The US military came under rocket fire today in a rare daylight attack in Baghdad which killed two civilians and wounded six others, including an American soldier.
The latest violence followed worldwide anniversary protests against the US-led attack which was the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
A US army spokesman said one rocket landed in the Green Zone, one of Saddam's
former palace complexes west of the Tigris river, where the US-led administration is based.
Elsewhere, a rocket attack last night killed two US soldiers and wounded seven near the flashpoint town of Falluja.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said three rockets hit a base near the town west of Baghdad and two landed outside.
The deaths brought to 395 the number of US troops killed in action since the Iraq conflict began a year ago. US political and military efforts now focus on preparations for a handover of sovereignty to Iraqis at the end of June.
In other attacks on Sunday, a bomb exploded at a police station in Khalis, north of Baghdad, killing a policeman and wounding two. And a roadside bomb intended for a US convoy hurt a municipal worker in the northern city of Mosul, police said.