16,273 deaths reported in Iraq in 2006

[scooterbob]

Location	Year	Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Iraq	2006	56.49
New Orleans, LA	2006	67.5
New Orleans, LA	2004	59.6
New Orleans, LA	2003	57.7

 

What are Houston's statistics since the influx of refugees from New Orleans?

[shooter]

Here's Houston's murder rates:

 

Year- Population - Murders - Murder rate/100,000

 

2005 - 2.05M - 334 -16.33

2006 - 2.2M - 379 - 17.24

 

Total murders were up 13% but the murder rate was up only 5%.

 

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4437025.html

[CatchMeIfYouCan]

Some Bush statements from his presidential address on Jan 11...

 

* Bush wants more than 20,000 extra US troops in Iraq

* 3,018 US troops have been killed since war began nearly 4 years ago

* 14 soldiers killed in the month of January (10 Days)

* Currently 135,000 US troops in Iraq

 

Bush's 2 reasons for failure in Iraq

* Not enough soldiers

* To many restrictions on those soldiers that are there.

[Habib]

Some Bush statements from his presidential address on Jan 11...

 

* Bush wants more than 20,000 extra US troops in Iraq

* 3,018 US troops have been killed since war began nearly 4 years ago

* 14 soldiers killed in the month of January (10 Days)

* Currently 135,000 US troops in Iraq

 

Bush's 2 reasons for failure in Iraq

* Not enough soldiers

* To many restrictions on those soldiers that are there.

 

I heard different reasons, but this probably needs to be a different thread.

[LC99]

The U.N. civilian casualty count for last year was announced in Baghdad by Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq in Baghdad. He said 34,452 civilians died _ an average of 94 a day _ and 36,685 were wounded.

 

But Dr. Hakem al-Zamili, Iraq's deputy health minister, told The Associated Press the United Nations may be using unreliable sources for its casualty count. "They might be taking the figures from people who are opposed to the government or to the Americans," he said. "They are not accurate." He said he would provide Iraqi government figures later this week.

 

In early January, a compilation of Iraqi government figures put last year's civilian deaths at just 12,357. The numbers are gathered monthly by the AP from reports by three Iraqi agencies.

 

When asked about the difference, Magazzeni said the U.N. figures were compiled from information obtained through the Iraqi Health Ministry, hospitals across the country and the Medico-Legal Institute in Baghdad.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/ap/world/mainD8MMS6SO0.shtml

[firebird]

Seems like everytime I see a news report on Iraq, there are people every where carrying weapons ? Are there any kind of restrictions concerning the rights of everyday citizens in Iraq to carry firearms or other weapons?