You are right about the facts behind the numbers, but Mr. Blumer has some problems with his numbers...either go Metro Area to Metro Area or Country to Country. He is just as bad as the MSM with his twisted facts. The numbers I dug up:
Baghdad Metro Area Population: 5,000,000 to 7,400,000
Iraq Total Population: 26,000,000-27,000,000
About 6000 deaths in the Baghdad area by June, 1006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5053134.stm
Total violent deaths for whole of Iraq: 13,738 - 16,273
Guesstamate of Baghdad Metro deaths: 10,000-12,000
Above numbers give:
Iraq Violent death(murder) rate: ~54.72 per 100,000 population (26,500,000/100,000=265 14,500/265=54.72)
USA Violent death rate: 5.6 per 100,000 population (2005)
Iraq 9.8x higher.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html
Baghdad Metro Area violent death rate: ~183 per 100,000 population (6,000,000/100000=60...11,000/60=183)
Worst Metro death rate on Mr. Blumer's table: 83.1 in D.C in 1991.
Iraq is 2.2x higher.
How many of these deaths were reported by the imaginary policeman, Hussein? Would you ask Eleanor Clff?