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Originally Posted by loris520
Interesting statistics. Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S involvement in Iraq, here's a sobering statistic. There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,867 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.
Thought this kind of intresting had to post it.
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Not sure how old that data is ... but this is current...
MNF-Iraq reported:
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?op...12&It emid=21
Violence reduced in Baghdad
Sunday, 14 October 2007
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq – A reduction in violence in neighborhoods on Baghdad’s northwest side and an improved security situation are allowing reconstruction efforts and economic gains to flourish, according to the commander of the brigade that has patrolled the area for nearly a year.
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The implementation of the Baghdad Security Plan, Operation Fardh Al-Qanoon, allowed the Dagger Brigade to move into neighborhoods with a permanent presence, Burton added, with the end result being an 85 percent reduction in violence in the area since May. ( in an area which spans most of northwestern Baghdad )
“Of our 95 ‘Mulhallas,’ or neighborhoods—58 of them are now considered under control, 33 remain in a clearing status with violence continuing to go down, and four remain in a disrupt status,” Burton noted.
He said murders in the area, which a year ago occurred more than 150 times each week, are down to an average of five a week.
That is fewer then in New Orleans ...