The casualty figure from Thursday’s bombing of the Iraqi parliament has been revised to one, with another 22 people injured. It was the worst attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone since it was erected four years ago. The bombing hit the parliament cafeteria where lawmakers and staff were eating following legislative session. A Sunni lawmaker says the attack means the two-month-old crackdown on Baghdad has failed. Saleh al-Mutlaq said: “The security plan is dead. If they are able to reach inside the parliament, then we should not talk about the security plan anymore.” Outside the Green Zone, many Iraqis discussed the impact of knowing one of Iraq’s most heavily guarded areas could not be protected.

Salam, Baghdad resident: “The news we heard today, in fact it does not shake us or the people in the street, but it makes us laugh. Explosions are now in the most critical places, the parliament, which represents the people. It is a violated place.”