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These Are the 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the World

Recently, a series of roadside bombs killed 11 people and injured dozens more in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The bombings, which were part of a larger, coordinated jihadi assault, killed a total of 32 people.

In light of these recent terrorist attacks, the violent overtures Iran has made towards Israel, U.S. president Barack Obama announcing the U.S.’ withdrawal from Iraq, and Mercer’s newly-released 2011 Quality of Living Report (which ranks cities according to the level of personal safety), writers at 24/7 Wall St. set out to catalog the most dangerous cities in the world.

“All of the areas on the list suffer from great political instability that has led to politically motivated violence,” writes Michael B. Sauter of 24/7. “This climate of instability also has created an ideal breeding ground for crime motivated by profit. Whether the violence is criminal or political in nature, it perpetuates socioeconomic conditions that keep those nations’ economies depressed.”

Indeed, almost all the cities that made the Mercer list are in countries that have experienced a violent coup or national war recently. In Tbilisi, for instance, a “brief but severe military conflict with Russia in 2008 led to long-term economic problems and the increased availability of firearms.”

For all the cities on the list, the U.S. Department of State has instructed Americans to avoid the country altogether and in many cases “suggested citizens who remain there leave.”

To illustrate the violent conditions in each city, and the danger it poses to Americans abroad, writers at 24/7 reviewed travel warnings issued by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. These reports detail the type of crime or violence in the area, including whether Americans are being targeted.

Also included in this article are the city’s adult mortality rates (the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60) and the percentage of the population living on less than $1 per day. These metrics were included “to demonstrate how violence and depressed living conditions are usually interconnected.”

10. Conakry, Guinea Republic
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $448.48 (14th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 331
Population living on < $1 per day: 69.8 percent

“Conakry, a peninsula located on the western coast of Guinea, holds roughly a fifth of the entire nation’s population,” Sauter writes. “Over the past two decades, significant growth in the city has led to overwhelming population density and infrastructure problems. Elections in 2010 led to protests and violent clashes between Guinea’s citizens and the military.”

The worst of the violence has passed, according to the U.S. Department of State, but there is still “residual potential for violence.”

“While not specifically targeted, U.S. citizens have been victimized in the past,” the State Department warns. “Motorists traveling outside of Conakry have encountered improvised checkpoint-barricades manned by persons in military uniforms who demand money and search through personal belongings, confiscating items of value.”

9. Nairobi, Kenya
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $807.50 (32nd lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 387
Population living on < $1 per day: 19.7 percent

Nearly 20 percent of the population of Kenya lives on less than $1 per day, according to the UN.

“The country has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, and GDP per capita is just over $800 per day, compared to the estimated $46,860 in the U.S.,” Sauter reports. “While crime is high throughout the country, it is particularly bad in the capital city of Nairobi. Violent crimes, including carjacking, kidnapping and home invasion, occur regularly and are often fatal.”

“In early 2007, two U.S. citizens were killed and one critically injured in two separate carjacking incidents. Nairobi averages about 10 vehicle hijackings per day and Kenyan authorities have limited capacity to deter and investigate such acts,” reports the U.S. State Department.

Nairobi is also infamous for scams targeting tourists.

8. Sana’a, Yemen
The Most Dangerous Cities in the World GDP per capita: $1,283 (47th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 357
Population living on < $1 per day: 17.5 percent

In September, the U.S. department of State warned U.S. citizens not to travel to Yemen. Violent protests in the capital city of Sana’a were started as an attempt to overthrow the country’s long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

“Saleh has stepped down, but calls for him to be executed have led to continued violence between protesters and government forces,” 24/7 reports.

The violent clashes are ongoing and “may escalate without notice,” warns the UN. The State Department actually issues a warning to all Americans in Yemen that they should “flee the country while commercial transportation is available.”

