Airwars

LOCATION

Ras Kamboni (possibly vicinity of Lag Badana Bushbush National Park), Lower Juba, Somalia

Up to eight civilians were reportedly killed as the US carried out an airstrike against al Qaeda leaders in Ras Kamboni, Lower Juba, international and local sources reported. Shortly after Ethiopian forces had invaded Somalia in late December 2006, the US carried out its first known combat operation within Somalia since the September 11 2001

Summary

Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)

Civilian harm reported

Yes

Civilians reported killed

2 – 8

(2–5 children)

Civilians reported injured

2–3

Cause of injury / death

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

Airwars civilian harm grading

Known belligerent

US Forces

Known target

Al Qaeda in East Africa

Belligerents reported killed

8–45

Belligerents reported injured

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LOCATION

على الطريق السريع 160كم شرق صنعاء ، عناقة, On highway 160km east of Sana'a, Annaqaah, Ma'rib, Yemen

In the first known US targeted assassination outside of a conventional battlefield and using a drone, a CIA Predator launched from Djibouti struck a car in Annaqaah, Marib governorate, on the evening of November 3rd 2002, killing six Al Qaeda suspects. A seventh individual escaped alive, and was later cleared of involvement in an October