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9 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob303

Location

Tabbi Tor Khel, Tehisl Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US led strike in North Waziristan killed up to four people, including Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor, described by Reuters and others as a senior al Qaeda commander. The CIA strike hit the village of Tabbi, north of Miran Shah on the Gulan Khan road. US intelligence sources told the Long War Journal he was…

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9 December 2012
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6 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob302

Location

Noorak Mubarak Shahi area, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Senior al Qaeda figure Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Rehman al-Hussainan, aka Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, was killed when CIA drones attacked a house. He was reportedly ‘a top member of al Qaeda’s religious committee‘. While some reports referred to a pre-dawn raid, al Qaeda later claimed that al Hussainan died ‘while having dinner after a day of fasting.’ Reports…

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6 December 2012
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Incident Date

1 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob301

Location

Shin Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
The second strike in three days on the Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan killed a Yemeni militant, local media reported. Abdul Rehman al-Zaman Yemeni was a ‘mid-level al Qaeda commander, equivalent to a colonel’, according to an anonymous intelligence official in the Long War Journal. The Express Tribune described Yemeni as a ‘senior al Qaeda…

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1 December 2012
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Incident Date

29 November 2012

Incident Code

Ob300

Location

Shin Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four people were killed in the first drone strike in Pakistan for 36 days, local media reported. Reports said one or more CIA drones fired on a vehicle or house in the Shin Warsak area near Wana, capital of South Waziristan. Sheikh Abdul Bari, described as a Yemen-born al Qaeda-linked militant, was among the dead.…

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29 November 2012
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Incident Date

7 November 2012

Incident Code

USYEM135-C

Location

Sirin, Sana'a, Yemen
السرين
An alleged US drone strike killed two to four people, including one civilian (child) and two to three Al Qaeda militants from the AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) branch, and injured one to three other militants in Beit Al Ahmar in the town of Sanhan in the Sana’a Governorate on the November 7th, 2012…

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7 November 2012
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Incident Date

29 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM134-B

Location

Hadramawt, Hadramaut, Yemen
حضرموت
Two local sources reported that "Abu al-Baraa al-Sharouri, amir of the Sharia courses" was killed by a US drone strike in Hadramawt on October 29, 2012. @FlashpointIntel added that another "jihadist" called "brother Abu Hussein" was also killed in the strike. No other information was available about this incident.

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29 October 2012
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28 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM133-C

Location

Wadi Al Abu Jabarah, Sa'dah, Yemen
وادي آل أبو جبارة
On the 28th October 2012 at 10am in the Wadi al Abu Jabara area in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, a suspected US drone conducted three airstrikes against two houses in the area, injuring two civilians, a woman and her son, and killing between three and four alleged Al Qaeda militants and injuring one, according to…

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28 October 2012
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Incident Date

24 October 2012

Incident Code

Ob299

Location

Village Ghundi Killi Daur Tappi area of Tehsil Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Bibi Mamana, a 65 or 67-year-old midwife, was killed and at least six of her grandchildren were left burned and with shrapnel injuries in an apparent ‘double-tap’ strike by CIA drones. Villagers claimed the drones targeted the woman and children as they walked from a field to the house. Mamana, the wife of retired 72-year-old…

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24 October 2012
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Incident Date

21 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM132-B

Location

Wadi Obeida, Ma'rib, Yemen
الحرقان عبيدة
According to local and international media, on October 21st 2012 at around 8pm, a suspected US airstrike struck a Prado car, in the Hami and Al Damashqa area in the Obeida valley around 17km east of the city of Ma’arib, carrying three to four suspected Al Qaeda militants, killing everyone in the car. There are…

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21 October 2012
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Incident Date

18 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM131-B

Location

Rumaila, Abyan, Yemen
الرميلة
In a dawn attack, a series of missiles from an alleged unmanned airstrike were fired at targets on the outskirts of Jaar, apparently striking Al Qaeda militants on the verge of launching a suicide attack on military targets. The alleged US drone or Yemeni airstrike attack hit a farmhouse in the Wadi Anna bridge area,…

