Iraqi PM, militias reject foreign troops after U.S. announcement

By Ahmed Rasheed and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight Islamic State after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shi'ite Muslim militias pledged to attack. "We do not need foreign ground combat forces on Iraqi land," Abadi said in a statement. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered few details on the new "expeditionary" group, but said it would be larger t