Iraqi Turkmen lawmaker Abbas al-Bayati speaks during a news conference in Baghdad
Iraqi Turkmen lawmaker Abbas al-Bayati speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 15, 2014. Iraqi politicians named Salim al-Jabouri, a moderate Sunni Islamist, as speaker of parliament on Tuesday, a long-delayed first step towards a power-sharing government urgently needed to save the state from disintegration in the face of a Sunni uprising. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)