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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2018
About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US "war on terror" that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. The report by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the death toll at between 480,000 and 507,000 people -- but said the actual number is likely higher. The new toll "is a more than 110,000 increase over the last count, issued just two years ago in August 2016," Brown said in a statement. "Though the war on terror is often overlooked by the American public, press and lawmakers, the increased body count signals that, far from diminishing, this war remains intense." The death toll includes insurgents, local police and security forces, civilians and US and allied troops. The report's author, Neta Crawford, said many of those reported by US and local forces as militants may actually have been civilians. "We may never know the total direct death toll in these wars," Crawford wrote. "For example, tens of thousands of civilians may have died in retaking Mosul and other cities from ISIS but their bodies have likely not been recovered." The report states that between 182,272 and 204,575 civilians have been killed in Iraq, 38,480 in Afghanistan, and 23,372 in Pakistan. Nearly 7,000 US troops have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The tally does not include all people who have died indirectly as a result of war, including through a loss of infrastructure or disease.
At Guantanamo, prisoners watch parade of US military guards go by Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 Nearly 17 years since the first inmates arrived at Guantanamo Bay, the hastily constructed temporary detention center has morphed into a maximum-security prison that could exist for decades to come. But while the facility in southeastern Cuba and the 40 inmates who remain there are not budging, the staff doesn't stay put for long. A continually changing roster of senior leaders - 18 generals and admirals - have rotated through the military prison, which first opened in January 2002 in the wake ... read more
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