Tuesday Update

Update 13:30 CST: Bloomberg News has the following report from a military spokesman:

"U.S. Marine Major Lyle Gilbert called the clash in Ramadi, about 30 miles to the west, a lesser conflict in the larger battle for Fallujah. "There were attacks on units in Ramadi today, and no casualties," Gilbert said by telephone from outside Fallujah.

An earlier report from Agence France-Presse said insurgents had captured the city center of Ramadi. "There is no word of insurgents taking over in Ramadi," Gilbert said. He said the attack on U.S. troops there involved gunfire, homemade bombs and rocket-propelled grenades."