FACT CHECK · BAATH IRAQ, KURDS
Claim: How many Kurds died in the Anfal, 1987-88?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Estimates run from about 50,000 (Human Rights Watch) to 182,000 (the Kurdish figure) Kurds killed in the Anfal campaign, 1987-88. The range is wide; say so.
SOURCE
Human Rights Watch; Kurdish authorities figure
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