7. Tbilisi, Georgia
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $2,629.44 (66th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 150
Population living on < $1 per day: 13.4 percent

Although not as bad as the other cities on this list (with an unemployment rate of 16.4 percent and a GDP per capita of $2,629), Georgia is nevertheless one of the poorest countries in all of Europe. In fact, the disparity in wealth between travelers and locals has lead to the targeting of tourists for robbery and other crimes, reports the State Department.

Consequently, Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, has one of the highest theft/assault rates.

“Many robberies and assaults have occurred in areas frequented by U.S. citizens and foreigners in Tbilisi, such as on side streets near Tbilisi’s city center. Firearms are readily available in Georgia and assailants may be armed with firearms or other weapons,” the State Department reports.

6. Karachi, Pakistan
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $1,029.93
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 204
Population living on < $1 per day: 22.6 percent

Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, has been a favorite target for jihadi attacks by Al-Qaida and the Taliban. In August, the U.S. Bureau of Consular Affair warned that the violence “poses a potential danger to U.S. citizens throughout Pakistan. Terrorists and their sympathizers regularly attack civilian, government, and foreign targets …”

“Karachi suffered from intermittent suicide bombings over the past several years, and an American child was kidnapped there last year as well,” 24/7 notes.

5. Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of the Congo
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $185.96 (4th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 357
Population living on < $1 per day: 59.2 percent

“The Democratic Republic of Congo is no stranger to violence and crime, as warring and aggressive bordering nations leave the country in a perpetual state of upheaval,” Sauter writes. “GDP per capita in 2010 was estimated to be just $186 per year, the fourth lowest in the world. More than one in three adults is expected to die before they reach the age of 60.”

According a travel warning issued in August by the Department of State, “Kinshasa has a critical crime threat, and U.S. citizens continue to be the victims of serious crimes, including armed robbery by groups posing as law enforcement officials in both urban and rural areas, especially after nightfall.”

The state department also strongly suggests that travelers “avoid taking photos in public, especially of government buildings and the airport (which are viewed as places of national security), police stations, the presidential palace, border crossings, and along the river, since doing so may lead to arrest.”

4. Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR)
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $429 (11th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 456
Population living on < $1 per day: 64.4 percent

“In the Central African Republic, an estimated 45.6 percent of the country’s residents who reach the age of 15 die before they make it to 60,” writes 24/7. “This is the 12th-worst recorded mortality rate in the world. A staggering 64.4 percent of the nation’s residents live on less than $1 each day.”

According to the Department of State, “Bangui [the capital city] suffers from elevated crime rates for both petty and violent crime, as well as particularly limited transport and medical options. CAR military and civilian security forces (and people posing as such) staff checkpoints throughout the city, frequently harassing international residents and visitors for bribes.”

3. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $1,042.52 (41st lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 390
Population living on < $1 per day: 20.4 percent

Violence broke out in Côte d’Ivoire after former-president Laurent Gbagbo refused to give up power following his loss in the October, 2010 election. Gbagbo has since been arrested and is set to go on trial at the Hague.

“Although Abidjan [the largest city in the country] is considerably calmer since the arrest of former President Gbagbo, law and order have yet to return to all of Abidjan’s neighborhoods and some parts of the countryside,” according to the Department of State.

2. N’Djamena, Chad
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $837.01 (34th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 447
Population living on < $1 per day: 58.7 percent

447 out of every 1,000 residents who reach the age of 15 will not make it to the age of 60. That number should tell you something.

According to the Department of State, the capital city of N’Djamena is actually the safest place to be in the country.

“The fact that the city is still rated by Mercer as the second most dangerous city in the world is proof of how unsafe the country as a whole is,” Sauter points out.

In June, the Bureau of Consular affairs issued a travel warning to the country, and has prohibited any government employees to travel outside of N’Djamena.

1. Baghdad, Iraq
The Most Dangerous Cities in the WorldGDP per capita: $2,531.15 (66th lowest)
Adult mortality rate per 1,000: 291
Population living on < $1 per day: n/a

Nearly nine years after the U.S. began combat operations in Iraq, violence continues to strike the capital city of Baghdad. Suicide bombings, random gunfire, roadside bombs and other attacks still occur throughout the city.

