The Nation : Major Shot in Puerto Rico

Assailants on a motorcycle shot and wounded a U.S. Army major in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an ambush claimed by a Puerto Rican independence group. Authorities said Maj. Michael Snyder, 37, was shot in the chest and pelvis and was in stable condition after surgery at the Veterans’ Hospital. Three hours after the attack, a man identifying himself as a representative of the Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution called United Press International in San Juan and claimed responsibility for the attack. The FBI has described the Volunteers as “one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in Puerto Rico.”