Afghan War Diary and Iraq War Logs
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
In July 2010 media partners reported on more than 90,000 US military records from the war in Afghanistan. In October 2010 they reported on almost 400,000 field reports from Iraq, which reporters and analysts used to count incidents and casualties.
Confirmed
Manning received a 35-year sentence in 2013, and Obama commuted it on 17 January 2017 (a commutation, not a pardon). The Guardian's analysis found more than 100,000 deaths in the Iraq logs, about 66,000 of them civilians. Iraq Body Count said about 15,000 civilian deaths were previously unrecorded.
Claimed, disputed or not established
The totals are the outlets' and analysts' counts of what the logs contain. Field reports do not by themselves settle responsibility for individual incidents.
Reported impact
The Iraq logs changed the public count of civilian deaths. Both releases fed the US prosecution of Manning.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- The Guardian: Afghanistan war logs ↗https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-military-leaks
- The Guardian: Iraq war logs ↗https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/iraq-war-logs-military-leaks
- The Guardian: the true civilian body count in Iraq ↗https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/22/true-civilian-body-count-iraq
- Iraq Body Count press release ↗https://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/reference/press-releases/18/
- BBC News: Manning sentence commuted ↗https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38659068
Connected
- Related leaks: Cablegate: US diplomatic cables
- Case board · Timeline (2010) · Document vault · How we verify leaks
This page describes and cites public reporting. It does not host or link to leaked files, and it names no private individuals.