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To: neolib who wrote (196135)	8/8/2006 2:07:35 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 281500

At the height of the S. African violence, something around 250/month were dying, and that made world news. The fact that something makes news in one place doesn't mean the equivalent act someplace else will make just as much news. Generally events in Africa received less attention but South Africa was an exception. Generally killings in the Middle East also received less attention unless Israel or the US was somehow involved, or the oil supply was seen as threatened.

To: neolib who wrote (196135)	8/8/2006 4:54:26 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't think Saddam was killing even 10% of what are being killed monthly now. At many times, Saddam's kill rate ran even higher. There are something like 300,000 + dead in mass graves; those don't even count those executed "legally" or the million dead in Saddam's wars. Numbers never get counted the same when Americans or Israelis aren't involved. When Arabs kill each other, there's no story. 25 times as many people died in Algeria during the 1990s as were killed in both the Israeli/Pal intifadas, but how much did you read about it?