“In the past two weeks, dozens of Iraqi civilians have been killed in separate events,” Sauter writes.

With the president’s announcement that the war in Iraq is (effectively) over, many are still unsure whether Iraqi security forces can keep the region at even the current level of stability.

(24/7 Wall St./The Blaze)

Comments (203)

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  • Hermano
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:58pm

    Holy cow. The US does not have one city on this list. There probably isn’t one in the top 100. And to think – Obama wants to change this…

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    • rangerp
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:09pm

      I think this report is racist. Anyone can see that the most dangerous cities are all in areas where the majority of the population is black, muslim, or both. How dare the blaze print such a mean spirited and false article.

      This is a direct violation of political correctness, and multiculturalism. We all know that we are supposed to praise these places, and look for the positive. If you want to speak negatively about an area, it must be white, european influenced, judeo christian, and male dominated. I would appreciate if the Blaze get with the times, and be nice.

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    • LookTowardsTheLight
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:12pm

      How is Camden, NJ not on this list?

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    • BannedByHuffpo
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:32pm

      Detroit?

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  • Teaparty-grammy
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:56pm

    @ Lord_Frostwind who Posted:
    Pollsters don’t have the money to afford Xe or the Russian Security Services to make sure they make it out of the city in one piece. On a positive note, Baghdad alone will likely keep the private security firms in business until the Iranians take it.

    Looking at this list of cities, the story is pretty much the same, colonial powers leave Africa and the Middle East giving them a chance at freedom and they celebrate by murdering each other in cruel and unusual ways (bonus points for creativity). Life is kind of funny like that isn’t it?

    It really is funny. I’ve been amazed by the drivel coming out of the ******* media about how great life in South Africa is now that the EVIL Apartheid is ended. No mention of the Civil Wars and near-Genocides that took place immediately after the Colonials left, when the natives fell into their usual habit of tribal warfare and killing each other.

    The reason Africa is starving today, is because these brilliant anti-Apartheidists took a country that was the “breadbasket of Africa” and virtually DESTROYED all its agriculture–which is always one of the first things Communists do when they take power. They do NOT want people raising their own food and being independent. They want EVERYBODY to be dependent upon the govt. for every crumb they eat–it’s another way of maintaining control and staying in power.

    Oh, yeah, that is MUCH better than the evil Apartheid.

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  • gdbhusker
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:46pm

    I hope people won’t jump to conclusions and call me a racist…..I simply have a question to the black americans living in this country. After reading stories about what huge pile of excrement Africa is, was, and will always be……are you still offended if I call you black instead of african american?…If I were a black man I would raise my kids to love America first…..not to resent it and make up fables about being kings and queens from a place that exists only in the minds of black Americans. My engineering friends from Nigeria are scared to death of africa, and when they came here…they quickly applied for citizenship and call themselves AMERICANS! they have facts of what a blood thirsty uncivilized place this is….They chose a place of law, justice, decency…I would be happy to see honest answers from black Americans…as we are all American brothers and sisters…

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    • ltb
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

      I couldn’t help but notice that every one of those cities is populated by blacks and/or Muslims (kind of like the most dangerous cities in America). If I were a black person in America, I would be thanking God that I am reaping the benefits of living in the greatest nation on earth, because African tribesmen had sold my ancestors into slavery. Instead, what do we have? A bunch of people who call themselves “African-American,” because they feel cheated that their great-great-great-great-grandparents were ripped from their homeland in Africa and dragged in chains to America. They somehow think they would be better off if their ancestors had never been pawned into slavery. Well, guess what Al Sharpton? If those tribesmen in Africa hadn’t rounded up your ancestors and sold them to white Europeans, you’d be living in nations where your drinking water comes from the same place where water buffalo defecate and people who own two chickens are considered rich. That, my friends, is not being racist, that is telling the truth.

