Over 100 Iraqi troops poisoned in Baghdad

Baghdad, Oct 27, (VOI) – More than 100 Iraqi servicemen in Baghdad were poisoned during breakfast on Saturday morning and were taken to several hospitals in the Iraqi capital for treatment, an Iraqi official said.

"Over 100 Iraqi soldiers from a company affiliated with the army's 6th division, who are serving in the Green Zone, were poisoned this morning, but not fatally," Spokesman for the Baghdad security plan Brigadier Qasim Ata told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"More than half of those poisoned were released from hospitals after treatment," he added.
Ata did not provide further details of the type of food that soldiers had for breakfast or the staff responsible for the food supply, but said that investigation is currently underway. Voices of Iraq