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 In the Parliament room, politicians shouted over one another trying to be 
 heard. Mr. Mashhadani finally yelled for everyone to shut up. He then used 
 an ancient Arabic phrase, literally meaning to put your stuff on the camel, 
 which roughly translates as, We expect more of this body. He said in 
 disgust, I cannot see how it is possible that a new security plan can work. 
  
 The session of Parliament was attended by nearly all members, a rarity in 
 recent months, and was broadcast live on Iraqi national television. 
  
 The lawmakers had their shouting match while sitting beneath a banner with 
 a phrase from the Koran that extols the importance of a civil debate in 
 making good decisions. 
  
 Shatha al-Mousawi, a lawmaker from the Mr. Malikis leading Shiite bloc, the 
 United Iraqi Alliance, said some politicians were simply grandstanding for 
 the cameras. But she said the fighting continued after Mr. Mashhadani 
 abruptly called an end to the session and the cameras were turned off. 
  
 Mr. Mashhadani demanded that the prime minister apologize to Mr. Janabi. 
 Members of Mr. Malikis party said Mr. Janabi was the one who should 
 apologize, Ms. Mousawi said. 
  
 Mr. Mashhadani then threatened to quit. 
  
 Someone said you do not need to quit, we will dismiss you, she said. 
  
 Mr. Mashhadani called a Shiite politician a psychopath, as the bitter 
 exchanges continued. 
  
 Eventually, though, the tensions eased and Parliament approved the security 
 plan. 
  
 No sooner had they finished their business than three rockets exploded in 
 the heavily fortified Green Zone, where Parliament is housed. Lou Fintor, a 
 spokesman for the United States Embassy, said that no one was killed in the 
 attacks. 
  
 The car bomb attack occurred just outside the Green Zone, ripping apart a 
 market area in the heavily Shiite neighborhood of Karrada. 
  
 Um Mohammed, a woman who lives across the street from the site of the 
 bombing, said she saw two buses full of people burn with the passengers 
 trapped inside, dying agonizing deaths. 
  
 The attack occurred as people were leaving work, the streets crowded with 
 traffic and local clothes stores packed with customers. 
  
 Her neighbor had just sent her 9-year-old boy, Amar Ali Habib, out to play 
 with friends, she said. 
  
 He took his ball and left the house. 
  
 Moments later, he was dead. The explosion was so powerful, she said, that 
 pieces of one mans body were blown about 50 yards from where the car 
 detonated. 
  
 Afterward, she said, many young men took to the streets. Some called for 
 vengeance against Sunnis while others condemned the government for failing 
 to do anything. 
  
 [Qais Mizher, Abdul Razzaq al-Saiedi and Khalid al-Ansary contributed 
 reporting.] 
  
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