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  • recoveringneocon
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:45pm

    @Ishmot2
    I hate to let you down, but it was Bush set the date for withdraw.

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 4:57am

      I don‘t mind reminding you that Bush is no longer the president and that Obama isn’t required to follow through on anything Bush may have initiated.
      Bush was a tool but Barry is a fool.

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  • schroeder123
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:41pm

    you are so screwed up. Spend a night in Los Angeles.

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    • Spyder
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:54pm

      You need to be more specific if you are trying to ‘Fire for effect’ and mention places like East LA, Compton, South Central, etc… Been there, done that, got the tee shirt.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:08pm

      LOL funny I thought it would be on the list too. Maybe soon. Black and Latino fighting is horrible there.

      I get mad to see Georgia on this list. Rand Paul had to fight off Marco Rubio admitting Georgia to the UN and it could have drawn us into a war with Russia! Where is Rubio’s brain (loyalty)?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 11:09am

      I thought Maxine Waters was the saviour of Compton…you mean…it’s still just as bad?

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  • BO_Bill
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:37pm

    Kind of makes one think about the idea of establishing regions of the world where people with IQs greater than 95 could create societies that invent airplanes, computers, and space travel. These societies, out of innate charity born of affluence, would most likely establish a programs that paid for all residents to have basic amenities.

    Then all of these billions of IQ 70 people who live on less $1/day would try to move away from their own genetic kind to the areas of the world with functioning and productive communities. If these functioning and productive communities were to adopt a political system of universal suffrage and not maintain iron-clad walls, you could expect opportunistic politicians to sell out the interests of the native-born children by pandering to the incoming wave of ‘humanity’ for their own short-term benefit.

    Then, sooner or later, Logic would seem to dictate that a certain percentage of native-born fathers would drop their skirts and ask their leaders to explain how ‘diversity’, with all of its attendant dangers, costs, and loss of freedoms, benefits their nation and the futures of their children.

    Then, I don’t know, maybe there would be an economic meltdown as the welfare system collapsed under the weight of all the immigrants, and the greedy and paranoid politicians would make a power grab. Then, and again this is simply speculation, perhaps it would be up to the native-born fathers to defend their freedoms and the interests of th

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:37pm

    Hey….do you mean to say that someone bounced out New Orleans? NOLa has never been the same since Katrina washed out a lot of the criminals.

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  • mikiegro
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:32pm

    Has anyone noticed that the majority of these cities are mostly populated by blacks? Now take a look at the highest crime riden cities in th U.S.A. and notice the similarities

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:45pm

      I certainly did notice that all of these cities are either in Africa or the Middle East (translation: they are all Muslim). Big surprise! The Muslims are the most bloodthirsty people on the face of the earth, so is anybody really surprised that their cities are dangerous places to be?

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:49pm

      It is not skin color you idiot…It’s communism, marxism and socialism that they have been taught all their lives. You sir are a complete MORON.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:01pm

      @ Baddoggy who Posted:
      It is not skin color you idiot…It’s communism, marxism and socialism that they have been taught all their lives. You sir are a complete MORON.

      Yes, and they have been and still ARE all too eager to embrace Communism, Marxism and Socialism at every opportunity, all the while badmouthing, disrespecting and HATING the country that has given them a better standard of living, for all their so-called “disadvantages” than any other country on earth. At what point do they stop parroting what Democrats tell them to say and start thinking for themselves? It’s time to GROW UP and take responsibility for their own lives, and their own actions, and stop blaming “whitey” for all their shortcomings.

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:02pm

      “It is not skin color you idiot”

      Have you been to Detroit?

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    • liberalisrunamuckus
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:12pm

      baddogy,actually you are the moron ,socialism and marxism are all over the world ,you can’t come to terms with the facts.political correctness doesn’t fly here

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    • BonnieBlueFlag
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:16pm

      @Dissentow

      …or Memphis or Atlanta or Philadelphia or Chicago or Newark or New Orleans….

