BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested three Iraqi men suspected of launching rockets on Baghdad's fortified Green Zone district during a trip by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
Militants pounded the Green Zone with rockets and mortars on Tuesday shortly after Biden flew in for talks with Iraqi politicians on reconciliation. A mortar landed on an apartment block, killing two Iraqis and wounding five, police said.
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