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2007-04-05 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-04-05 08:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 C-itizens O-n P-atrol

Posted by Steven 2007-04-05 10:42|| 2007-04-05 10:42|| Front Page Top

#2 it is roughly 10 times more hazardous to be a soldier in Iraq than to live in New Orleans.

Glenmore - Not sure I get that math. Are you comparing the entire population of Iraq to the population of people who live in New Orleans? Don't want to look it up, but I suspect that the population of Iraq is much greater than the population of New Orleans. Maybe you need to add in the population of DC, Pittsburg, and other tough American cities to make the population correlation one on one.

Are you counting only combat deaths or are you including auto accident and other forms of death that you are not including in the New Orleans stats.

Not saying you are wrong - just wondering how you did it.

Posted by Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-04-05 12:57|| 2007-04-05 12:57|| Front Page Top

#3 I recently looked up some murder numbers for Illinois, and more people were murdered in Illinois than soldiers were killed in Iraq DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. Illinois has half the population of Iraq, so it is significantly safer to be in Iraq than in Illinois. Considering Iraq's population is 25 Million and NOLA is about 250,000 I guess it is about 4 times safer to be in Iraq than in NOLA.

Posted by Dino Spomoth7611 2007-04-05 14:18|| 2007-04-05 14:18|| Front Page Top

#4 AT - I am comparing the violent fatalities to the US military population of Iraq to the violent fatalities to the general population of New Orleans.
About 220 so far this year in Iraq, for about 140,000 personnel, about 1 in 636.
About 50 so far this year in New Orleans for about 225,000 population, or 1 in 4500 per quarter year.
So it is not 10 times more dangerous in Iraq, but 7 times more dangerous.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-05 18:43|| 2007-04-05 18:43|| Front Page Top

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