"1,550,000" Syrians Dead

“The Slaughter In Syria” by Andrew Sullivan

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/05/the-massacre-in-syria.html

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The number of Syrians killed in Bashir Assad's ego-drive belligerence is the statistical equivalent of 1,550,00 American dead - 26.8 times the number of (equivalent) Americans killed in Vietnam.