday and stressed the importance of maintaining Iraq s territorial integrity, the Turkish military said. It issued a written statement after the Iraqi army s chief of staff, Lieutenant General Othman al-Ghanmi, met his Turkish counterpart, General Hulusi Akar, in Turkey on Saturday, two days ahead of the planned referendum. 