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:23pm

      @Bonnieblueflag
      So true.
      When the black undertow moves into a city there will be “white flight”. White flight leads to economic collapse and all around thuggery.

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    • last frontier
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:27pm

      How about this communism, marxism and socialism seem to pick on people of color. now,Getalonglittledoggy.

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    • BonnieBlueFlag
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:23pm

      @Last Frontier

      Yeah that sure is mean of communism and marxism to pick on “people of color” like that. Someone should talk to those ideologies about bullying are darker brothers.

      Anthropomorphism: noun: the attribution of human form or behaviour to a deity, animal, etc.

      Communism doesn’t “pick on” anyone my foolish friend. It has no mind or will.

      Also, is there anything more capitalist than the hip hop culture? All upstanding citizens, they are.

      Surely “communism” explains why blacks rape at 12x the rate of whites in America. It’s Marx the rapist!

      You can make excuses until the cows come home, but until you uproot and move yourself and your family to live in Houston‘s 5th ward don’t pretend not to know what the problem is (coward)

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  • Auntie izlam
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:28pm

    @ “Evilkid500” (fitting name BTW)……..“Mikenleeds” speaks the truth, all the areas in question are inhabited either by muslims or people of color or people of color whoa ere muslims. Coincidence? I think not.
    As Pamela Geller said“ The truth is the new hate speech” but it shouldn’t be and your use of the “racist card will NOT stop the truth from being spoken.

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  • Ishmot2
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:26pm

    The only reason they are worse of is because Owebummer has announced his plan to remove all the troops, Dumb SOB! I watched a program on the Vietnam war the same thing happened there, every time they let the enemy know what they where going to do they used that to their advantage, wouldn’t you?

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:26pm

    The city I live in is laying off 100 police officers. Today I saw what looked like new van trucks with the city logo on them and enviromental wording. Not sure what they were doing but they had 2 of these vans and all I saw was a long hose and a access cover to the sewer. I would rather have the police than enviromental BS lurking about.

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  • Lord_Frostwind
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:18pm

    Pollsters don’t have the money to afford Xe or the Russian Security Services to make sure they make it out of the city in one piece. On a positive note, Baghdad alone will likely keep the private security firms in business until the Iranians take it.

    Looking at this list of cities, the story is pretty much the same, colonial powers leave Africa and the Middle East giving them a chance at freedom and they celebrate by murdering each other in cruel and unusual ways (bonus points for creativity). Life is kind of funny like that isn’t it?

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:33pm

      Lord_Frostwind

      Iranians may take Iraq for a while as a client state, but it won’t keep it.

      If the Iranians tried to Incorporate Iraq into their country I think the would lose it & lose the part of Iran around Ahvaz in the southwest. That is where the majority of ethnic Arabs live in Iran.

      Ayatollahs need to be careful when playing with fire.

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  • Al J Zira
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:17pm

    How come Washington, DC isn’t on the list. That one city is going to destroy an entire country if things don’t change.

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  • EvilKid500
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:17pm

    Go away, racist.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:16pm

    It should be obvious to all,we‘re the last best hope for mankind and we’re losing it here very soon.

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  • Sniper342
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:12pm

    Amazing that none of the OWS crowd can figure out that is what our communist in chief and the rest of his ilk are after.

    Patrick Henry II… Fear not my friend. The time is coming when Chicago, Detroit, and many other cities in the US will be on the list.

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  • recoveringneocon
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:06pm

    Maybe they need a National Defense Authorization Act or a Patriot Act. That will make them safe. Allen West and Bachmann would be the perfect salespeople for the job.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:59pm

    Picked up a shirt in Sams the other day. It felt good to the touch. It was the weight I was looking for in a sweat shirt. It looked nice. I checked the label. I let go of it as if it burned me and I said in a loud voice, “Kenya! When hell freezes over!”

    Now, I must tell you that a shirt made in Kenya would never have affected me that way before now. Want to guess why??????

