UPDATE:Sorry - I didn't realize this topic was already covered by this diary. My apologies.
This from the Guardian:
Gunmen take over Ramadi as bomb kills five Marines
A huge bomb killed five American marines yesterday and showered body parts on to rooftops, fuelling suspicion that armour-piercing technology is being developed and tested in Ramadi.
Assuming that armoured Hum-Vee did get destroyed with armor-piercing explosives, that indicates a new advance in the weaponry used by anti-coalition guerillas. It also appears that Ramadi is once again in their control. Could they be trying to provoke another U.S. over-reaction like we saw in Fallujah last year?
Sadly, it looks like at least some of the US military has already obliged:
Residents said that in reprisal for their losses US troops fired grenades at a minibus as it crossed the bridge at 6am yesterday.
Eight girls and women died and a Jordanian man was injured, said hospital staff. It was not possible to verify the account. A US military spokesman said he had heard no such reports.
If this is more "last throes" stuff, I'm wary.