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The San Francisco Chronicle said high-resolution aerial photographs commissioned by the newspaper showed that around 65,000 people took part in last Sunday's march through downtown rather than the 200,000 announced originally. Media reports in the aftermath of last weekend's marches around the world declared that the large crowds at the anti-war rallies indicated tangible opposition to a war in Iraq. Rally organizers disputed the Chronicle's findings as did police officials. Suhr said that the 200,000 figure was his personal estimate and that no one else in the SFPD had been assigned to count heads. He said, however, that the crowd was much larger than those seen during baseball games at Pacific Bell Park, which is often filled to capacity. The Muni bus system and the Larkspur ferry from Marin County also reported higher ridership, the newspaper said. Copyright 2001-2004 United Press International 10 Get Copyright Clearance 11 Want to use this article? Copyright 2004 United Press International Copyright 2001-2004 United Press International.
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