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31 August–1 September, 2011

Incident Code

USYEM030-B

Location

Abyan, Abyan, Yemen
أبين
US airstrikes killed up to 33 militants, with no civilian harm reported in Abyan province between August 31 2011 to September 1 2011. Multiple sources claimed the militants killed in the alleged airstrike were Al Qaeda militants. Some sources reported the alleged strike was carried out by Yemeni air force warplanes, however others claim it…

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31 August 2011
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Incident Date

29 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-155

Location

Residence of Jfara family, Misrata, Libya
إقامة عائلة جفارة
Between five and six civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. A Human Rights Watch investigation found: "During the night of August 29 or the early morning of August 30, 2011, NATO aircraft struck two adjacent homes belonging to Fathi Abdulsalam Jfara and his son Farid Fathi Jfara in the town…

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Published
15 August 2011
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Incident Date

29 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-154

Location

Bani Walid, Misrata, Libya
بني وليد
Up to 19 civilians were allegedly killed by a NATO airstrike on Bani Walid. Riyad Jaber said: "The martyr Salah Saad Barnous was martyred on the 29th of Ramadan by the NATO bombing." Mustafa Al Fitouri wrote in his book: "On the night of 29th-30th August Salah Sa’ed Barnous 23 years old, an university student…

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Published
29 August 2011
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Incident Date

28 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-153

Location

Abu Kammash, An Nuqat al Khams, Libya
ابوكماش
At least one man was killed by Zowara rebels after he was apprehended on August 28, 2011 in Abu Kammash according to the UN Report Source Page 80. An unarmed man was apprehended from Riqdalin and was then forced to face a wall and was then shot.

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Published
28 August 2011
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Incident Date

26 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-152

Location

Abu Salim Hospital, Tarabulus, Libya
مشفى أبو سليم
Between 39 and 200 civilians died in Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli on August 26, 2011 according to multiple news sources, including Al Jazeera and BBC News. A video by Al Jazeera shows Abu Salim hospital in Tripoli full over more than 100 dead bodies in the intensive care unit after the majority of the…

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Published
26 August 2011
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Incident Date

25 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM029-B

Location

Wadi Hassan, Abyan, Yemen
وادي حسان
An alleged US drone strike that took place on Wadi Hassan, south Zinjibar was reported to kill up to eight militants, with no civilian harm reported, on August 25th 2011. Eight suspected Al Qaeda-linked militants were killed in the airstrike. Multiple sources named a local Al Qaeda leader Abu Jaber al Sanaai as killed in…

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Published
25 August 2011
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Incident Date

25 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-151

Location

Bab Al Aziziyah, Tarabulus, Libya
باب العزيزية
At least 29 people were killed at a camp site outside the Bab Al Aziziyah compound in Tripoli on August 25, 2011 that may have housed a makeshift medical clinic and was alleged to be supervised by Gaddafi supporters. According to BBC News, two of those killed had strips of green cloth, indicating that they…

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Published
25 August 2011
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Incident Date

24 August 2011

Incident Code

YEMYEM003

Location

Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
زنجبار‎
On Aug. 24, 2011, multiple news outlets reported that airstrikes by the Yemeni government killed 30-40 suspected Al Qaeda militants in the town of Zinjibar, located in the province of Abyan. While there are no reported cases of civilian harm, estimates vary on the number of suspected militants killed in the strike. The Associated Press…

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Published
24 August 2011
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Incident Date

24 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM028-B

Location

Al Arqoub, Abyan, Yemen
العرقوب)
On Aug. 24, 2011, numerous outlets such as the Associated Press, AFP, and CNN reported that between four and six suspected Al Qaeda militants were killed and others were wounded in alleged Yemeni or US strikes in the area of Arkoub in Yemen’s Abyan province, which was overrun by Al Qaeda in May 2011. There…

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Published
24 August 2011
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Incident Date

