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Rockets target US interests despite arrests: Iraq military

Published: 05 Jul 2020 - 11:54 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 12:59 am

AFP

Baghdad: A pair of rocket attacks targeted American diplomatic and military installations overnight, Iraq's security forces said Sunday, a week after unprecedented arrests prevented a similar attack.

One rocket was fired at the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is based, the military said in a statement.

"It fell near a house, wounded a child and damaged the home," it said. "At the same time, our forces were able to thwart another attack and seize a Katyusha rocket and launcher that were targeting the Taji base north of Baghdad", where US and other coalition troops are based.