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Rocket hits Baghdad's Green Zone

A Katyusha rocket hit Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government

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A Katyusha rocket hit Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government offices and the US embassy, the military said. A Katyusha rocket was fired on Sunday from an area located near the al-Nahdha bus station in downtown Baghdad, Xinhua news agency quoted the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command as saying in a statement. The attack caused no serious damage, the statement said, adding that the security forces found a rocket launcher and defused two more rockets which were ready to be fired. (IANS)