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By Ahmed Rasheed and Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraq's former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday denounced as worthless a parliamentary report which blamed him and others for the fall of Mosul to Islamic State last year and which called for them to be referred to the judiciary. "There is no value to the results that came out of the parliamentary investigation committee", Maliki said on Facebook in his first public comments since the report was released on Sunday and referred to the public prosecutor on Monday. Maliki, who has been in Iran since Friday according to his website, said political differences in the panel compromised its objectivity.More...