As many as eight rockets were fired at the Al Rasheed Hotel -- used by many coalition officials -- at 6.10 am local time Sunday morning. There were reports of serious injuries, including limb amputations, but Wolfowitz escaped unharmed and was led away from the scene by security forces, said US officials. peaking at a press conference after the attack, Wolfowitz said one American may have been killed in the rocket attack on the hotel. Wolfowitz, a major force behind the Iraq war, was paying his second visit to Iraq in three months and stressed the need to speed up the formation of a new Iraqi army, police force, border guard and civil defense corps. A "quick reaction force" was dispatched to the scene in response to the attack, the coalition statement said. There was initial uncertainty as to whether the rounds were rockets or mortars.

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