Is Muqtada al Sadr Now Living In Chicago?

125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer
Total Is About Double The Death Toll In Iraq
CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 125 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 125 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 247 people were shot and wounded in the city.

 

In a related story, military personnel from Chicago that are stationed in Iraq are asking that their tours be extended.

 

Obama needs to get back there and organize.

 

Perhaps a well armed militia group.

 

Better known as a gang, according to Fat Denny.

 

Maybe the IOC should give Iraq a second look.

 

Good thing Tank Johnson is now in Dallas or he would be a prime suspect.

 

Can they hold all of the track and field events at US Cellular Field?

 

Maybe we could try a surge of forces there ...

 

Um ... deployments are 12 months for the Army and significantly shorter for the Marine Corps and Air Force.

 

I'm sorry if my city is too, um, cosmopolitan for you.

 

Any idea how many Iraqis have been killed in that same timeframe?