Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states

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  1. Chatacranny

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070618/ts_nm/iraq_usa_states_dc;_ylt=ApHCTRyxHnIC1l2bS9ZfRVDMWM0F
  2. oldfella1962

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    Iraq will move up to number 1 soon when the Sudan is stabilized due to everyone being dead or driven away.
  3. alanricouk

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    Full list of the 'most peaceful' nations.

    Rank Country Score
    1 Norway 1.357
    2 New Zealand 1.363
    3 Denmark 1.377
    4 Ireland 1.396
    5 Japan 1.413
    6 Finland 1.447
    7 Sweden 1.478
    8 Canada 1.481
    9 Portugal 1.481
    10 Austria 1.483
    11 Belgium 1.498
    12 Germany 1.523
    13 Czech Republic 1.524
    14 Switzerland 1.526
    15 Slovenia 1.539
    16 Chile 1.568
    17 Slovakia 1.571
    18 Hungary 1.575
    19 Bhutan 1.611
    20 Netherlands 1.620
    21 Spain 1.633
    22 Oman 1.641
    23 Hong Kong 1.657
    24 Uruguay 1.661
    25 Australia 1.664
    26 Romania 1.682
    27 Poland 1.683
    28 Estonia 1.684
    29 Singapore 1.692
    30 Qatar 1.702
    31 Costa Rica 1.702
    32 South Korea 1.719
    33 Italy 1.724
    34 France 1.729
    35 Vietnam 1.729
    36 Taiwan 1.731
    37 Malaysia 1.744
    38 United Arab
    Emirates 1.747
    39 Tunisia 1.762
    40 Ghana 1.765
    41 Madagascar 1.766
    42 Botswana 1.786
    43 Lithuania 1.788
    44 Greece 1.791
    45 Panama 1.798
    46 Kuwait 1.818
    47 Latvia 1.848
    48 Morocco 1.893
    49 United Kingdom 1.898
    50 Mozambique 1.909
    51 Cyprus 1.915
    52 Argentina 1.923
    53 Zambia 1.930
    54 Bulgaria 1.936
    55 Paraguay 1.946
    56 Gabon 1.952
    57 Tanzania 1.966
    58 Libya 1.967
    59 Cuba 1.968
    60 China 1.980
    61 Kazakhstan 1.995
    62 Bahrain 1.995
    63 Jordan 1.997
    64 Namibia 2.003
    65 Senegal 2.017
    66 Nicaragua 2.020
    67 Croatia 2.030
    68 Malawi 2.038
    69 Bolivia 2.052
    70 Peru 2.056
    71 Equatorial
    Guinea 2.059
    72 Moldova 2.059
    73 Egypt 2.068
    74 Dominican
    Republic 2.071
    75 Bosnia and
    Herzegovina 2.089
    76 Cameroon 2.093
    77 Syria 2.106
    78 Indonesia 2.111
    79 Mexico 2.125
    80 Ukraine 2.150
    81 Jamaica 2.164
    82 Macedonia 2.170
    83 Brazil 2.173
    84 Serbia 2.181
    85 Cambodia 2.197
    86 Bangladesh 2.219
    87 Ecuador 2.219
    88 Papua New
    Guinea 2.223
    89 El Salvador 2.244
    90 Saudi Arabia 2.246
    91 Kenya 2.258
    92 Turkey 2.272
    93 Guatemala 2.285
    94 Trinidad and
    Tobago 2.286
    95 Yemen 2.309
    96 United States
    of America 2.317
    97 Iran 2.320
    98 Honduras 2.390
    99 South Africa 2.399
    100 Philippines 2.428
    101 Azerbaijan 2.448
    102 Venezuela 2.453
    103 Ethiopia 2.479
    104 Uganda 2.489
    105 Thailand 2.491
    106 Zimbabwe 2.495
    107 Algeria 2.503
    108 Myanmar 2.524
    109 India 2.530
    110 Uzbekistan 2.542
    111 Sri Lanka 2.575
    112 Angola 2.587
    113 Cote d'Ivoire 2.638
    114 Lebanon 2.662
    115 Pakistan 2.697
    116 Colombia 2.770
    117 Nigeria 2.898
    118 Russia 2.903
    119 Israel 3.033
    120 Sudan 3.182
    121 Iraq 3.437
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  4. alanricouk

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    I also like the way they forgot about Somalia. Like it doesnt exist or something. I think that place is the most fucked up in the world by far. Maybe you dont count if you are in a state of emergency.
  5. Excelsius

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    The U.S. is 96th on that list, just above Iran.
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    Its from : The Global Peace Index, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, looked at 24 factors to determine how peaceful each country was.

    Not made up. I am suprised about Saudi Arabia though.
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    OMG! Show this list to the people leaving their countries to come to America. Think of the children!
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    Oh, I'm not saying you made it up. Not at all.

    By the way, note that Russia is the only other major power that ranks lower.
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    Russia is corrupt, and its in its rightful place. Oh, and theres Chechnya aswell.
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    Norway must feel pretty great to be 95 spots ahead of America. And how must "America, Jr." think? 41 spots ahead of Britain, 88 ahead of "America, Sr." Even China is 36 spots ahead. And Cuba is one better than China.