Originally posted by: eleison
What are the murder rates of americans in Iraq compared to americans in american cities? I think that would be a better comparison. Shiites and Sunnis kill themselves all the time... they probably bring the average murder rate up and skew the values..
Originally posted by: DBL
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
240k is not worth it to goto a shithole and possibly get killed by suicide bombers.
Better write out the will before you leave.
DC has a higher average murder rate (i think) than baghdad, IIRC.
bombs make news, but there are plenty of shootings on your average day in a big city.
Not even close... Urban legend there. I've seen it used with DC, Detroit, New Orleans and I think most recently Philly.
The murder rate in Iraq is many times that of any large US city.
Baghdad Murder Rate vs DC
On the November 28 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show, guest host Roger Hedgecock baselessly claimed that "the murder rate in Baghdad, the people being killed in Baghdad, is lower than the murder rate of Washington, D.C." Based on estimates from the Brookings Institution, Baghdad's violent death rate since January 2006 is about 238 per 100,000 people; by contrast, Washington, D.C., had a homicide rate of 35.4 per 100,000 in 2005.
..or what are the murder rates for stranger-on-stranger murder in Baghdad compared to US cities? That would be truly scary.
Obviously, you can twist the stats in any way that suits you. However, the point is that Baghdad is many times more dangerous than even the most dangerous US city (i.e. DC).