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To: John Carragher who wrote (161204)	3/20/2006 9:57:17 AM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793868

Why isn't it played up more on front newspapers all over the country? The former Iraqi PM replied this past weekend that he thought his country was already in a civil war. He used 50 Iraqi murders per day as a tally to determine the civil war. By that criteria, the USA has been a civil war for many years.

To: John Carragher who wrote (161204)	3/20/2006 10:11:09 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793868

Therefore the news industry that puts itself above the population in bringing truth continue to hide the real problems in our cities and school systems. The people controlling the "news" have been indoctrinated with a PC and Multi viewpoint to the extent that they just won't explore the real problem. It is considered too "racist" to do so.

To: John Carragher who wrote (161204)	3/20/2006 11:03:03 AM
From: Hoa Hao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793868

US murder numbers 1939 - 7,514 1940 - 7,540 1941 - 7,562 1960 - 9,110 1961 - 8,740 1962 - 8,530 1963 - 8,640 1964 - 9,360 1965 - 9,960 1966 - 11,040 1967 - 12,240 1968 - 13,800 1969 - 14,760 1970 - 16,000 1971 - 17,780 1972 - 18,670 1973 - 19,640 (10,000 by handguns, 1,200 by long guns) 1974 - 20,711 1975 - 20,505 1976 - 18,784 1977 - 19,121 1978 - 19,555 1979 - 21,456 1980 - 23,044 1981 - 22,516 1982 - 21,012 1983 - 19,308 1984 - 18,692 1985 - 18,980 1986 - 20,610 1987 - 21,010 1988 - 20,680 1989 - 21,500 1990 - 23,440 1991 - 24,700 (Record) 1992 - 23,760 (1,431 killed by boyfriends or husbands) 1993 - 24,526 1994 - 23,330 1995 - 21,610 1996 - 19,645 (125 by people 75 or older [only 3 of these women]) 1997 - 18,209 1998 - 16,914 1999 - 15,522 (692 youth-gang homicides) 2000 - 15,517 2001 - 15,982 2002 - 16,204 (64% solved) (How murders committed: 71.0% firearms 13.4 knife 7.1 hands or feet 5.1 blunt object 3.4 other [arson, poisoning, etc.]) (youth-gang homicides in 2002: over 1,100) irawrites.com