    The reason lurks in OUR house, people.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:28pm

      Caption contest for #9 Kenya….

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    • last frontier
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

      I now know what candidate Barack Hussein Obama meant when he wanted a civilian force as well funded as the US Military.

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    • gdbhusker
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:28am

      ” brother Obama said we would be as equipped as the US military, with all of their technology, now we hear that they are NOT getting rid of the second amendment?..and gun sales are through the roof this year?…..RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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    • azjeff1963
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 9:29am

      whats your point ….we WILL DEFEND OURSELVES……..i will i do ef u.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:50pm

    Obviously, the adult mortality rates are quoted wrong. Half the population of Baghdad doesn’t die every year. The numbers are probably per million residents.

    It is disturbing that the darkest areas have the worst homicide rates, and the arab areas have the largest homicide rates, and these groups are the groups that are reproducing at the highest rates worldwide. If this trend continues, there will be no place in the world that one is relatively free from murderous thugs. And the way to allow this trend to continue is to allow the borders to be open in prosperous areas, so that the overflowing masses of non-thinkers get new places to eat breathe and breed.

    Mankind is destroying himself.

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    • Secessionista
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:51pm

      If civilized society could merely close off these areas and leave these people to kill themselves and starve themselves, the defective genes could be contained.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Secessionista

      What if it is not genes but a memes. A dare say those memes are already present in our society not only among some in OWS but also many of the wealthy.

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  • godhatesacoward
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:49pm

    Chicago is the most corrupt city in the world!

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    • Spyder
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:58pm

      I think DC has got even Chicago beat if we’re going there.

      “The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the United
      States’ Capital this Christmas season. This isn’t for any religious reason. They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the Nation’s Capitol.
      A search for a Virgin continues.
      There was, however, no problem, finding enough asses to fill the stable.”
      LOL (Yes, it’s a joke)

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    • stogieguy7
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:29pm

      As bad as it may seem, Chicago is small potatoes when compared with other cities/countries around the world. And, many smaller municipalities in the US.

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  • Duddio
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:44pm

    wow…. looks like if we avoid Africa, the Middle East or anything connected to it we’ll all be safe, right?

    = /

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  • Patrick Henry II
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:42pm

    I figured Detroit or Chicago would be in there.

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    • Spyder
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:49pm

      Too Funny!!! Detroit was my first thought when I saw the title of the article.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:50pm

      This report is racist. Anyone can see that the most dangerous cities are all in areas where the majority of the population is black, muslim, or both. How dare the blace print such a mean spirited article.

      This is a direct violation of political correctness, and multiculturalism. We all know that we are supposed to praise these places, and look for the positive. If you want to speak negatively about an area, it must be white, european influenced, judeo christian, and male dominated. I would appreciate if the Blaze get with the times, and be nice.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Probably should have been, they didn’t give the statistics that mattered, like the murder/violent crime rate.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

      @ thegreatcarnac, who Posted : “Colonialism was the highlight of most of these african nation’s existence. When the whites left…and went back to Europe or were thrown out be dictators,…those nations went to pure feces. They became poor, starving, and warlike. Some may scream colonialism destroyed them but they are liars. It is simply the african mindset of blaming everyone but themselves”.

      You are absolutely right, Carnac. All the roads, schools, agriculture and other refinements were built during Colonialism, and when Colonialism ended, they immediatley fell into tribal warfare and destroyed the agriculture, blew up the roads, etc. And then when they had destroyed everything and were all starving, they decided it was ALL the white man’s fault. And by the way, it isn’t RACISM to speak the truth. It may be an inconvenient truth as far as Colonial-hating blacks like ODUMBER are concerned, but it is the TRUTH, nonetheless.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:49pm

      Teaparty-grammy

      The Kingdom of Kongo lasted in til 1888 or 1914 depending on how you view it. They had civil wars & fragmenting imperial authority, where the rising merchant class contested authority, just like Europe.

