Posted by kitekrazy on 06/01/06 02:40

Rab wrote:
> "Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
> news:447d9304.88233468@news-server.houston.rr.com...
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>>Iraq Less Violent than Washington, D.C.
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>>Despite media coverage purporting to show that escalating violence in
>>Iraq has the country spiraling out of control, civilian death
>>statistics complied by Rep. Steve King, R-IA, indicate that Iraq
>>actually has a lower civilian violent death rate than Washington, D.C.
>>
>>Appearing with Westwood One radio host Monica Crowley on Saturday,
>>King said that the incessantly negative coverage of the Iraq war
>>prompted him to research the actual death numbers.
>>
>>"I began to ask myself the question, if you were a civilian in Iraq,
>>how could you tolerate that level of violence," he said. "What really
>>is the level of violence?"
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>>Using Pentagon statistics cross-checked with independent research,
>>King said he came up with an annualized Iraqi civilian death rate of
>>27.51 per 100,000.
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>>While that number sounds high - astonishingly, the Iowa Republican
>>discovered that it's significantly lower than a number of major
>>American cities, including the nation's capital.
>>
>>"It's 45 violent deaths per 100,000 in Washington, D.C.," King told
>>Crowley.
>>
>>Other American cities with higher violent civilian death rates than
>>Iraq include:
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>># Detroit - 41.8 per 100,000
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>># Baltimore - 37.7 per 100,000
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>># Atlanta - 34.9 per 100,000
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>># St. Louis - 31.4 per 100,000
>>
>>The American city with the highest civilian death rate was New Orleans
>>before Katrina - with a staggering 53.1 deaths per 100,000 - almost
>>twice the death rate in Iraq.
>>
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> Does that include or exclude women and children slaughtered by US troops?
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5033648.stm
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Yep, I've heard bad things about Memorex discs. I think that's why
many call them Memowrecks.

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