Allawi says Iraq headed for disaster

By Jim Loney

BAGHDAD | Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:01am EST

(Reuters) - The head of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said Iraq "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."

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Wave of deadly bomb blasts hit Baghdad rush hour

msnbc.com news services

updated 2 hours 12 minutes ago

BAGHDAD — A wave of bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 69 people and injuring almost 200 in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The apparently coordinated attacks left a bloodbath just days after American forces left the country.