U.S. Soldier Stabbed in Baghdad's 'Green Zone'

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An assailant stabbed and badly wounded an American army officer inside the Baghdad compound of Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S.-led administration, a U.S. spokesman said Monday.



Dan Senor, chief spokesman of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), said the officer had been stabbed Saturday evening while walking in the "Green Zone," a sprawling, heavily guarded area on the west bank of the Tigris River.


"To my knowledge this was the first attack of its kind inside the Green Zone. We do not know at this point whether or not the attacker was Iraqi or an American," Senor said.


"The victim suffered serious stab wounds to his torso, head and neck," Senor said, adding that the officer, unconscious immediately after the attack, had been flown Sunday to a U.S. medical facility in Germany, where he was in stable condition.

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