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Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:13 PM

Mehdi al-Hafidh, the oldest member of parliament, heads the first session of the Iraqi parliament at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Al-Hafidh, the acting speaker of Iraq's newly elected parliament, said the first session had been adjourned without settling on a new speaker and that a new session would be held in one week if there was an agreement. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:11 PM

Osama al-Nujaifi (C), speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, shakes hands with Iran's ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaifar at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:10 PM

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (C) shakes hands with Iran's ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaifar at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:11 PM

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (C) shakes hands with Iran's ambassador to Iraq Hassan Danaifar at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:12 PM

Members of the new Iraqi parliament take an oath at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:10 PM

Bayan Jabr, former Iraqi interior minister, attends a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:07 PM

Members of the new Iraqi parliament attend a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:04 PM

Mehdi al-Hafidh (R), the oldest member of parliament, talks to Iraq's former Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari at the first session of the Iraqi parliament at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Al-Hafidh, the acting speaker of Iraq's newly elected parliament, said the first session had been adjourned without settling on a new speaker and that a new session would be held in one week if there was an agreement. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:58 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (2rd R) attends a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)