#Iraq PM tours battlefield city as 22 security personnel killed
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Iraqi Prime Minister #Nouri_al-Maliki paid a visit on Saturday to the battleground city of #Ramadi, where security forces and allied tribesmen have for weeks fought to retake militant-held areas. His inspection tour came as militants killed 22 soldiers and police over two days and kept their grip on part of the northern town of Sulaiman Bek in a new front in the persistent rebellion against his government in the #Anbar province. read more