This is chilling. However- on a positive note- we caught the OBL navy...perhaps we are intercepting ALOT more things that are not being mentioned to us. (so as not to panic us)
I still think the date of interest is the beginning of their Ramadan.
Iyad Allawi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, today threatened full-scale military action against Fallujah unless it hands over Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the militants under his command, who are said to be based in the rebel-held city.
News of the ultimatum came as the Mr al-Zarqawi's terror group, which kidnapped and murdered the British contractor Ken Bigley, uploaded a video on the internet showing two Iraqi government agents being beheaded.
The Tawhid wal Jihad Group posted footage showing the two men's identity cards, which said they were Iraqi intelligence officers. Militants then cut off the men's heads.
Before their murder, the victims said in the video that they were captured on September 28 in Baghdad’s Haifa street, a militant stronghold, while trying to remove the body of a female colleague, Nadia Abdulwahhab Matlak. They admitted to working for Iraqi intelligence and warned other Iraqis to quit the security forces.
"I advise my brothers, the sons of Iraq, who are working for the government agencies, in intelligence, the armed forces and the police to repent," one of the men said.
Today Mr Allawi told Iraq's interim national council: "If Zarqawi and his group are not handed over to us, we are ready for major operations in Fallujah."
Iraqi officials are in talks with Fallujah city representatives to restore government control, which disintegrated after the Marines ended a three-week siege in late April.
Fallujah residents reported airstrikes on the eastern edge of the city yesterday. At least seven people were killed and four wounded in the blasts, according to Fallujah General Hospital. The victims were reportedly traveling in a truck and two cars on a highway outside the city when they came under fire.
Meanwhile US and Iraqi troops have stepped up pressure on Sunni insurgents in Baquoba and Ramadi before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the end of this week
Last year, extremists sharply increased their attacks against coalition forces during Ramadan, believing that they win a special place in paradise if they die in a jihad during the holy month.
More than 1,000 US and Iraqi troops launched two simultaneous raids around Baqouba, 35 miles (57km) North-east of Baghdad, to clear the area of insurgents. Several people were detained.
In Ramadi, US troops sealed off streets and searched buildings after days of clashes, residents reported. Yesterday coalition forces raided seven mosques in Ramadi, detaining four people and seizing bomb-making materials.
The Association of Muslim Scholars, a Sunni group suspected of links to rebels, condemned the mosque raids as an example of alleged American hostility toward Islam.
The US Army accused local militants of violating the mosques by using them for military purposes. A US Marine spokesman said American troops provided backup for Iraqi soldiers but did not enter the mosques.