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In Baghdad, many people say they resent the Americans for not stopping the chaos.

 

"It was wrong to free the criminals," said Barakat al-Shumari, 40, who keeps her daughters inside because she fears kidnapping. Since Saddam's fall, police say, at least eight women have been reported raped in Baghdad, a city where rape reports are rare.

 

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[brewer1516]

"Since Saddam's fall, police say, at least eight women have been reported raped in Baghdad, a city where rape reports are rare."

Well, I suppose that's compared to government sanctioned rapes.
I'll bet this number is less than what occured prior to US/UK occupation.

I wonder how many rapes LA, DC, or NYC had in the same timeframe.

(for the record, IMO rapists and child molesters should be shot at the time of their conviction; they aren't usually "reformed" after a stint in jail).

[brewer1516]

I did a little research.

I found this:

Notes From the California Republican Party
Communications Project
Shawn Steel, Chairman
Contact: Rob Stutzman @ 916.441.0934
April 23, 2002

What Gray Doesn’t Want You to Know About Crime
Rates are skyrocketing during his tenure

After a lengthy decline in crime rates under previous Republican administrations, crime in California’s big cities is again on the rise during Gray’s watch.

2002 HEADLINE: LAPD Reports Homicide Up Sharply in First Quarter

The number of homicides and other serious crimes in Los Angeles during the first three months of 2002 were up sharply for the same period last year, according to
police statistics released Monday.
(Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2002)

There were 153 murders in Los Angeles during the first three months of 2002, an increase of almost 50% over the same period in 2001.
Rapes increased from 252 to 342, robbery/theft increased from 3,670 to 4,392 and aggravated assaults went up from 3,888 to 4,446 during the same period. (Source: Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2002).

The situation is equally dangerous across in cities across California.

Across the state, the most dramatic rises (in overall crime from 2001-2002) came in the Bay Area’s Daly City, with 22.6%, and in San Diego County at 21.1%. The cities of Berkeley, Downey, Fresno and Sacramento also posted increases of greater than
15%
(Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2002)

Stockton’s (overall crime rate) increase was 18.5%, Fresno’s was 15.2% and Modesto’s 9.8%. In Bakersfield, the overall number of crimes declined but a surge in robberies and assaults pushed the number of violent offenses up by 17%.
(Dan Weintraub column, Sacramento Bee, March 28, 2002)