(Previous Incident Code: Ob255 )

In the third strike in as many days, CIA drones attacked a compound in North Waziristan, killing at least four and injuring up to five, according to local officials. No civilians had been reported killed or injured in connection with the alleged strike. Britain’s Channel 4 news reported Pakistani and Taliban officials as saying that four British citizens died in the attack – two named as Ibrahim Adam and Mohammed Azmir Khan. According to the channel:

The four arrived in Pakistan two years ago and had initially associated with al-Qaeda. Later they developed close contacts with the Afghan insurgent group and started fighting against US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan along with Afghan Taliban. They spent some time in Dattakhel and later came to Miramshah, the headquarters of the north Waziristan tribal region.

However The Independent reported that the men were more likely to have died at some point in the previous three months.

The local political administration collected data on CIA drone attacks in an internal strike record. The Bureau published this assessment in January 2014. It listed this strike as killing seven ‘locals’, saying: ‘Amongst the killed, one Noor Wali Khadar Khel Commander of TTP is also included.’