This is fascinating. Anyone have a clue what it might be?

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...ret/index.html

Bob Woodward says that the dramatic drop in violence in Iraq is not due to the surge but to a secret "killing program" which must remain a secret for now or it would "get [our] people killed".

"I would somewhat compare it to the Manhattan Project in World War II," he said "It's a ski slope right down in a matter of months, cutting the violence in half. This isn't going to happen with the bunch of joint security stations or the surge."
The top secret operations, he said, will "some day in history ... be described to people's amazement."

Also this

While he would not reveal the details, Woodward said the terrorists who have been targeted were already aware of the capabilities.

"The enemy has a heads up because they've been getting wiped out and a lot of them have been killed," he said. "It's not news to them.
"If you were a member of al Qaeda or the resistance or some extremist militia, you would be wise to get your rear end out of town," Woodward said. "It is very dangerous."