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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A rocket attack in the vicinity of Baghdad's Green Zone has killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded at least five others, U.S. military and hospital sources said.
Three rockets were launched, one of them hitting inside the zone, which serves as the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters.
A U.S. soldier was slightly wounded, the sources said.
The other rockets landed near Baghdad's fairgrounds and Iraq's Foreign Ministry, just outside the zone.
Figures differed about the number of Iraqis wounded. Iraqi hospital sources said nine Iraqis were wounded while the Coalition Press Information Center said five Iraqis were wounded.
Also Sunday, a U.S. soldier was shot and killed in a non-combat incident that took place while soldiers were preparing for patrol, the coalition said. The soldier was from the 1st Infantry Division, based in Samarra, about 70 miles north of Baghdad.
Sunday is a holiday in Iraq, and Iraqi officials have asked citizens not to gather in large groups for security reasons.
Saturday night, insurgents launched at least five rockets on a U.S. military position in Fallujah, killing two soldiers and wounding six other troops, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Five soldiers and one sailor were among the wounded in the incident, which happened around 7 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), the spokesman said.
European Union President Romano Prodi on Sunday cautioned Americans not to "confuse terrorism with the Iraqi war" in their assessment of Europe's reactions to U.S. foreign policy.
Speaking on 'Fox News Sunday," Prodi said the war in Iraq "was a mistake."
He called it "a break" in a political strategy "of trying to make things better."
"I don't think the fight against terrorism is better because of the war in Iraq," Prodi said. "Clearly, it is not."
Anti-war protesters held rallies around the world this weekend to mark the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslims rallied in Baghdad on Friday.
In the United States, rallies were held in Los Angeles, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Crawford, Texas, where President Bush has a ranch.
Demonstrators against the Iraq war also gathered in England, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Australia. (Full story)
In Cairo, Egypt, protesters burned a U.S. flag and called Bush a liar, while thousands of demonstrators braved a downpour in Tokyo, Japan, to express their displeasure with the U.S.-led effort. Some carried signs depicting the Statue of Liberty about to launch a missile.
Protesters carried signs in London, England, calling Bush the "world's worst terrorist" and labeling Prime Minister Tony Blair a "Bliar." Two protesters scaled Big Ben, then stood for hours just beneath the face of the clock tower with a sign reading "Time for Truth."
In Rome, Italy, demonstrators set off colorful smoke flares at the residence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Despite the rallies, the chief architect of the war stood firm on Saturday.
U.S. President George W. Bush defended the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, during his weekly radio address.
"The liberation of Iraq was good for the Iraqi people, good for America and good for the world," the president said Saturday.
Bush said "violent thugs and murderers" were at work in Iraq, but said the war's result was that "the worst regime in the region was given way to what will soon be among the best."
In addition to the two soldiers killed Saturday night, there were three other U.S. deaths Friday, according to the coalition: a Marine died from hostile fire in western Iraq; a 1st Infantry Division soldier died of injuries received in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle accident in Baji Wednesday that also killed another soldier; and a 1st Infantry Division soldier was electrocuted while working on communications equipment north of Ba'qubah.
With the deaths, 578 U.S. forces have died in the year-long Iraq war -- 392 from hostile fire, 186 from non-hostile incidents.
Of those, 439 have died since May 1, when U.S. President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat -- 277 from hostile fire, 162 from non-hostile incidents.
CNN's Sally Holland, Jane Arraf, Walter Rodgers and Kianne Sadeq contributed to this report.
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Associated Press contributed to this report.
