I wish someone could remember what provoked the queries about Tuesday: three lamps east and two lamps west from the end of Ramadan (beginning of the day of Eid al-Futr) will be Tuesday in North America.
Still, I suppose the fatwa on nukes and the offensive in Fallujah might be enough to explain extra chatter even if nothing operational was acutally afoot.
That explains it. I would prefer it been my imagination though. eeek.