23 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-147

Location

Gharghour, Tarabulus, Libya
غرغور
At least 21 people, including at least three men, were killed and two men were injured in a detention facility run by the Revolutionary Guard in Gargur, south of Bab Al-Aziziyah, on August 23, 2011 according to UN Report Source Page 72. According to witnesses and family members, most of those being held in the…

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Published
23 August 2011
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Incident Date

23 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-148

Location

Bab Al Aziziya, Tarabulus, Libya
باب العزيزية

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Published
23 August 2011
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Incident Date

23 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-149

Location

Warehouse in Khallet Al Furjan, Tarabulus, Libya
خلة الفرجان
Between 63 and 170 prisoners were killed in the early evening in Yarmouk prison under the control of Gaddafi forces in a warehouse in Khallet al Furjan on August 23, 2011. According to the UN Report Source, in the early evening, prison guards at the facility threw between 6 and 8 grenades into the warehouse…

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Published
23 August 2011
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Incident Date

23 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-150

Location

Bab Akkara, Tarabulus, Libya
باب عكاره
Between 15 and 19 men, including three medical personnel, were killed and at least six others were injured between Gargur and the Gaddafi compound at Bab al-Aziziyah in Tripoli on August 23, 2011. A member of the rebel forces witnessed 15 bodies, all in civilian clothes and all of them handcuffed behind the back with electric…

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Published
23 August 2011
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Incident Date

22 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob238c

Location

Khaisoori, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The International News was the single source for reports of a first strike on a house on August 22 that killed an Arab family, "three men, two children and a lady". Local villagers said an Arab family was residing in the house and all those died in the missile attack were Arab nationals. The newspaper…

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Published
22 August 2011
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Incident Date

22 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-146

Location

Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
Between seven and 16 people, including three belligerents, were killed on Abu Salim Highway in Tripoli by Gaddafi snipers on August 22, 2011. A young man from the Abu Salim area told Libyans that 30 Gaddafi supporters were stationed on the bridge and another group were stationed under the bridge off the highway and they…

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Published
22 August 2011
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Incident Date

22 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob238

Location

Norak area, Mir Koon Khel, Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A vehicle was targeted in the Norak area of North Waziristan, killing alleged militants. AFP cited a local security official as saying that the house of a local tribal elder was also hit. Dawn later reported that the house belonged to tribesman Gul Sawab, and that ‘three militants and four tribesmen from the same family’…

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Published
22 August 2011
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Incident Date

21 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-143

Location

Eastern Hill Bridge, Tarabulus, Libya
كوبرى الهضبة الشرقية
Between 60 and 72 people were killed near the Eastern Hill Bridge on a highway in Tripoli by Gaddafi forces on August 21, 2011 according to multiple posts and videos, including Gharyan Radio and Libyan People Youtube. A video posted by Wasat Al Bilad shows multiple men with guns blocking a road and interacting with…

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Published
21 August 2011
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Incident Date

21 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-144

Location

Gharghour, Tarabulus, Libya
غرغور
At least 17 people were killed in the Gargur district in Tripoli by pro-Gaddafi forces according to BBC News. Human Rights Watch says that pro-Gaddafi forces were holding the dead in a building belonging to the Libyan Internal Security Forces and that they were physically tortured before they were killed. According to a doctor, half…

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Published
21 August 2011
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Incident Date

21 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-145

Location

Bab Al Aziziya Prison, Tarabulus, Libya
باب العزيزية
At least 25 prisoners were killed in Bab Al-Aziziyah prison on August 21, 2011 by Gaddafi forces according to Facebook posts from Al Mashashiya Youth and Shahd Omar. According to Al Mashashiya youth's post, Ezz Al-Din Muhammad Hassan Al-Mashay, who was killed, and his father were arrested and detained for more than 20 days the…

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Published
21 August 2011
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Incident Date

20 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-142

Location

Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
At least 15 people were killed in Tripoli on August 20, 2011 according to an Islamtoday post on Facebook. It is unknown whether those killed were civilians or fighters and it is unknown who killed them. The bodies were buried around the time that the Libyan revolutionaries attacked Libya.

