title: Kurds ready to pay any price for freedom, Barzani says, sticking by independence vote
text: ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani said on Friday that Iraq s Kurds were ready  to pay any price for freedom , rejecting international pressure to call off the referendum on independence planned for Monday in northern Iraq. Addressing a rally in support of the vote in Erbil, the seat of the KRG, Barzani reacted to a United Nations Security Council statement that expressed on Wednesday concern over the potential destabilizing impact of the vote on Iraq. 