War zone, only worse:

Whoa.

Via Pajamas Media:

War zone, only worse:

PJM in Sydney

September 25, 2006 11:33 PM

“More than 150 Brazilians were murdered each day last year on average, putting Brazil on a par with some war zones in terms of its homicide rate, the Justice Ministry said on Monday. Some 55,000 Brazilians died of homicide in 2005 — a few thousand more civilians than in three years of war in Iraq, according to leading estimates.” (Reuters)