U.S. sending reinforcements to violent Ramadi

Fire rages in one of the shops in an alleyway in the restive city of Ramadi during clashes between US forces and insurgents. Iraqi politicians were locked in final discussions ahead of the promised weekend announcement of the country's first permanent post-invasion government, over five months after landmark elections.(AFP/Ahmed Shallal)

Looks like the war in Iraq is heating up. This is from CNN.Com:

(CNN) -- U.S. military commanders will order more U.S. troops to the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the volatile Anbar provincial capital where troops and insurgents have been fighting new pitched battles, CNN learned on Friday.

The reinforcements, described as a significant number, will come from other areas inside Iraq, but military sources are not saying exactly when the troops will arrive.

Fighting has been raging in the sprawling, largely Sunni Arab province west of Baghdad for days; coalition forces have engaged insurgents in the area every day since May 7, the military said.

Anbar has been a major front in the ongoing insurgency.

Insurgents have hidden out and established bases in Anbar towns along the Euphrates River, and some have entered Anbar over the Syrian border. Over the past year, Marine-led forces have been launching offensives against insurgents along the Euphrates.