IED defused in Ramadi

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Policemen defused an improvised explosive device planted on a roadside near a residential compound in western al-Ramadi city without incident on Monday, a local police source said. “Intelligence tip-offs led security forces to a roadside IED near a residential compound in western Ramadi. The area was sealed off from two directions as the bomb squad personnel defused the charge without incident,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Ramadi, the capital city of the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar had recently witnessed unrest as the past few days saw attacks with IEDs and car bombs in Ramadi and Falluja, leaving dozens killed or wounded. AmR (P) 1