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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…
Summary
Published
1 November 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
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…
Summary
Published
31 October 2011
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
30 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
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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…
Summary
Published
30 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
30 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–48
Civilians reported injured
0–50
Military actors reported killed
0–48
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Unknown
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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…
Summary
Published
27 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
27 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
27 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Military actors reported killed
4–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
26 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
12–13
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
25 October 2011
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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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…
Summary
Published
23 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
22 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
11
Civilians reported injured
20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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."…
Summary
Published
19 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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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…
Summary
Published
17 October 2011
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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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…
Summary
Published
15 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
3–7
Military actors reported killed
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
15 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
),
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Military actors reported killed
4–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Residential
(
House
),
Commerce
,
Vehicle
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
5–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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,…
Summary
Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
14 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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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…
Summary
Published
13 October 2011
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
13 October 2011
Incident Code
Ob243
Location
Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Jalil Haqqani, 32, is an Afghan national and operated between Pakistan and Afghanistan.’ Unusually Haqqani was reported killed as he walked down a street. The Washington Post later raised doubts about his status, with suggestions that the man was not directly related to leaders of the Haqqani Network, and was only a street guard. The attack…
Summary
Published
13 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
2–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
13 October 2011
Incident Code
Ob244
Location
Chashma Nala, Birmal, South Waziristan, Pakistan
In the second reported strike of the day, drones attacked ‘a group of fighters’ in a compound in South Waziristan, killing up to six people. A Pakistani intelligence official told CNN that ‘The compound on the border was used by militants to routinely fire missiles at NATO and Afghan National Army forces.’ Another official told…
Summary
Published
13 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-204
Location
Western Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
At least 42 civilians were killed near the western Sirte frontline and were found on October 12, 2011 according to Elaph. According to Anis Faraj, a witness who claimed he shared a cell with those that were found dead, about 47 men were being held in a cell and they were taken to Musassim Gaddafi,…
Summary
Published
12 October 2011
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
42
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Gaddafi Forces
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Incident Date
12 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-205
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
On October 12th, 2011, five dead and 44 injured were admitted to the Misurata hospital. A single source reported that the casualties were from the western Sirte front. No details were provided on the victims combatant status, It was also unclear which group had caused the injuries. Private Misurata Free reported that "the Misurata Hospital,…
Summary
Published
12 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
0–44
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Unknown
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Incident Date
9 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-203
Location
Zawiya, Al Zawiyah, Libya
الزاوية
At least two men died from injuries they sustained after being detained by rebel forces at Judayem detention centre and later died in Al Zawiyah Hospital on October 9, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 81. Both men were arrested on September 17, 2011 in Al Zawiyah by rebel forces and taken to Judaism…
Summary
Published
9 October 2011
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
6 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-202
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
At least 17 people were killed, including one man who was a soldier in Qadhafi's forces, in Sirte by rebel forces around October 6, 2011 according to the UN Report Source Page 78. A Tawerghan living in an IDP camp was a relative of the soldier killed and was told about his relative's death by…
Summary
Published
6 October 2011
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
17
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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Incident Date
6 October 2011
Incident Code
USSOM015-C
Location
Dolbiyow, 35 kilometers east of Dhobley, Lower Juba, Somalia
Four Somali farmers were reported to have been killed in a possible drone strike in Dolbiyow Village, 35km east of Dhobley according to Somalia Report, while one was reportedly injured. The farmers and their camels were killed moments after al-Shabaab fighters fled the area in vehicles, witnesses said. However, a TFG official told Somalia Report…
Summary
Published
6 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
6–7 October, 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-201
Location
Dollar , Surt, Libya
الدولار
Three civilians were allegedly killed and a mother injured by a NATO airstrike on the Al Wafa neighbourhood of Sirte, which is alternatively referred to as Al Dollar neighbourhood.. ANVWL said on one of the victim's circumstances of death on October 6th: "The child was killed in Al-Wafa neighbourhood, Al-Dollar neighbourhood, as a result of…
Summary
Published
6 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
NATO forces
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Incident Date
5 October 2011
Incident Code
USYEM040-B
Location
Al Arqoub, east of Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
زنجبار
Between five and 10 militants, reportedly members of Al Qaeda, were killed and seven more were wounded in a US strike or strikes on Arqoub, east of Zinjibar on October 5, 2011, sources said. There are currently no known reports of civilian harm. The strike reportedly targeted alleged militant hideouts in al Arqoub, east of…
Summary
Published
5 October 2011
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
5–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
5 October 2011
Incident Code
Lib2011-199
Location
Sirte, Surt, Libya
سرت
On October 5th, 2011, a Moroccan woman was reported to have been injured by a mortar shell in Sirte. The mortar was suspected to have been fired by Libyan rebel forces. Multiple sources reported on the injury of the woman, although no additional information was provided. An al-Jamahiriya post stated that "A Moroccan woman was…
Summary
Published
5 October 2011
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Libyan rebel forces
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