Iraqi security forces on Tuesday deployed
tanks and artillery around
Ramadi to confront
Islamic State fighters who have captured the city in a major defeat for the Baghdad government and its Western backers. After
Ramadi fell on Sunday, Shi'ite militiamen allied to the Iraqi army had advanced to a nearby base in preparation for a counterattack on the city, which lies in the Sunni Muslim province of Anbar, just 110 km (70 miles) **rthwest of Baghdad. As pressure mounted for action to retake the city, a local government official urged
Ramadi residents to join the police and the army for what the Shi'ite militiamen said would be the "Battle of Anbar".
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