U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was unharmed as he ducked behind the podium after a rocket landed near the prime minister’s office Thursday while the two men were holding a news conference.
An Associated Press reporter who ran outside saw a 3-foot-wide crater about 50 yards from the building where the news conference was in progress in Baghdad’s Green Zone, which also houses the U.S. Embassy. Two cars were damaged.
Security officials for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said it was a rocket attack.
Small chips of debris floated down from the ceiling above the U.N. chief after the explosion rattled the building. Ban looked frightened, casting his eyes right and left as he rose after ducking below the podium where he was standing and answering questions.
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