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21 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob289

Location

Shnakhura, Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Between four and 25 people were killed in a US led drone strike, including Badruddin Haqqani, son of the Haqqani leader and the network’s military commander. According to local media, the CIA bombed a house and a vehicle in Shana Kora village, 10km from Miranshah. The group confirmed his death in September 2013 in a…

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21 August 2012
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19 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob287

Location

Mana, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Between four to seven militants were killed, and others were wounded when drones returned to attack, for the second time in 12 hours, in the Shawal valley area, with a reported early morning strike on two vehicles near the Afghan border. The Express Tribune said that the vehicles were en route from Miranshah. AFP reported…

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19 August 2012
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19 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob288

Location

Mana, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
It was reported by local media that two or three people were killed when CIA drones returned to attack at Mana. News agency AFP reported a Pakistani security official as saying, "At least two militants were killed and two others wounded when a US drone fired two missiles at the site of this morning’s attack…

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19 August 2012
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18 August 2012

Incident Code

Ob286

Location

Mammon Narai, Shuweda, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A 20-day pause in the CIA’s campaign ended with a drone strike just after noon on Shuweda in North Waziristan. A house and car were reported damaged or destroyed and up to a dozen people, possibly ‘alleged militants’ – were killed. As AFP noted, "The attack came as people in the deeply religious region were…

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18 August 2012
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Incident Date

10 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM120-B

Location

Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
An alleged US drone attack killed 3 Al Qaeda militants and injured “many” who were gathering in a farm on the outskirts of Jaar in Abyan Province on the 10th of August 2012 in the evening. There are no current reports of civilian harm. The farm which is where the militants were supposedly meeting was…

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10 August 2012
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Incident Date

8 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM119-C

Location

Al Qotn, Hadramaut, Yemen
القطن
On the 8th of August 2012, multiple drone or air strikes, allegedly by either Yemeni or US authorities, killed one person just before dawn in Al Qotn in the Hahdramaut Province. It remains unclear whether the person killed was a civilian or not. @YRMC_S and @AdenOnline reported one person killed while @BaFana3 reported that a…

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8 August 2012
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7 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM118-B

Location

Qatn, Hadramaut, Yemen
قطن
On August 7th 2012, up to four Al Qaeda militants were killed and two others injured in a suspected US airstrike in Al Qotn, Hadhramaut province. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. A security official said that “a small pick-up truck was completely destroyed at the scene”, Xinhua reported. A picture posted…

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7 August 2012
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6 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM117-B

Location

Qayfa, Dhamar, Yemen
القيفة
On the night of August 6th 2012, between six to ten Al Qaeda militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike or Yemeni airstrike in Qayfah, Dhamar province. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The official state news agency SABA reported that among the dead was local Al Qaeda leader and…

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6 August 2012
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4 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM115-C

Location

Aden, Aden, Yemen
عدن
A single source, Press TV, reported that a US drone killed five "people" traveling in a vehicle in Aden on August 4, 2012. However, the same source referred to the strike as occurring in "eastern Yemen" while Aden is located in western Yemen. Another strike did occur in eastern Yemen on the same date (USYEM116-B),…

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4 August 2012
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4 August 2012

Incident Code

USYEM116-B

Location

Qatn, Hadramaut, Yemen
قطن
On 4th August 2012, in the late evening, between three to five militants were killed in an alleged U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling on the Ghisas road, north of the village of Al-Qatan in Hadramout province. Local news sources such as Mareb Press and Saba News also reported that up to two additional…

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4 August 2012
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Incident Code

Ob285

Location

Kushhali Turkhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The CIA’s drones returned to the attack in a Sunday strike on the village of Khushhali Turikhel in North Waziristan. Between four and seven people died, with six missiles fired at a house, according to AFP. One or two vehicles were also reported destroyed. However another source reported that ‘Uzbek militants’ were killed ‘visiting a…

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29 July 2012
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Incident Date

28 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM114-N

Location

Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On July 28th 2012 alleged Yemeni or US fighter jets bombed two suspected Al Qaeda hideouts in the Mahfad district of the Abyan Province with an unknown number of casualties as reported by Xinhua news who got their information from a local security official and a local resident. The security official quoted by Xinhua news…

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28 July 2012
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Incident Code

Ob284

Location

Dre Nishter/Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to 14 people were killed in the first known US drone strike in 17 days. An unknown number of CIA drones struck at 9.20pm, firing up to eight missiles into a housing compound alleged to belong to Sadiq Noor, a militant commander and ally of Hafiz Gul Bahadur. It was not clear if Noor…

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23 July 2012
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23 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM113-B

Location

Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the night of July 23rd 2012 around 11pm, alleged US or Yemeni warplanes launched two strikes against two supposed Al Qaeda hideouts in the al-Mahfad district in the south of the Abyan Province; five alleged Al Qaeda militants were killed in these strikes according to the Associated Press. Local twitter users and a local…

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23 July 2012
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Incident Code

Ob283

Location

Maizer, North Waziristan, Pakistan
As many as 24 people were killed in a triple evening strike on a house in Datta Khel. The dead were said to include ‘foreigners’, with Al Jazeera reporting at the time of the attack:The initial strike on a house killed nine, three others were killed in a second attack when they drove to the site…

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6 July 2012
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Incident Date

