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Coalition Forces in Iraq Say Attacks 'Will Not Be Tolerated'

Associated Press

   BAGHDAD - U.S.-led coalition forces in Baghdad said Tuesday that
   attacks on coalition personnel and facilities in Iraq "will not be
   tolerated," adding that coalition forces retain the right to
   self-defense.

   No coalition or U.S.-occupied facility was struck in Monday night's
   attack in which two Katyusha rockets were fired into the heavily
   fortified Green Zone, according to a statement issued by the coalition
   and Iraqi security forces.
   The rockets landed a few hundred meters away from the U.S. Embassy
   compound's perimeters, triggering alert sirens that sounded across the
   capital's Tigris River.
   "We take this incident seriously as do our Iraqi security forces
   partners," the coalition statement said.

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