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Rockets fall in Baghdad after Pentagon announces Iraq troop reduction

One child was killed and at least five other people were injured, the Iraqi military said.
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Five people were injured and a child was killed after a barrage of rockets landed in Baghdad on Tuesday evening, shortly after the Pentagon announced the United States would pull another 500 troops from Iraq on orders from President Donald Trump. 

Four rockets were launched from Baghdad's al-Amin al-Thaniya neighborhood in the al-Alf Dar district, according to Iraq's Security Media cell. One of the rockets that struck the capital's Green Zone landed near the headquarters of Iraq's National Security Service, The Associated Press reported.

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