BAGHDAD: Two rockets targeted Baghdad s ultra-secure Green Zone that houses the US embassy, Iraq’s security forces said in a statement.
“The Green Zone in Baghdad was the target of two Katyusha rockets. The first was shot down in the air by C-RAM defence batteries, the second fell in a square, damaging two vehicles,” the statement said.
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A security source told international media outlet that the shot down rocket fell near the US embassy, while the second came down roughly 500 metres (1,640 feet) away.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
