“The book market along Mutanabi Street was a throwback to the Baghdad of old…. Somehow it survived the war, until Monday, when a powerful suicide car bomb hit the market, slicing through the heart of the capital’s intellectual scene. It killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 65. … ‘There are no Americans or Iraqi politicians here — there are only Iraqi intellectuals who represent themselves and their homeland, plus stationery and book dealers,’ said Abdul Baqi Faidhullah, 61, a poet who frequently visits the street.”