Around the clock across the world this is your artsy international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome we begin with breaking news several rocket attacks have hit a rock close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad and also a military base near the capital for more on that some joined live in the studio by shit down off. Tensions seemingly ratcheting up here well indeed something is clearly in the now we do not know what exactly was the target of this attack but we do know that there have been at least 3 rounds of mortar strikes and some of the some of those mortar shells they landed in close vicinity to an end to an american base right next to the rocky capital baghdad some of them landed apparently next door in the green zone now what is a green. Zone essentially it is a city within a city you have baghdad the larger area and the green zone is the extra and more carefully protected zone within the iraqi capital which is essentially home to will almost all em