# Iraq

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iraq/193078/63 "2007-10-18T12:15:19Z")

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> [@\*OFFICIAL\* Buffalo Sabres 2007 Off-Season Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-2007-off-season-thread/30906/457):
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> This couldn’t be more wrong. DC is not even the murder capital of the U.S. let alone the world. In fact the U.S. hasn’t had the murder capital of the world since the 80’s. Here I did some research.
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> Murder capital of the world… suprise suprise Baghdad!!!  
> [Immorality, Inc. | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lew-rockwell/immorality-inc_b_26112.html)
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> Murder capital of the U.S. should be no surprise as well, New Orleans  
> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260742,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260742,00.html)
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> The only place I found that rivals Baghdad is Singapore. So one of these is the murder capital of the world.  
> [http://tonygoodson.typepad.com/tonygoodson/2005/12/singapore\_murde.html](http://tonygoodson.typepad.com/tonygoodson/2005/12/singapore_murde.html)

It’s not that far off…according to these sources DC retained the title in the U.S. twice in recent history.

DC was in 1998  
[http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/dc/DCmurder.html](http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/dc/DCmurder.html)

And 2002  
[http://www.biconews.com/article/view/4688](http://www.biconews.com/article/view/4688)

> The latest crime statistics for Baghdad show its murder rate is lower than that of any major U.S. city – if anti-coalition attacks are discounted.

> **[Baghdad's civilian murder rate drops below that of U.S. cities](https://johnrlott.tripod.com/other/canadiancoverage.html)**
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> On this site I will post most statements regarding my work and gun control.
> Also included is a list of my op-eds, and information on The Bias Against Guns, my new book.

And this story shows that there are plenty of mis-quoted, mis-construed, and just plain incorrect facts about these rates being reported in the media.  
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105954,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105954,00.html)

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