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20 August 2011
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Incident Date

19 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob237

Location

Shin Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A possible U.S. drone strike on Shin Warsak village, in Tehsil Bermal, on August 19 2011 reportedly killed between 2 and four 'militants', whilst some local tribal sources insisted that three were local tribesmen. One source identified two injured. Local rescuers said that the bodies were completely disfigured and could not be identified. Some sources…

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Published
19 August 2011
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Incident Date

16 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob236

Location

Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At least four people were initially reported killed and two people wounded, according to a senior Pakistan security official quoted by agencies.  A vehicle was hit, which may have been the intended target. Also severely damaged was a nearby house. Both were in the vicinity of a girls’ school near the bazaar. There was speculation…

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Published
16 August 2011
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Incident Date

11 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-139

Location

Tawergha, Misrata, Libya
تاورغاء‎
Between 24 and 74 civilians, including at least 2 women, in Tawergha were killed by shelling and rockets launched allegedly by the rebels and/or NATO as they advanced into the town after taking control of Misurata. Civilian homes were struck by shells and were killed and injured, eventually resulting in a massive exodus of the…

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Published
1 August 2011
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Incident Date

10 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-140

Location

Misrata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On August 10th, 2011, Gaddafi forces reportedly fired between four to eight rockets at Misurata. A single source claims three had arrived in the hospital during the bombings, and an another source mentions injuries without providing a number. It was unclear how many of those who arrived at the hospital were injured, killed, as well…

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Published
10 August 2011
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Incident Date

10 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob235

Location

Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A pre-dawn strike on an alleged housing compound of the Haqqani Network killed up to 25 people. A vehicle was also destroyed in the attack. AFP reported: ‘The vehicle was hit minutes after it reached the house. It looks like the drone was chasing it. One missile hit the vehicle and another hit the house.…

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Published
10 August 2011
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Incident Date

9 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-138

Location

Misurata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
At least 16 people, identified as Egyptian workers, were killed by Gaddafi forces on August 9, 2011 in Misrata according to Abdul Asallak's post on YouTube and a tweet by @tounsiahourra. Multiple sources stated that those killed were Egyptian workers who worked in a warehouse in the Kararim area of Misrata. A video posted by Abdul…

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Published
9 August 2011
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Incident Date

8 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-137

Location

Gafuz and Jarud residential compounds, Marqab, Libya
مجمعات قفوز وجرود السكنية
Between 34 and 85 civilians were allegedly killed in NATO airstrikes on the Majer area of Zliten. The event marks the biggest reported loss of civilian life from NATO strikes during the first Libyan Civil War. An Amnesty International field investigation found: "On the evening of 8 August 2011 two houses were struck in Majer…

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Published
8 August 2011
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Incident Date

5 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-136

Location

Al Mleeb, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
المليعب
Between 28 and 49 people, including 28 men, were killed by Gaddafi forces in Al Mleeb in the vicinity of Al Qalaa village on August 5, 2011 according to various sources, including a video on ImazighenLibya's YouTube and a post on Safit Al Somoud's Facebook. A graphic video posted by ImazighenLibya shows rows of dead bodies, more…

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Published
5 August 2011
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Incident Date

5 August 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-135

Location

Mustafa Naji Al Morabit, Marqab, Libya
مسكن مصطفى ناجي المرابط
Two children and their mother were allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Zliten. The Telegraph said: "Residents from the town said the strike happened just after 6am, killing brothers Mohammed, three, and Moataz, five, and their mother Ibtisam. Moussa Ibrahim, Libyan government spokesman, accused Nato of bombing civilian targets frequently. He said: In the…

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Published
5 August 2011
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Incident Date

2 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob234

Location

Qutab Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four alleged militants and/ or local tribesmen were killed in a strike on a moving car. The News reported that 'there was no information about the identity of the slain men, but Qutabkhel villagers claimed they were local tribesmen and were on their way to the village from Miramshah' suggesting that the three…

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Published
2 August 2011
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