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Iraq party head: Country headed for 'sectarian autocracy'

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 28, 2011 18:12

BAGHDAD - The head of Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said that his country "stands on the brink of disaster" and issued a list of demands on Wednesday in a political crisis triggered by charges against a Sunni leader.

Iraqiya leader Iyad Allawi, in an editorial for the New York Times, said Iraq was heading towards a "sectarian autocracy that carries with it the threat of devastating civil war."

Sectarian tensions are running high in Iraq ten days after the last US troops pulled out. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sought the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, accused of running death squads.

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