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Iraqi Officials Investigate Food Poisoning of Hundreds of Police
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gunmen have killed  brother of Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president





Iraqi soldiers carry coffin of Gen. Amir al-Hashimi during his funeral
in Baghdad, October 9, 2006

Iraqi officials are investigating the food poisoning of hundreds of
Iraqi police at a base southeast of Baghdad.

An Iraqi official says between 350 to 400 police fell ill after eating
a meal Sunday in Numaniya.  They were breaking their daylight Ramadan
fast.

Officials have been quoted as saying several men died, although the
defense ministry has denied the reports of fatalities. 

It is unclear if the poisoning was deliberate.  Iraqi officials say
several people have been arrested.

In other news, gunmen have killed a brother of Iraq's Sunni Arab vice
president.

The attackers stormed the home of Amir al-Hashimi in Baghdad early
Monday.  The victim, who was a brother to Vice President Tariq
al-Hashimi, was also an adviser to Iraq's defense ministry.

Assailants killed al-Hashimi's sister and another brother in separate
attacks in the past year.

Also today, a suicide car bombing at a police checkpoint in the
northern town of Tal Afar killed one Iraqi policeman and wounded 11
other people. 

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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