Since we looked at 2006 violent death/homicide statistics for our two newsworthy capital cities a couple weeks ago maybe its time to update.
May 2006:
Washington D.C. 15 homicides
Baghdad, Iraq 1,398 violent deaths
What, there's a problem of scale between the two? Well lets try Los Angeles, then.
May 2006:
Los Angele, CA 41 homicides
Baghdad, Iraq 1, 398 violent deaths
Can we cut the crap, now?