That doesn't mean Iraq is a more dangerous place than during Saddam Hussein's regime. At least 300,000 people were murdered by security forces and
buried in mass graves during the dictator's 23-year rule, U.S. officials say, and human rights workers put the number closer to 500,000.
A look at the rest of this article shows that under Hussein between 13,000 and 22,000 people died a year in Iraqi. This is significantly higher than
Iraqi body count website.
"We cannot compare the situation now with how it was before," Nouri Jaber al-Nouri, inspector general of the Interior Ministry, said recently.
"Iraqis used to fear everything. ... But now, despite all that is happening, we feel safe."
The Iraqis seem to dealing with this alot better than those of us in the US
