WAR BY NEXT THURSDAY? If so, let’s hope that this part turns out to be true: “American forces will go in hard and fast and we expect minimal resistance from the Iraqi military.”

But I expect that the disinformation is flying fast and furious enough that reports like this should be treated with considerable skepticism.

UPDATE: Well, we’re certainly bombing more all of a sudden.

Meanwhile here’s a report from Baghdad about trenches being filled with oil to create a smokescreen.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Tacitus agrees about the date.