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Smoke rises from the Green Zone after a suspected mortar or rocket attack in Baghdad January 27, 2007. A loud explosion rocked central Baghdad on Saturday, prompting sirens and loudspeaker warnings in the international Green Zone and sending up a large plume of white smoke inside the heavily fortified area. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)
Adds witness in U.S. embassy, two minor injuries)
BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A rocket was fired into the international Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday and a witness said it appeared to have landed in the U.S. embassy grounds.
U.S. embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said a rocket landed in a sparsely populated area of the Green Zone and that two people were slightly wounded. He said he could not confirm that it landed within the U.S. embassy compound.
"The embassy is functioning normally," he said, adding that the two injured were not embassy staff.
Loudspeaker warnings urged people to take cover. "This is not a drill," the warning said.
The witness who was inside the U.S. embassy, a large complex within the Green Zone centred around one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces, had no details on whether there were casualties.
The U.S. military had no immediate information.
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