BAGHDAD, Iraq – Rockets struck a Baghdad hotel housing foreign contractors and journalists late yesterday, drawing return fire and underscoring the precarious security in the heart of the Iraqi capital. Outside Baghdad, roadside bombings killed two more American soldiers.

In Fallujah, residents said an American warplane struck a house with a rocket, killing 10 people, including a bridegroom on his wedding night, and wounding the bride and 16 others. Residents reported several other strong explosions in the insurgent stronghold through the night. The American command in Baghdad said it had no report of any air activity in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, although suspected terrorist hideouts there have been frequently targeted by American aircraft.

The latest attacks came as an aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to disarm his Mahdi Army militia in a move that could bring an end to weeks of fighting in Baghdad’s Shiite district Sadr City. The government cautiously welcomed the offer and suggested other insurgent groups also lay down their arms.

Three Katyusha rockets slammed into the Sheraton hotel, the Interior Ministry said, triggering thunderous explosions, shattering windows, and setting off small fires. Dazed guests, including Western journalists, contractors, and a bride and bridegroom on their wedding night stumbled to safety through the smoke and debris. There were no deaths or serious injuries, Iraqi officials said.

The hotels, which have been targeted before, stand as symbols of continued American and Western dominance in Iraq despite the handover of power to an interim Iraqi government June 28.