      I believe the major reason they were not on a par with Europe technologically or as nation states is due to the Sahara. Substantial, trade across the Sahara late in recorded history. Having horses earlier would have also helped nation states to form.

      If the Sahara had never gone from savannah to desert, Africa would never have been a tech backwater.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:50pm

      In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Kongo artists began making crucifixes and other religious objects that depicted Jesus as an African. Such objects produced by many workshops over a long period (given their variety) reflect that emerging belief that Kongo was a central part of the Christian world, and fundamental to its history. A story of the eighteenth century was that the partially ruined cathedral of São Salvador, originally constructed for the Jesuits in 1549 and eventually elevated to cathedral status, was actually built overnight by angels. It was called affectionately, Nkulumbimbi. Pope John Paul II would eventually say mass at this cathedral in 1992. -wiki

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:00pm

      Patrick Henry II

      Detroit is being depopulated too fast for there to be much violence. Fewer people for criminals to prey on.

      A democrat candidate would rather have an Union endorsement than an endorsement of the Mayor of Detroit. It is just numbers. Detroit has fewer of them now.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:34pm

    Blacks, arabs/muslims…and Russians. Ask me why I am not surprised. Tell me…these blacks in Africa who have made a ghetto out of their whole country,…..what do they blame it on….ex-slavery, racism???? LOL>

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:45pm

      Colonialism

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    • dsind
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:45pm

      bush probably!
      sarc

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:55pm

      CARNAC! CARNAC!….
      Shirley, you’re joking, right?

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:12pm

      @DARMOK AND JALAD AT TANAGRA Bingo! You get the gold star.

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    • thegreatcarnac
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:12pm

      No…I am not joking..and don’t call me Shirley.

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    • thegreatcarnac
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:16pm

      Colonialism was the highlight of most of these african nation’s existence. When the whites left…and went back to Europe or were thrown out be dictators,…those nations went to pure feces. They became poor, starving, and warlike. Some may scream colonialism destroyed them but they are liars. It is simply the african mindset of blaming everyone but themselves.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:49pm

      King Leopold wasn’t so great for the Congo.

      One might look at the nation of Palms (Palmares) for what these people will do if left to their own devices. For one they were freedom loving. For another they defended their freedom.

      It take a long time to work out ethnic hatred, nepotism, feuds & bad government anywhere in the world.

      The American Revolution wasn’t all straight forward good guy stuff. there were plenty of feuds settled that had nothing to do with high ideals or liberty.

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  • NC
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:32pm

    Ten most dangerous U.S. cities, rated by NewsOne.

    10. Stockton, Calif.
    9. Rockford, Ill.
    8. Baltimore
    7. Little Rock, Ark.
    6. Oakland, Calif.
    5. Memphis, Tenn.
    4. New Haven, Conn.
    3. St. Louis
    2. Detroit
    1. Flint, Mich.

    http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/top-10-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-usa/

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:39pm

      All Democrat havens. Anyone notice how most those cities are in countries with a mostly Islamic population?

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    • patbarker
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:45pm

      all 10 U.S. cities Democrat strongholds…surprised??

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    • oldestgenxer
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Darmok, you’re just a racist hate-monger for pointing out the obvious.

      BTW, I live in the St Louis metro, but not in the city. In the County there are pockets of rational thought. In the City of St Louis there are two political parties that vie for power: The black Democrats and the white Democrats.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:08pm

      @oldestgenxer
      I have a nephew that lives in that area, a very sane person indeed.

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    • DESKOCCUPANT
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 9:51pm

      I thought for sure East St. Louis, IL would be among the top 10, but I guess not.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 12, 2011 at 10:10pm

      @DESKOCCUPANT
      A city has to have lived in buildings, not boarded up and abandon buildings surrounded by rubble, thus, East St Lous doesn’t count.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:31pm

    wow, except for Russia, the rest of them all look like places obama would feel happily right at home in as their anti-American anti-semitic king of excrement, disease and ghettos.

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