'Senior U.S. Commander' shot while inspecting Adhamiya wall, family notified, condition unknown

A paratrooper with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security during the dedication ceremony for a renovated school in Adhamiyah on April 21. Construction began on April 10.

BAGHDAD - A senior U.S. commander was wounded by small arms fire while inspecting a security barrier being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday.

The attack occurred Thursday in Azamiyah, an area on the eastern side of the Tigris River whose residents have been victims of retaliatory mortar attacks by Shiite militants - often following bombings blamed on Sunnis. The shooting was witnessed by an Associated Press Television cameraman.

A U.S. military spokesman, Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl, said the commander’s family has been notified, but he declined to release the officer’s name.

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