Iraqi politician warns of 'river of blood'

M&C: The chairman of a Sunni Iraqi party warned on Tuesday that Iraq faced massive bloodshed if the country's rowing political factions failed soon to form a government as a meeting of Shiite politicians ended without a solution to the impasse.

Saleh al-Mutlaq, of the non-sectarian Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, said that 'an Iraqi government should be formed in the next few days, otherwise Iraq will drown in a river of blood.'

Al-Mutlaq was also quoted in the Tuesday issue of the pan-Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat as describing the current wrangling among political factions as 'sadism.'

'People are being slaughtered on the street while politicians are busy seeking positions,' he said. Read more