*Baghdad, Iraq: *
Two rockets landed near the US embassy in Baghdad overnight, securitysources told AFP early Tuesday, with foreign diplomats there reportingemergency sirens repeatedly going off.
The latest attack within the walled-off Green Zone, which hosts foreignembassies and Iraqi government buildings, comes amid heightened tensionsbetween Baghdad’s two main allies, Tehran and Washington.
A foreign security source inside the Green Zone said two 100mm rockets hitclose to the US embassy and a third fell into the Tigris River, which theembassy overlooks.
“One hit about three meters (ten feet) inside a gate on the embassycompound,” the source told AFP.
An Iraqi security source confirmed to AFP that two Katyusha rockets landednear the embassy shortly before midnight.
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They were found to have been fired from an area in southern Baghdad whereIraqi paramilitary forces close to Iran hold sway.
The Iraqi military said two projectiles hit the edges of the Green Zone.AdvertisementAd
None of the sources mentioned any casualties and no group claimedresponsibility for the attacks.
Foreign diplomatic sources within the zone said US embassy sirens wailedacross the area twice, and stopped shortly before 1:00am local time onTuesday morning. -APP/AFP
