Baghdadis resigned to sporadic violence

In the six weeks since the sixth anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, rising violence has turned Baghdad’s mood of jittery optimism into a jaded fatalism.

The latest in a series of major bombings, mostly targeting the Shia community, killed 12 people in the Dora district on May 21. The previous day, 34 people were killed by a bomb in the Shula district.