U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region for crisis talks with Kurdish leaders.<br/> <br />He's here to urge Kurdish President Massoud Barzani to work with Baghdad to fight a Sunni insurgency by ISIL fighters that threatens the country.<br/> <br />Washington is hoping a new, more inclusive government --- one representing the country's Shia, Sunni and Kurd population --- will undermine the insurgency.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY SAYING:<br/> <br />"In recent days the security cooperation between the forces here in the Kurdish area has been really critical in helping to draw a line with respect to ISIL and also to provide some support to the Iraqi security forces."<br/> <br />While Kurdish forces have helped stabilize parts of the country, some worry that Kurdistan, which has a population of five million people, will seek independence from Iraq --- leaving Baghdad to battle insurgents by itself.<br/> <br />This is Kerry's first visit to Arbil, the c
