nytimes.com - BAGHDAD — Under pressure from American officials here, Iraq has withdrawn Shiite militiamen from the Ramadi area in Anbar Province, and the American-led coalition immediately responded by stepping up bombing raids to support Iraqi forces there, according to Iraqi officials involved in the decision.
The American ambassador to Iraq, Stuart E. Jones, met with Anbar tribal leaders and provincial officials Saturday and expressed his dissatisfaction that Shiite militiamen were in the thick of a local offensive against extremists of the Islamic State near the provincial capital, according to two participants in the meeting, who were interviewed Sunday.
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