America's 50 largest cities displaced.....

The Iraqi Red Crescent Organization said that the number of displaced Iraqis shot upward from 447,337 on Jan. 1 to 1.14 million on July 31, 2007. This is in addition to the two million who are refugees in Syria and Jordan. The three million displaced people and refugees represents about 15 per cent of the Iraqi pre-war population of 22,219,289.

If this was Australia and 15 per cent of our 21 million people were displaced, that would be equivalent to the entire population of the state of Tasmania plus the Australian Capital Territory plus the cities of Adelaide and Perth. Or most of the population of Sydney or Melbourne.

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States is about 302 million. 15 per cent of the US population is 45 million. If 45 million people were displaced or made refugees in the USA, this would be equivalent to the entire population of California plus Oregon plus Nevada plus New Mexico. It is also the same as the population of the top 50 US (see list below) Imagine if all those cities populations were displaced?. This is what has been done to Iraq. When will the US and Australia admit its been a mistake? Read and weep this blog from an Iraqi woman http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ and this from an Iraqi teen: http://baghdadgirl.blogspot.com/ .

The top 50 US cities, population total = 45 million....

• New York, N.Y.
• Los Angeles, Calif.
• Chicago, Ill.
• Houston, Tex.
• Philadelphia, Pa.
• Phoenix, Ariz.
• San Antonio, Tex.
• San Diego, Calif.
• Dallas, Tex.
• San Jose, Calif.
• Detroit, Mich.
• Indianapolis, Ind.
• Jacksonville, Fla.
• San Francisco, Calif.
• Columbus, Ohio
• Austin, Tex.
• Memphis, Tenn.
• Baltimore, Md.
• Fort Worth, Tex.
• Charlotte, N.C.
• El Paso, Tex.
• Milwaukee, Wis.
• Seattle, Wash.
• Boston, Mass.
• Denver, Colo.
• Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.1
• Washington, DC
• Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.2
• Las Vegas, Nev.
• Portland, Ore.
• Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Tucson, Ariz.
• Albuquerque, N.M.
• Long Beach, Calif.
• Atlanta, Ga.
• Fresno, Calif.
• Sacramento, Calif.
• New Orleans, La.
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Kansas City, Mo.
• Mesa, Ariz.
• Virginia Beach, Va.
• Omaha, Nebr.
• Oakland, Calif.
• Miami, Fla.
• Tulsa, Okla.
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• Minneapolis, Minn.
• Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Arlington, Tex.