The Muslim population of Iraq, which has observed Ramadan for centuries, can't figure out what day it should start on and it's the Americans fault:

Baghdad - Iraqi Muslims approached the holy month of Ramadan in disarray on Sunday with Sunnis in Baghdad and the restive tribal belt to its west starting the traditional daytime fast even as coalition-run media urged all believers to wait another day.

The early start of the fast was not observed universally in Sunni areas where opposition to the US-led coalition runs strong.

In Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, many restaurants remained open even as some people began the fast.

Anti-US clerics accused the country's post-Saddam television, the Iraqi Media Network, of kow-towing to the heathen Americans, adding that the US action would only lead to an upsurge in attacks on US troops in Sunni areas.

Notice that Agence Presse France interjected the "heathen Americans" reference, no scare quotes or actual quotation marks. But alas, the Americans did right by half of the Muslim world:

Differences in observance of Ramadan are commonplace in the Muslim world as the start is dependent on the lunar calendar and the sighting of the new moon, which can vary from country to country.

In Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, Sunday marked the beginning of the fast.

In the six Gulf monarchies - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman - as well as Lebanon, Syria and Shi'ite Iran, Ramadan will begin on Monday.

However in Iraq, the differences undercut hopes for sectarian unity following the collapse of Saddam's Sunni-dominated regime, under which Sunnis started the fast a day before the Shi'ite majority, highlighting the differences between the two traditions.

Do you think perhaps the French are doing their best to not have to cop to this?

Half the missiles were 68 millimeter, which have a range of two to three miles; the others were 85 millimeter, whose range is three to four miles, he said. The smaller ones were French made, and designed for use by helicopters. The others were Russian. The French rockets, officers said, were quite new, and likely purchased after the arms embargo was in place.

"They were in pristine condition," said one military officer who inspected the rocket tubes and assembly

Do you remember arguments concerning not bombing Muslim countries during Ramadan so as not to upset the populations? You know, the same populations that attacked Israel on their holiest day (and during Ramadan). They seem to have no qualms about taking out fellow muslims during this holy time.