http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/15/watt15.xml

"The rallying call came as defense officials said an attack on Afghanistan, which has given safe haven to Osama bin Laden, could come as early as this weekend."

You NEVER discuss operational plans or time lines! Yes, we can do any or all of those things and it could happen soon. Still, you don't jeopardize people's lives by getting into specifics.

About the only good purpose I can see coming from this article is to make the Afghanis sweat. Let them stay up night after night manning their anti-aircraft guns. Let them exhaust themselves maintaining a high alert status - then hit them after several weeks as their vigilance wanes. Of course, that requires patience on the part of Americans, a tough thing to expect given our nature.