There were 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq yesterday, 9/18/2007.

The International Organization for Migration reported Tuesday that there are 50,000 more displaced Iraqi’s since July and things are getting worse, despite the U.S. surge.

Two civilians who survived who survived Sunday’s Blackwater shootout in Iraq state the attack was unprovoked. Hassan Jaber Salma, 50, a lawyer who suffered eight gunshot wounds in the incident, said he and other motorists were attempting to clear a path for the convoy when the Blackwater guards suddenly strafed the line of traffic with gunfire.

Due to the Blackwater incident, the U.S. has suspended all land travel for U.S. citizens and diplomats outside the Green Zone.

After meeting with General David Petraeus, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce drawdown plans next month. It’s reported the U.S. and Britian are split over strategy in Southern Iraq, where the British have withdrawn troops and placed them at the Basra Airport.

In case Countdown checks in here (as if) my vote for worst person…..Matt Radula.

The U.S. senate is set to vote on four proposals regarding troop withdrawals in the next few weeks.

Kurdish women are dying of suspicious burns. Why? Since August 10, Kurdistan has had nine deaths from its cholera epidemic; in the same period, there were 25 young women dead of burns.

Sunni Arabs in Baghdad fear seeking medical treatment will be a death sentence.

Security developments in Iraq 9/19/2007

Bush had a roundtable talk with military bloggers last week…. pro Bush bloggers. What’s the point? Singing to the choir…….