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18 October 2012
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Incident Date

11 October 2012

Incident Code

Ob298

Location

Buland Khel, Orakzai Agency, Pakistan
In one of the deadliest CIA strikes of 2012, four missiles were reportedly fired at a madrassa belonging to Maulvi Shakirullah, killing at least 16 and wounding many more. Shakirullah is connected to the Haqqani network, Geo TV reported, while the dead included fighters for militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur, Associated Press said, "US drones fired…

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11 October 2012
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Incident Date

10 October 2012

Incident Code

Ob297

Location

Hurmaz, Teshil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A pre-dawn attack destroyed a house reportedly belonging to Maulvi Abdullah, described as a local cleric or tribesman, killing up to six alleged militants and injuring up to six more, according to local reports. "Several US drones flew into the area before dawn and fired four missiles on a compound, killing five militants," an unnamed…

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10 October 2012
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Incident Date

4 October 2012

Incident Code

USYEM130-B

Location

Sadiya, Shabwa, Yemen
السدية
On the 4th of October 2012, a suspected US drone strike hit and killed up to six Ansar al-Sharia militants and injured up to four others in the desert region of al-Saeed in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa. According to security sources reporting to Akhbar al-Youm, the strike took place at roughly eleven o’clock…

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4 October 2012
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Incident Date

1 October 2012

Incident Code

Ob296

Location

Khadar Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US led drone strike reportedly targeted a motorbike (or possibly car) near Mir Ali in North Waziristan, killing at least two alleged militants. A security official told AFP that "US drones fired four missiles on a militant vehicle, killing three rebels." AP cited officials as saying that ‘the men appeared to be foreigners,…

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1 October 2012
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Incident Date

24 September 2012

Incident Code

Ob295

Location

Mosaki - Inzar Abad, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At least three people were killed in a 9pm strike on a building south of Mir Ali. A single CIA drone reportedly fired two missiles. Some sources had it hitting a ‘mud compound‘ said to be ‘known as a bastion of the Taliban and al Qaeda‘. However an internal Pakistani record of drone strikes, published by the…

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24 September 2012
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Incident Date

21 September 2012

Incident Code

Ob294

Location

Mohammed Khel/Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA drones reportedly returned to the attack in North Waziristan. A car was destroyed near Datta Khel by two to three missiles and three or four alleged militants, possibly linked to Hafiz Gul Bahadur, were killed. The News reported that, "Witnesses said that drones continued hovering over the area even after the strike that triggered…

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Published
21 September 2012
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Incident Date

20 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM129-B

Location

Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
The morning of September the 20th 2012, two air strikes or drone strikes, which are believed to be either American or Yemeni, killed up to four militants and injured three others in the eastern outskirts of the town of Mahfad in the southern province of Abyan.  Even though it cannot be ruled out, there are…

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Published
20 September 2012
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Incident Date

10 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM128-B

Location

Wadi Al Ain, Hadramaut, Yemen
وادي العين
Between six and seven militants including AQAP’s second-in-command Said al Shehri (aka al Shihri) were reportedly killed in an alleged US or Yemeni strike on a car and house in Hadramout, eastern Yemen on September 12, 2012, according to US and Yemeni officials. However, it is unclear at what point Shehri was killed as his…

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Published
10 September 2012
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Incident Date

8 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM127-B

Location

Manaseh, Al Bayda, Yemen
المناسح
Local sources reported that an alleged US drone strike had killed four militants, including the brother of an Al Qaeda leader the US had attempted to kill days earlier, in Qaifa near Radaa on September 8th 2012, according to a security official. There were no known associated reports of civilian harm. The security source cited…

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Published
8 September 2012
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Incident Date

7 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM126-C

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
On September 7th 2012, a child was injured following the explosion of a live projectile from a previous airstrike allegedly by US forces in the city of Azzan, Shabwa governorate. Eyewitnesses told Al-Masdar Online that “a shell exploded while a child was passing by one of the buildings that was bombed by drones to target…

