Grenade Attack on Highway

The vehicles involved were Brig. Gen. Carter Ham's convoy on it's way to a meeting Sunday morning with a local Iraqi security commander. The general's aide, Capt. Phil Mundweil, suffered a small cut on his hip from flying shrapnel, but otherwise no one was hurt in the 9:20 a.m. attack on Sunday morning. Gen Ham is a Brig Gen with the Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

The incident is under investigation because it appears that the General's convoy and his vehicle were specifically targeted. This means that "somebody" told "somebody else" where to be and when to be there. I believe we have a "snitch" in the Iraqi security force.

The grenade was tossed from an overpass on the highway, hit the pavement and rolled along the left side of the Humvee the General was riding in when it exploded. The general's aide seated in the back of the "up-armored" Humvee was struck by two pieces of shrapnel. One fifty cent sized piece of metal made it between the door panel and the frame and became lodged in the Captain's protective vest. The other piece penetrated the vehicle and was lodged in the Captain's leg.