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17 November 2011

Incident Code

Ob255

Location

Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
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…

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17 November 2011
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Incident Date

16 November 2011

Incident Code

Ob254

Location

Babar Ghar, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Two housing compounds reportedly containing ‘local Taliban fighters’ were attacked by as many as five drones between 2.30 am and 10 am local time, killing up to 22 people, according to reports. No civilians have been reported killed or injured because of these alleged strikes. Most of the victims were members of the Pakistan Taliban…

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16 November 2011
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Incident Date

16 November 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-216

Location

Tawergha, Misrata, Libya
تاورغاء
One man died after being severely beaten while being held in custody by the Independence Brigade rebels in Tawrga'a on November 16, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 82. According to another man that was detained with him and was released, the man was beaten until he lost consciousness for nearly two days. He…

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16 November 2011
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Incident Date

15 November 2011

Incident Code

Ob253

Location

Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Drones resumed operations after a 12-day pause to attack a house in the bazaar of Miranshah. Up to seven people were killed, who local Pakistani officials claimed were alleged militants, although reports could not agree on which group they hailed from. AP and The News described the men as belonging to the Pakistan Taliban (TTP).…

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15 November 2011
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15 November 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-206

Location

Tajoura, Tarabulus, Libya
تاجوراء
At least one man died from injuries sustained during his detention in a rebel-controlled facility in mid-November 2011 in Tajoura according to the UN Report Source Page 82. A reported member of Gaddafi's security agency was arrested at his father's house on October 17, 2011 by rebels who did not have an arrest warrant and…

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15 November 2011
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Incident Date

14 November 2011

Incident Code

USSOM019

Location

Afgooye, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
Two al Shabaab leaders were possibly killed in an alleged US or French-launched air or drone strike in Afgoye, Lower Shabelle, local and international media reported. No sources reported civilian harm. Missiles were fired at a training camp in Afgoye, Lower Shabelle, according to al Shabaab. An initial report from the Suna Times stated: "US…

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14 November 2011
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13 November 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-215

Location

Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت‎
Between three and five men were killed in Sirte on November 13, 2011 when they were executed by rebels. A video posted by Echorouk Online on YouTube shows the bodied of at least three dead men and many others with weapons surrounding them.

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13 November 2011
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Incident Date

8 November 2011

Incident Code

USYEM044-N

Location

Rumeila, north of Ja’ar, Abyan, Yemen
الرميلة
The militant stronghold of Rumeila was targeted by "five US drone strikes," according to an unnamed Yemeni official based in Jaar. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. According to AFP: "Meanwhile, Rumeila, north of Jaar, which itself is an Al-Qaeda stronghold, was also targeted Tuesday by 'five US drone strikes,' the same…

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8 November 2011
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Incident Date

3 November 2011

Incident Code

Ob252

Location

Sarai Darpa Khel, Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on an alleged militant housing compound near Miranshah in North Waziristan killed up to three people and injured three others, according to local officials. Dawn reported that the casualties were part of the Haqqani Network. No civilians have been reported killed or injured because of the alleged strike.

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3 November 2011
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2 November 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-213

Location

Misurata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
One man died after being severely beaten while being held in custody by the Independence Brigade rebels in Tawrga'a on November 2, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 82. A former Qadhafi soldier died on November 2, 2011 after being transferred to a hospital in Misrata. An initial autopsy report obtained by the victim's…

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2 November 2011
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Incident Date

1 November 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-212

Location

Research Farm, Surt, Libya
مزرعة الأبحاث
One child was allegedly killed and his uncle injured by a NATO airstrike on a research farm near Sirte. Nour Al Din Nasser Al Zanki said: "Abd al-Hadi Hamad Abd al-Rahman Qazwari, the son of an 8-year-old, was struck by a warplane on the research farm and his uncle lost his legs." NATO did not…

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1 November 2011
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Incident Code

Ob251

Location

Norak, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a vehicle and house near the town of Mir Ali, North Waziristan killed up to four alleged militants, according to initial reports. Intelligence officials reported that the house collapsed. The following day reports emerged of two teenagers killed in the attack while traveling in a car, named as Tariq Aziz or Tariq…

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31 October 2011
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Incident Date

30 October 2011

Incident Code

SOM012e

Location

Jilib, Somalia
October 30, 2011 ♦ 5-15 killed ♦ 5 civilians reported killed, including 3 children ♦ 45-47 reported wounded A refugee camp for those displaced by the severe drought was hit in a Kenyan air strike. Aid agency Medecin Sans Frontieres (MSF) reported the strike hit at around 1.30pm. The agency’s employees witnessed the strike on…

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30 October 2011
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Incident Date

30 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob250

Location

Khar Khama, Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a vehicle near Datta Khel in North Wazirtistan killed up to six people and injured two, one critically. A nearby house was also reported to have been partially destroyed in the strike, which occurred just before noon. Although initial reports claimed the men were alleged militants, local media soon challenged this. The…

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30 October 2011
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Incident Date

30 October 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-210

Location

Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت‎
According to a single source, 48 people were killed and 50 injured by an airstrike on Sirte. It is unclear who conducted the attack and if the victims were civilians. Magical_Libya tweeted: "Urgent Libya Al-Sumud A correspondent of Libya Al-Samoud said in Sirte that about 48 people were killed and 50 wounded in a missile…

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30 October 2011
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Incident Date

27 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM043-B

Location

Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
شقرة
Three militants, reportedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and six more wounded in a suspected US airstrike or drone strike on Shaqra, east of Zinjibar, on October 27th, 2011, sources said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly hit alleged militants in Shaqra, east of Zinjibar, the provincial capital…

