BAGHDAD—Iraq’s speaker of parliament said on Friday that he won’t oppose a “bloodless partition” of Iraq so long as the general public give their consent to the issue.
“We don’t have problems with the partition of Iraq if it is by consent and without blood,” Speaker of Parliament Salim al-Jibouri said. “The public should also agree with any call for the partition of Iraq.”
Jibouri, a Sunni, has recently called for more authority for the Sunni areas of Iraq and has lobbied the United States to arm the Sunni tribal fighters facing the Islamic State (ISIS) in Anbar.
Jibouri accused regional powers of “preventing the creation of autonomous regions in Iraq,”
The speaker of parliament also warned against the danger posed by militia groups in the post-ISIS era, saying, “The fighters who fight in the security forces today will later become a serious threat,”
Jibouri added that the situation in Iraq after ISIS would be equally dangerous.
“The treats after ISIS will not be less because a huge amount of weapons are in the hands of Shiite militias,” he said.
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