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rotciv KOTHRT · Prince Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 1482 Location: USA

Here is a sobering statistic!

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of U.S. involvement in Iraq, here is 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 - 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. Therefore, 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.

Rolling Eyes

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Grizzly · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:12 am Post subject:

So True !!

When Da-Grizz was in the "Forces" , more squadies(*) were killed on exersize(*) than were even "Shot" at , let alone killed or wounded in all of the "real" operations conn'ducted by HMAF in the same period !!

Conclusion :

DO NOT EXERCISE !!

Regds Grizz
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Mildew · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:59 am Post subject:

Lies, bloody lies and statistics! Wink

I'm pretty sure Washington D.C. is a bad place to live, but those figures doesn't add up. Rolling Eyes

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They don't have to add up, the fact is that it is even "belivable", says a lot about the US, that we are even willing to admit those figures might be right.
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mohrorless · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:08 am Post subject:

There are areas in the US where that is completely believeable....however for the most areas in the US it would not be true.
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Eaving · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:18 am Post subject:

Ive not specifically researched it, but it doesn't sound unbelievable. When I moved out of central California Fresno was averaging 1 murder every three days for the year(1997) and I don't think it was more than 300k people at the time. That 40 per 100k for the year and while I wouldn't call it the safest place in the world we also didn't consider it to be downtown L.A. levels either, so 80 per 100k while stupidly bad sounds possible.
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