There have been 54 U.S. deaths in Iraq thus far in September

Security developments in Iraq 9/24/07

Iraq said today no action will be taken against Blackwater Security in the shooting that left 11 Iraqis dead, until an inquiry is complete. They are afraid of the hole in security this would leave and are being told if they have to replace Blackwater personnel with U.S. troops, the troops would have to be drawn away from other areas.

Iran closed it’s border with Iraq in the Kurdish region in protest of the Iranian kidnapped and arrested last week. Iraqi President Talibani has demanded his release.

The U.S. continues to say (on a daily basis) that Iran is supplying weapons to insurgents in Iraq. As we all know, just because they say it doesn’t make it so.

Iraq has resumed the flow of Kirkuk crude oil to the Turkish export terminal, Ceyhan, for the last two days after a suspension of 10 days due to the Turkish storage facilities being full.

The Pentagon has encouraged some U.S. sniper groups to use bait to lure insurgents and then kill them when they take the bait.
Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said such a baiting program should be examined “quite meticulously” because it raises troubling possibilities, such as what happens when civilians pick up the items. Gee let me guess what happens……more innocent Iraqis die.

al-Maliki speaks out about the Blackwater shooting and the Iranian businessman who was arrested…..kind of. Tell me what’s sovereign about a nation that has no control over who is arrested and who is not……or who’s shooting who?

Amnesty International releases a statement that the international community is failing to adequetely address the Iraqi refugee crisis.

The U.S. is building a $5 million dollar base on the Iran border in Zurbatiya. Raytheon has been contracted $5 million to provide Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Mobile Eagle Eye tower systems. Gee…..more poor planning. Shouldn’t this have been done LONG ago?

Things are going so well in Mosul that five local non-government organizations are closing their doors, due to violence against aid workers and volunteers. Of the five, two provided humanitarian assistance to displaced families, one dealt with women’s rights and the other two were working with children. One of the latter was supporting children with cancer or psychological problems.

The New York Times reports the graft in U.S. army contracts spread from a Kuwait base.

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