Two rockets landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home of the US Embassy in Iraq, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Iraqi military
Col. Myles B. Caggins, a spokesperson for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, said in a tweet that small"rockets impacted near Baghdad's International Zone, Jan. 8 at 11:45 p.m ." Caggins added that there were"no coalition casualties or damage to facilities."The Iraqi joint military command had earlier told CNN in Baghdad that"two Katyusha rockets landed inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. No reports of casualties.
It was initially carved out of central Baghdad by US-led forces after their invasion of Iraq in 2003 and is largely viewed as a safe location, despite frequently being the target of rocket attacks.There have been numerous rocket attacks on the Green Zone and the area surrounding it in recent months.
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