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27 October 2011
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Incident Date

27 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob248

Location

Azam Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
In later reports, four 'locals' were reported killed during the Ob248 and Ob249 strikes. Sources close to Maulvi Nazeer said the commanders had gone to Angoor Adda near the Afghan border earlier in the morning along with three-dozen militants to fight against the Nato forces in Paktika province. The militants had forgotten something important in…

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27 October 2011
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Incident Date

27 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob249

Location

Hisokhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A second strike of the day on either a moving vehicle or a house in North Waziristan killed up to six alleged militants, according to Pakistani security officials. The News reported that ‘Tribal sources and security officials based in Mir Ali said the drone fired four missiles at a house. They said four people were…

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27 October 2011
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Incident Date

26 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob247

Location

Shana Wana, Birmal, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) which only emerged two days later reportedly killed between 13 and 22 members of the militant organisation. Pakistani security officials told Reuters that ‘there was strong evidence that Taj Gul Mehsud, a senior Taliban commander and close aide to TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud, was among the victims in the…

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26 October 2011
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Incident Date

25 October 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-209

Location

Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
Two men died on October 25, 2011 after being detained in rebel custody in Tripoli on October 25, 2011 according to the UN Report Source Page 81. One man, a member of Gaddafi’s security forces, was arrested by the rebels on September 11, 2011 and held in the former Internal Security Agency building in central…

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25 October 2011
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Incident Date

23 October 2011

Incident Code

USSOM018

Location

Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
At least one al Shabaab militant was reportedly killed as Shabaab positions in Kismayo, Jubaland, were subject to aerial shelling, international and local media reported. There was disagreement about whether the US, France or Kenya were to blame A local resident told Reuters: "A jet bombarded an al Shabaab base near the port. It dropped…

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23 October 2011
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Incident Date

22 October 2011

Incident Code

USSOM017-C

Location

Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia
In this single-source claim, Somalia Report reported that at least 11 civilians died and more than 20 others were wounded after a possible US drone attacked Afmadow town in Lower Juba region. An eye witness, Mohamud Abdirahman, told Somalia Report: "I have seen 11 bodies and we believe that it was a US airstrike." Locals…

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22 October 2011
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Incident Date

19 October 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-208

Location

Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت‎
Six civilians, including one child, were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Sirte. Libya Now said: "Yesterday, Saturday, the revolutionaries found in the city of Sirte a cemetery containing the remains of 6 people from one family, including a child, who were killed by the bombing of the second area at dawn last Wednesday."…

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19 October 2011
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Incident Date

17 October 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-207

Location

Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya
بني وليد
A young man from Bani Walid was killed by Al-Zawiyah rebels on October 17, 2011 according to UN Report Source page 78. He was arrested by the Al-Zawiyah in front of his relatives and they were assured he would be released soon but shortly after, they heard gunshots and he was found in a hospital…

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17 October 2011
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Incident Date

15 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob246

Location

Angor Adda, South Waziristan, Pakistan
According to the Bureau’s data this attack was the 300th CIA drone strike in Pakistan since 2004. The fourth to hit Waziristan in 48 hours, the strike killed up to six alleged militants allied to commander Maulvi Nazir.  Pakistani intelligence officials told Dawn that a compound was attacked near the village of Angor Adda. An internal Pakistani…

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15 October 2011
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Incident Date

15 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob246c

Location

Baghar Chinah, South Waziristan, Pakistan
There were reports of a further strike in South Waziristan on Maulvi Nazir’s forces, which killed up to seven alleged militants. Some sources claimed the attack was not by drones but by ‘NATO helicopters.’ Three of those killed were named as Hazrat Ali, Sher Ali and Amir Hamza – possibly ‘low level Taliban commanders.’ No…

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15 October 2011
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Incident Date

14 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM041-C

Location

Azzan, Shabwa, Yemen
عزان
A series of up to six confirmed US drone and/or airstrikes across Azzan killed up to 24 people, including two children, on October 14, 2011. The others killed were reportedly Al Qaeda militants. In the first of several attacks on this day, a drone attack struck a house in the Azan district of Shabwa, targeting…

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14 October 2011
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Incident Date

14 October 2011

Incident Code

USYEM042-C

Location

Harib district, Ma'rib, Yemen
حريب
Saleh Qaid Toayman and his 14-year-old son Jalal were reportedly killed in an alleged overnight US airstrike in Azzan on October 14, 2011, according to local reports. Saleh and Jalal were grazing camels "in an area known to be controlled by Al Qaeda,’" and had then slept by a mosque, according to Toayman’s 15-year-old son Azzedine,…

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14 October 2011
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Incident Date

14 October 2011

Incident Code

Ob245

Location

Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The CIA’s drones again returned to the Danda Darpakhel area, with a strike on a vehicle initially reported to have killed three Egyptian alleged militants and possibly up to five. No civilians have yet to be reported killed or injured. Local villagers told The News that ‘three men standing and talking to each other near…

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14 October 2011
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Incident Date

13 October 2011

Incident Code

USSOM016-C

Location

10 km east of Taabta, Lower Juba, Somalia
In this single-source allegation, civilians were reported as possibly harmed following attacks on an al Shabaab base near Taabta village, Lower Juba, Somalia Report reported. It was not clear who was behind the actions. Somalia Report reported that drones had targeted an al-Shabaab base used to train new fighters. Its source cited TFG military official…

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13 October 2011
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