{"id":23558,"date":"2006-05-16T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T06:25:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T06:25:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T06:25:34","slug":"iraq_has_a_lower_violent_death_rate_than_washington_baltimore_or_atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2006\/05\/16\/iraq_has_a_lower_violent_death_rate_than_washington_baltimore_or_atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Has a Lower Violent Death Rate Than Washington, Baltimore or Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/>RUSH: Interesting story today in the New York Sun:<\/line><BR\/>&#8220;It\u2019s that time of year when New Yorkers start making their summer vacation plans. Renting a place in the Hamptons? Nah, been there, done that. How about a Parisian jaunt? Noooo. Too many riots. Well, how about visiting a country that\u2019s ancient, historic, beautiful and exotic &#8211; Iraq? Sure, there\u2019s a little war going on there, but when you look at the violent death statistics in the world, [Iraq is] safer than a number of other popular travel destinations. Believe it or not. I happened to catch Rep. Steve King, a Republican of Iowa, on C-span last week and he rattled off some startling figures that demonstrate how off-base journalists are when it comes to reporting on the war in Iraq. <\/line><BR\/> &#8220;According to Mr. King, the violent death rate in Iraq is 25.71 per 100,000. That may sound high, but not when you compare it to places like Colombia 61.7&#8221; per 100,000 death rate, violent death rate. South Africa, has a higher violent death rate per 100,000: 49.6 per 100,000. Even <emphasize>Jamaica<\/emphasize> has a higher violent death rate than does Iraq: 32.4, and Venezuela comes in at 31.6 violent deaths per 100,000. &#8220;How about the violent death rates in American cities? New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina was 53.1,&#8221; violent death rate per 100,000. &#8220;FBI statistics for 2004-05 have Washington&#8221; DC\u2019s violent death rate at 45.9 per 100,000; Baltimore at 37.7 per 100,000, and Atlanta at 34.9 per 100,000. The figure again from Iraq, 25.71 per 100,000,<emphasize> and that includes the war<\/emphasize>. <\/line><BR\/>So Iraq, I mean, if you\u2019re just going to roll the dice and take your chances, Iraq\u2019s a much safer place to go than Washington or Jamaica or New Orleans pre-Katrina, or Venezuela!<\/line><BR\/>END TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n<paragraph\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Interesting story today in the New York Sun:&#8220;It\u2019s that time of year when New Yorkers start making their summer vacation plans. Renting a place in the Hamptons? Nah, been there, done that. How about a Parisian jaunt? Noooo. Too many riots. 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