When I see a post such as this, I wonder how many persons were murdered last night in, say, Washington, DC, New Orleans, Chicago, NYC and environs, LA, and San Francisco. Lets balance the numbers. Maybe Baghdad isn't that violent. I know that some parts of DC are downright dangerous (and I suspect parts of LA). In with the murders the number of persons charged with manslaughter would also be interesting.
When I visited DC, I was warned by the hotel not to go out after dark. Then I witnesed a shoot-out in front of the restaurant window. Could Baghdad be worse?