Iraqi police killed in insurgent attack on government compound

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Iraqi police killed in insurgent attack on government compound

Seven officers killed as suspected Sunni insurgents detonate car bomb and storm prison for terror suspects in RamadiSeven policemen have been killed after gunmen detonated a car bomb and blasted their way into a government compound in the one-time Sunni insurgent area of Ramadi, police and officials said. A three-hour standoff between Shia-dominated Iraqi security forces and suspected Sunni insurgents in the Anbar province capital, 70 miles (115km) west of Baghdad, was the first serious gun battle for Iraqi forces without American backup since the US military completed its withdrawal last month.