U.S. says to release data of casualties from counter-terror strikes

By David Brunnstrom and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday that in the coming weeks it will publicly release an assessment of combatant and non-combatant casualties from U.S. counter-terrorism strikes in areas outside active war zones since 2009. The decision, which follows criticism by human rights groups and others that drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya have caused civilian casualties, was taken in the interest of transparency, according t