At least three rockets targeted the US embassy on Monday in the high-security Green Zone of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, local security sources told AFP.
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One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone but others landed in surrounding residential neighbourhoods, the security sources said.
The attack is the third in a week to target Western diplomatic, military or commercial installations in Iraq after months of relative calm.