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| Iraq |
| 3 arrested for rocket attack on Baghdad Green Zone |
| 2009-09-17 |
| [Gulf News] The American military said on Wednesdy that US-Iraqi forces arrested three militants suspected of firing rockets at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, where visiting Vice President Joe Biden was spending the night. The military said a joint rapid-reaction force raided the launch site after three 170mm [sic] rockets hit in the Green Zone on Tuesday evening. Two Iraqi civilians were killed in the attack. It said the troops came under small arms fire from a nearby house but were able to arrest three people and seize three rocket rails used in the attack. The fire came soon after Biden, who was staying in the Green Zone, retired for the evening after talks with US officials there. |
| Posted by:Fred |