[BCrago66]

If these numbers holf up, these are the biggest terrorist attacks in Iraq since the start of the conflict. Iraq has about 25 million people; America has 300 million. Thus multiply by 12 to get a proportioanl number murdered: It is as if 1,200 were killed in America, almost 1/2 of those murdered on 9/11.

Of course, the basic measure is that all lives are vuluable in themselves, not merely in relation to the larger nation, but in any case this is a terrible thing that happened.

[leadpenny]

Map of Northern Iraq: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iraq_north_g4b_89.jpg