US general wounded by bomb in Iraq

A US general has been wounded by a roadside bomb that exploded beside his convoy in northern Baghdad, the highest-ranking American soldier to be wounded since the start of the war, the US military said.

Brigadier General Jeffrey Dorko, commanding general of the Gulf Region Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers, had been evacuated out of Iraq for treatment, a spokesman said. His wounds were not life threatening and he was in stable condition.

The spokesman said another soldier was also wounded in the attack, and had been released after medical treatment.

- Reuters