Former PM says it’s time to give up on ’democracy’ in Iraq.

Iraq’s former prime minister Ayad Allawi has called for the imposition of martial law in a last-ditch attempt to halt the country’s worsening security situation.
The car bomb killed 70 people at Tayaran Square
Dr Allawi is the first major Iraqi politician to suggest that democratic freedoms can no longer be sustained in the face of mounting violence.  Read more