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7 September 2012
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Incident Date

5 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM125-C

Location

Hashim, Hadramaut, Yemen
الهشم
Up to four civilians were killed when an alleged US drone reportedly fired eight missiles on a residential house with a winery on the ground floor in the village of Hashim in Hadramout. Sources were conflicted as to who was killed, with some reporting that the strike killed up to six Al Qaeda affiliates and…

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5 September 2012
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Incident Date

2 September 2012

Incident Code

USYEM124-C

Location

Sarar Qifah, Al Bayda, Yemen
صرار قيفة
Confirmed US drones or jets killed between 11 and 14 civilians, including up to three women (one pregnant woman) and three children, in a botched attack on an alleged senior militant in the village of Al Saboul in Bayda province at 4pm on September 2, 2012. Up to 11 other civilians were wounded. Al Masdar…

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Published
2 September 2012
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Incident Date

1 September 2012

Incident Code

Ob293

Location

Degan, North Waziristan, Pakistan
As many as six people were killed due to the continued CIA offensive in Waziristan. The raids struck a housing compound and a vehicle in Degan reportedly killed up to six people. The News noted, "Unconfirmed reports suggested that most of the militants slain in the attack were aligned with the group of Hafiz Gul…

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Published
1 September 2012
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Incident Date

31 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM123-B

Location

Between Kasha and Qatn , Hadramaut, Yemen
الخشعة, قطن
An alleged US drone strike killed between eight and 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants on the road between the town of Qatn and the village of Khasha in the Hadramout province at 7.30am on August 31st, 2012. There were no reports of civilian harm. @basselabowardh was among the first to tweet that a drone was…

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Published
31 August 2012
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Incident Date

29 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM122-C

Location

Khashamir, Hadramaut, Yemen
خشامر
As many as nine people were reportedly killed by alleged US drone or airstrikes as they travelled through the village of Khashamir on August 29, 2023. Up to four missiles were fired at the village causing extensive damage to homes and terrifying the local residents sufficiently for some to be rushed to hospital with shock.…

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Published
29 August 2012
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Incident Date

28 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM121-B

Location

Abr district, Hadramaut, Yemen
حصن العبر
Multiple reports stated that Yemeni military officials acknowledged that a drone strike killed at least two suspected militants, as missiles struck two cars travelling between the Marib and Hadramout provinces in eastern Yemen on August 28th, 2012. While American drones have been utilized in this area, Yemeni military officials did not specify the nation involved.…

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Published
28 August 2012
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Incident Date

24 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob290

Location

Makai/Maki Ghar, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The CIA brought the number of attacks to seven, which were carried out in a week, when it bombarded three villages in the Shawal valley with coordinated drone strikes that left up to 22 people dead and wounded up to 14 more. Five drones reportedly took part in the coordinated attacks, launching six missiles and…

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Published
24 August 2012
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Incident Date

24 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob291

Location

Darnashtra, Dara, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
In a second strike CIA drones hit another walled compound, killing at least four people, local media reported. A Bureau researcher, citing Pakistan intelligence and Taliban sources, said that ‘six militants’ were killed in this strike including local TTP commander Gil Aman. The Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan was giving a press conference…

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Published
24 August 2012
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Incident Date

24 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob292

Location

Darnashtra, Dre Nishter, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
In the third coordinated strike at least three people were reported killed when drones targeted two vehicles in Dre Nisther, local media reported. The drones reportedly fired five missiles at the vehicles in this strike. There are no other details at this time.

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Published
24 August 2012
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Incident Date

23 August 2012

Incident Code

USSOM024

Location

Mountains near Qandala, Bari, Somalia
Air strikes ‘reportedly from international forces’ targeted ‘a mountainous area near town of Qandala’ according to Garowe Online. However All Africa said that "Air strikes reportedly from a US military aircraft or naval ship on the coastal town of Qandala caused damage to many buildings in the town." All Africa and Garowe Online said it…

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23 August 2012
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