title: Iraqi PM orders security services 'to protect citizens being coerced' in Kurdistan
text: 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. 