4 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM112-B

Location

al-Mahfad, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
Alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on July 4th 2012 in al-Mahfad, Abyan province reportedly killed between three and 13 Al Qaeda militants and injured up to seven militants. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. Yemen Post, Naharnet, and Mareb Press reported that the raid was carried out against the position of Al…

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4 July 2012
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Incident Date

3 July 2012

Incident Code

USYEM111-B

Location

Bayhan district, Shabwa, Yemen
بيحان‎
On July 3rd 2012, an alleged US drone strike killed two to six members of Al Qaeda and injured two in a car traveling in the Beihan district of the Shabwah Province. Witnesses stated the drone was American, a claim later supported by news reports. Fox News quoting an official identified two of the dead…

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3 July 2012
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Incident Code

Ob282

Location

Dre Nishter/Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
US drones struck a house in the Shawal area at around 7am, killing up to eight people. A local security official told agency AFP: ‘Two missiles targeted the compound, killing six militants.’ A second official reported that ‘the strike destroyed the house and triggered a fire. It was difficult to identify the bodies immediately as…

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1 July 2012
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Incident Code

Ob281

Location

Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
CIA attacks resumed after a 12 day pause, when missiles struck a house in Shawal in North Waziristan late in the evening, killing up to seven people. Local officials told AFP that the target was militants linked to Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a leader involved in the Afghan insurgency but with a peace agreement with Pakistan.The…

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26 June 2012
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Incident Date

25 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM110-B

Location

Bir Hamid, Aden, Yemen
بئر حميد
On June 25th, 2012, a declared US drone strike hit two vehicles in the outskirts of Aden in Bir Hamid at dawn. Three alleged AQAP members were killed, while several others were wounded. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The identities of those killed were not reported, but a source told the…

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25 June 2012
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Incident Date

20 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM108-C

Location

Mahfed district, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the 20th of June 2012, an airstrike allegedly by US or Yemeni forces in northern Abyan killed Hussein Saleh (35), a worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), multiple sources, such as Reuters, reported. Al-Sahwa Net also reported that seven militants were killed and 10 others were wounded in the same…

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20 June 2012
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Incident Date

20 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM109-B

Location

Mahfed, Abyan, Yemen
المحفد
On the 20th of June 2012, up to 30 militants were reported killed and six others injured in a series of Yemeni or US-waged airstrikes in Mahfed, Abyan, which was later reported by international and local media. AP reported that Yemeni military officials said that "at least six air raids targeted moving vehicles and Al…

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20 June 2012
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Incident Date

19 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM107-B

Location

Yafa'a district, Lahij, Yemen
يافع
Three militants were killed when a vehicle was destroyed in Yafa’a district south of Bayda province by alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on June 19, 2012, local and international media reported. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to reporting from Reuters, Yemeni state news (Saba) reported that on June 19th, Yemeni…

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19 June 2012
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Incident Date

17 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM106-B

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
On June 17th 2012, an alleged airstrike or shelling by the US military or Yemen Air Force caused the death of up to nine civilians in the town of Azzan, Shabwa province. There are currently no known reports of injured. The US news channel Fox News claimed that six Al Qaeda militants were killed in…

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17 July 2012
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Incident Date

15 June 2012

Incident Code

YEMYEM010

Location

Mountainous area in the Shabwa province, Shabwa, Yemen
شبوة‎
Between five and eight Al Qaeda members were killed and two others were injured in an alleged airstrike by Yemeni forces on June 15th 2012 in the governorate of Shabwa. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The attack was reportedly carried out in a “mountainous area” of the Shabwa region, though little…

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15 June 2012
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Incident Date

15 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM105-C

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شقرة
On June 15th 2012, up to seven civilians, including a woman and up to six children, were killed by an alleged US military, CIA drone, or Yemen Air Force strike in the village of Shaqra, Ayban province. Four civilians were injured and no militants were killed according to witnesses. The village of Shaqra, near Jaar,…

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15 June 2012
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Incident Date

14 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM103-N

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
The Yemen Times reported a US drone strike hit Azzan in Shabwa province, described as AQAP’s "last stronghold" in the province, on June 14, 2012. The reporter Ali Saeed subsequently told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism via email that the strike came on Thursday evening. Casualty figures were unknown he added, because "the army has…

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14 June 2012
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Incident Code

Ob280

Location

Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Initial reports declared up to four alleged militants were killed in an early morning CIA drone strike in Miranshah bazaar. An official told Express Tribune four Punjabis were killed when two missiles were reportedly fired on a building, hitting an upper floor. The official added: ‘The building, which comprised of two rooms, was razed to the ground as…

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14 June 2012
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Incident Date

13 June 2012

Incident Code

USYEM102-B

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
Between 27 and 40 militants were reported to have been killed and "dozens" others were injured in a series of alleged U.S. drone strikes or Yemeni airstrikes in and around the town of Azzan in Shabwa governorate on the morning of the 13th of June, 2012. However, a a spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia alleged that…

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13 June 2012
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Incident Code

Ob279

Location

Isha, near Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four alleged militants were killed in the first strike for nine days. Initial estimates put the casualty figure at three but AFP reported this was subsequently updated by an anonymous Pakistani official. The men were traveling in a vehicle in the evening when multiple missiles were fired from a US drone. The strike…

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13 June 2012
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