Field Reports from Baghdad Prayer Patrol

The following report is from a prayer group called Baghdad Prayer Patrol. We participate in prayer with this group online. We would highly recommend signing up and joining in with this prayer effort for Baghdad. This particular "Field Report" shows how the media has power to twist facts and highlight what they want. We think you will find this report interesting.

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For the Glory of Christ,
Joe & Shirley

Field Reports

Prayer Patrol Progress

Here are some reports we have received from people on the ground in Iraq.

I include these here to encourage you in your intercession. Please allow these reports to fuel your fire for prayer.

There are still bad things happening in Iraq, but because of your prayers, there are some bad things that aren’t happening.

Stay on Patrol, God is at work.

Send me your reports from the field

Casualties for Oct. 2007

November 7, 2007

I just saw this headline from the Associated Press:
” 2007 is deadliest year for US in Iraq”
Statistically that’s true, but they sure like to make it sound worse than it is. I would like to offer some perspective.

Today’s quiz, who is safer?
A__ U.S. Soldier in Iraq
B__ U.S. citizen of Philadelphia

Surprise! The answer is (A) Soldiers in Iraq are safer.
Last month (Oct.) there were only 28 US soldiers killed by hostile action in all of Iraq. That same month, 30 people were murdered in Philadelphia. (and they weren’t fighting for freedom)

Every soldier lost is one to many, but it’s important we keep what the media is throwing around in perspective.

Here are some other comparisons:
Average number of Americans that are murdered each day 42
Average number of Americans that die from the Flu each day 55
Average number of Americans killed in a car crash each day 114
Average number of Soldiers killed in Iraq (2007) each day 2.8

So far this year we have lost an average of 84 soldiers a month in Iraq. That’s too many, but it’s still less than the combined average murder rate in just 2 of our largest cities.

Monthly
New York Murders 49
Chicago Murders 39
Combined Avg 88 (stats from 2005)

Number of American soldiers killed in Iraq approx. 850/yr
Number of American citizens killed by drunk drivers approx. 13,000/yr

There are some things worth dying for, and some things that aren’t.
Maybe the media needs to re-focus.