Uniformed Men Kill Iraqi VP's Brother..."Baghdad Has Sunk Into Lawlessness"...
The New York Times SABRINA TAVERNISE October 9, 2006 at 10:23 PM
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Men wearing military police uniforms broke into the house of the brother of Iraq's Sunni vice president on Monday, chased him onto a neighbor's roof and shot him in the head, killing him, Iraqi authorities and witnesses said.
Amir al-Hashemi was the third sibling of Iraq's vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, to be killed since spring. His death underscored just how deeply Baghdad has sunk into lawlessness, particularly in its religiously mixed neighborhoods, and was reminiscent of the politically motivated assassinations that have plagued Iraq since the American invasion.
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Men wearing military police uniforms broke into the house of the brother of Iraq's Sunni vice president on Monday, chased him onto a neighbor's roof and shot him in the head, killing him, Iraqi authorities and witnesses said.
Amir al-Hashemi was the third sibling of Iraq's vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, to be killed since spring. His death underscored just how deeply Baghdad has sunk into lawlessness, particularly in its religiously mixed neighborhoods, and was reminiscent of the politically motivated assassinations that have plagued Iraq since the American invasion.
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