(Previous Incident Code: Ob64 )

Between two and fifteen people were killed in an attack on a house or compound. The dead reportedly included four Arabs, two Uzbeks and local militants linked to the Haqqani Network, it is alleged. However an official Pakistani record of drone strikes listed only two ‘foreign nationals’ killed in the attack. The Bureau published the secret document in January 2014.

Cluster of strikes

On December 30 2009 a joint al Qaeda-Pakistan Taliban operation struck at the heart of the CIA’s drone activities. A triple agent penetrated a secret drone base in Khost, Afghanistan. Seven CIA agents, including the base commander, were among the dead.  The Agency responded in the coming weeks with multiple strikes across Waziristan – at the time, the heaviest wave of bombings ever seen. On this one day alone there were four attacks. Bureau analysis shows that at least 35 people died – including six possible civilians.