Foreign Contractors Die In Green Zone Rocket Attack

A rocket attack on Thursday in the Green Zone in Baghdad killed three U.S. Embassy guards, the New York Times reports.

The guards were foreign contractors, two from Uganda and one from Peru, according to Iraq officials.

Fifteen other people were wounded in the attack, including two Americans, security officials said.

The Green Zone is the name for the heavily barricaded section of Baghdad that contains the main government buildings and the United States Embassy. Of late,...