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Sorry, US, but Iraq is still King of School Violence
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by toastie | April 16, 2007 at 01:54 pm
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According to the Iraq Body Count Database, there have been 8 attacks in 2007 on university targets alone in Iraq, resulting in a reported minimum of 135 civilian deaths--you know, women, children, etc. Yeah, I know, the Virginia Tech massacre hits close to home. Imagine having the equivalent of a Virginia Tech massacre every other day. Keep this in mind when you start hearing the inevitable, "How safe are our schools?" questions.
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at 14:12 on April 16th, 2007
There it is<<<< You scooped CNN they forgot to mention that Muslims are killing kids at school all the time, never did see those in ambulances or crying women picking through the rubble, like I did when "we" allegedly bombed a school.
C'mon CNN where are you ?
at 20:44 on April 16th, 2007
toastie, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:15 on April 22nd, 2007
Thanks, gmgauthi. I felt vindicated by what may have seemed like callous reaction to Blacksburg (I didn't mean it as such) when Jon Stewart had on former Iraqi Minister Ali Alawi last week. Stewart devoted a larger portion than usual of The Daily Show to the interview segment, since it was not the week to overload the audience with laughs. At one point, Stewart asked Alawi what it was like to try to mourn in Iraq when massacres are daily. Alawi talked of how Iraqis don't really have time to mourn. Typically if their loved ones are murdered, they realize that they need to flee their homes as soon as possible.
What happened at Virginia Tech was surely a horrendous tragedy, but I do wish Americans who are not directly connected to the tragedy would not react as if this were some unthinkable act that we can't comprehend. Of course we can comprehend it; there are people filled with hate and rage all over the world where everyone is able to have a gun, and look what happens in these places...