It has, for many months now, had the feel of a normal Arab capital. Families picnicking on street verges at dusk. Children playing football in the street. Marketplaces teeming with shoppers and touts.
But today, just after 10.30am, a series of sharp and violent explosions hammered home just how relative normality is in Baghdad. By the [...]

It has, for many months now, had the feel of a normal Arab capital. Families picnicking on street verges at dusk. Children playing football in the street. Marketplaces teeming with shoppers and touts.
But today, just after 10.30am, a series of sharp and violent explosions hammered home just how relative normality is in Baghdad. By the [...]