Rocket attack on Dutch embassy
Date: Friday, January 30 @ 14:08:29 CST
Topic: Archive of stories pre April 2007


The Dutch Embassy in the Baghdad has been hit by a rocket but there were no injuries.

Security guards and US soldiers said one rocket detonated on the embassy roof, triggering a small fire.

Another rocket missed the building, and two other launchers were found in the garden behind the embassy, guards said.

"One hit the roof and the other went straight," guard Karim al-Zubaidi said.

Al-Zubaidi said the guards fired at the attackers' vehicle but it escaped.

Dutch Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Martine de Haan confirmed the attack. The Netherlands has about 1,100 troops in Iraq.

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