RAMADI: Iraqi troops will delay assaulting the militant-held city of Fallujah, an officer said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), citing possible civilian casualties, as fighting and missile strikes in nearby Ramadi killed 29 people.

Bombings and shootings elsewhere killed 27 people, among them 12 members of the security forces.

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