U.S. confirms Brigade Commander B.D. Farris hit by sniper at Adhamiyah

B.D. Farris, commander of the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division with Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps, Iraq in April.

BAGHDAD: The U.S. military confirmed Monday that an American brigade commander was wounded by small-arms fire while inspecting a security barrier being built to separate a Sunni enclave from Shiite areas in Baghdad.

Col. B.D. Farris, commander of the 2nd "Falcon" Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, was hit by a single bullet Thursday while conducting a survey of the construction site in Azamiyah, the military said in a statement...

Farris was evacuated and is in stable condition, the military said. Col. John G. Castles II will come to Baghdad from the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, to take on temporary command of the Falcon Brigade, according to the statement.

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