Malik's letters to the embassy said the bombing happened in 2002, but Iraq wasn't invaded by the US until 2003. ** When referring to actual events, dates are almost always changed due to the fact real people would have been involved. If a fictional situation resembles fact, people may sue.
Mobile phone calls made from fast moving vehicles are the easiest to trace because, in order to route the call, the network will store details of every radio cell passed through in turn and the time. This will reveal which road the vehicle is on, its speed and the direction of travel. There is no need for triangulation and the phone only needs to be switched on, not in use. ** That may be, but when the request to have the call triangulated, the girl said they were in a greenhouse, not moving.