Iraqi resistance fighters launched at least 10 rockets and mortar shells towards targets in central Baghdad Thursday, as the American Army announced another US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb.
A hotel used by Western contractors and journalists and an apartment block were attacked, in addition to the zone where the headquarters of the U.S.-led occupation is located. A residential building next to the German embassy was also hit. There were no reports of injury in these attacks.
Another rocket missed the Interior Ministry and landed in a nearby street, witnesses said, according to Reuters.
"This morning, insurgents were firing rocket-propelled grenades and mortars around the center of the city. We've had five or six impacts around the city," said Major John Frisbie of the First Armoured Division, according to AFP.
After that attack, U.S. soldiers investigating the area found leaflets warning Iraqis to stay home, US Army Lt. Kurt Muniz said. The leaflets also warned U.S. forces to leave the country and Iraqi police to stop working with foreign occupiers.
Explosions were also heard early Thursday as the U.S. military bombarded suspected resistance positions.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military said Thursday the soldier was killed in Baghdad Wednesday, bringing to 206 the number of U.S. military deaths from resistance attacks since President Bush announced the end of major combat in Iraq on May 1.
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