AN UGLY DAY.

U.S. forces were on heightened alert for new trouble Thursday, marking the anniversary of the 1968 Baathist revolution that enabled Saddam Hussein's political party to rise to power -- sparking rumors that the fallen leader would make some sort of public appearance.

As troops were on the lookout for possible trouble, senior defense officials told Fox News that U.S. troops discovered documents from the Iraqi secret police, known as the Mukhabarat, stating that the current rash of postwar attacks, ambushes and organized chaos against coalition forces were planned months before the war in Iraq even began.

Though these documents have not been officially confirmed, the officials say the documents map out how to battle coalition troops after the fall of Hussein's regime, and that these secret police orders were the plan all along...

The eve of the holiday saw a marked escalation in attacks that killed an American soldier and the U.S.-allied mayor of an Iraqi city -- a chilling warning to Iraqis who cooperate with Americans.

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