Danger From Civil Strife & Terrorism:

Baghdad, Iraq:
Population: 5.2 million.
* The Second Gulf War began 3/20/2003.
* Total Iraqui casualties may top 1 million (ref: Wikipedia).
* Almost 100,000 U.S. troops deployed to Iraq.
* Total U.S troops killed 4,465 as of 6/26/2011.
* Fears up 150,000 militants still remain.

Kabul, Afghanistan:
Population: 3.9 million.
*Civil Strife since Soviet invasion in 12/24/1979.
*Almost 100,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan by 2010.
*Total Coalition Military Fatalities 2,550 as of 6/26/2011.

Mogadishu, Somalia:
Population: 2.5 million.
* Civil war breaks out in 1991.
* Hundreds of thousands killed when radical Islamic rebels seize half the country.

Tripoli, Libya:
Population: 1.7 million.
* Civil war erupts in February 2011.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo:
Population: 10 million.
* Homicide Rate: 112 per 100,000.
* 1,150 women raped every day (American Journal Public Health).
* 5.4 million died between 1998-2003 as a result of civil war.
* First HIV-1 infection detected 1959 (ref: Wikipedia).

Grozny, Chechnya, Russia:
Population:271,600 (down from 400,000 in 1989).
* “Most Destroyed City on Earth” (U.N. in 2003).

Karachi, Pakistan:
Population: 20 million.
* Rising volence due to ethnic, political and militant tensions.

Damascus, Syria:
Population 2.4 million.
* Chaos feared from bloody civil uprising similar to Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

Beirut, Lebanon:
Population: 2 million.
* Seven Estonian cyclists kidnapped March 2011; still missing.
* Two Dutch diplomats kidnapped June 2011; travellers warned “we are advising against travel to (Lebanon) as it is dangerous” (British Embassy Spokesperson).

Sanaa, Yemen:
Population 1.75 million.
* “State of Emergency” declared 3/18/2011 due to civil uprising.

Source: http://www.safety-security-crazy.com/scariest-places-on-earth.html 

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