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September 5, 2013

Syrian Rights Group: 502 Killed in Ghouta Chemical Attack 
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A leading Syrian human rights group has given a lower death toll than
that claimed by the United States in last month's apparent chemical
attack in Ghouta. The Obama administration says more than 1,400 people
were killed, but the widely cited Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
says it has confirmed a toll of 502, including 80 children and 137
women. The group's director, Rami Abdul Rahman, said the United States
appears to have based its higher figure on unreliable members of the
Syrian opposition.

 

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