Iraqi vice-president's brother killed in Baghdad home
The brother of Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president was killed early today in his Baghdad home, a government spokesman said.
Gen. Amir al-Hashimi, brother of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi and an adviser in the Defence Ministry, was killed by unidentified gunmen wearing military uniforms in his home in north Baghdad, said Brig. Qassim al-Moussawi.