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1 August 2011

Incident Code

USYEM026-B

Location

Al-Khamila, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية زنجبار
Three drone strikes taking place on August 1st 2011, allegedly by US drones or Yemeni airplanes, killed up to 16 suspected Al Qaeda fighters and wounded up to 32 others in various areas of Zinjibar according to military officials. One report stated that the drones were acting in conjunction with the Yemeni government, but the…

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1 August 2011
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Incident Date

1 August 2011

Incident Code

Ob233

Location

Azam Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A strike on a moving car killed up to six people, allegedly militants, and injured seven in South Waziristan, in the vicinity of Azam Warsak and Nargassai (according to the BIJ). One report described the victims as Punjabi militants allied with commander Maulvi Nazir. A number of houses also appear to have been damaged in…

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1 August 2011
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Incident Date

31 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-134

Location

Misrata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On July 31st, 2011, seven missiles were fired on Misurata, leading to the death of 3 men and wounding four others. Two brothers, Abdul Salam Abdul Latif and Youssef Abdul Latif were killed in the strikes, and their cousin Muhammad Abdul Latif died of injuries after. Four others were reported injured as a result of…

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31 July 2011
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Incident Date

31 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-133

Location

Suq Al Thulatha, Misrata, Libya
منطقة سوق الثلاثاء
On July 31st, 2011, eight people were reported killed in Misurata by artillery strikes from Gaddafi forces. In addition, 20 were reported injured by AlMukhtar news. The attacks occurred within the market area of western Misrata. No additional information on the victims were report was unclear how many casualties were civilians or rebel forces. AlMukhtar…

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31 July 2011
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Incident Date

31 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-132

Location

Brega, Al Wahat, Libya
مرسى البريقة
One child was allegedly injured by a NATO or rebel airstrike on Brega. Surt Son posted a video on Youtube showing the victim named Mohamed Musa. According to the video he was injured by artillery shelling on his home which would point at the rebels as the culprit. The description however says he was bombed…

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31 July 2011
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Incident Date

30 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-131

Location

Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya
طرابلس‎
Three journalists were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Tripoli. SBS News tweeted: "Three journalists have reportedly been killed in a NATO air strike while on state television in Libya." Uruknet wrote: "Libya says three journalists have been killed in a NATO air strike on state television, and that the murder of the rebels'…

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Published
30 July 2011
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Incident Date

29 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM025-B

Location

Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
زنجبار
Between five and 14 militants were killed and 50 others were wounded in alleged US or Yemeni airstrikes or drone strikes on the city of Zinjibar on July 29, 2011. In a tweet from @YusraAIA, Yemeni aircraft were identified as being used as “camouflage” to cover up U.S. drone strikes. According to @FADHLESAY, fourteen people…

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29 July 2011
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Incident Date

27 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM024-B

Location

Karadeef, Zinjibar, Abyan, Yemen
مديرية زنجبار
An alleged US airstrike that took place on Karadeef in West Zinjibar was reported to have killed five militants and injured two others, with no civilian harm reported, on July 27th 2011. Xinhua news quoted a local official who said that five AQAP militants, including a field commander, were killed by a US drone strike…

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27 July 2011
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Incident Date

25 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-130

Location

Zliten, Marqab, Libya
زليتن
Between seven and eight civilians were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Zliten. Antiwar wrote: "A NATO airstrike killed seven people in a hospital in Zlitan, western Libya, on Monday, according to locals and government officials. Medical equipment was visible among the twisted wreckage of the building, the Associated Press reports, after being taken…

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25 July 2011
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Incident Date

24 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-129

Location

Misurata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On July 24th, 2011, six rockets were fired on Southern Misurata by Gaddafi forces, resulting in the deaths of two people, one Muhammad Muhammad al-Qunaidi and one unnamed woman. Injuries were also reported, but no numbers were provided. Bint Misurata posted on Facebook "6 rockets fell this morning on civilian neighborhoods in southern Misrata, killing…

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24 July 2011
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Incident Date

22 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-128

Location

Brega, Al Wahat, Libya
مرسى البريقة
Six guards at a concrete pipe factory were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Brega. No further details about the guards were provided, although multiple sources mentioned that three missiles struck the facility. Reuters reported: "Six guards were killed in an air strike on Friday on a pipeline factory just south of the eastern…

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22 July 2011
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Incident Date

20 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-114

Location

Surman, Al Zawiyah, Libya
صرمان
Between 13 and 19 civilians were reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike on Surman. The New York Times published a detailed report of the event: "The Qaddafi government used the strike for propaganda purposes. It claimed as many as 19 civilians were killed and put up portraits of the victims across Tripoli. Khaled offered a…

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20 June 2011
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Incident Date

20 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob232

Location

Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack in North Waziristan on a house killed four people – described by one source as ‘suspected militants’. Several others were wounded, and were reported at the time as being in a ‘critical condition.’ The Bureau lists this incident as having occurred in Khushali, not far from Mir Ali.

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20 July 2011
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Incident Date

19 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-127

Location

Misrata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On July 19th, 2011, Gaddafi forces fired five Grad missiles on Misurata, reported to have killed one and wounded 20 others. It was unclear whether the casualties were belligerents or civilians. A Facebook post from Malek Algasier stated "The outcome of today's clashes in Misurata, one martyr [Muhammad Sa`id Ihmida] and twenty wounded." Multiple sources…

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19 July 2011
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Incident Date

14 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM022-C

Location

Wadi’a district , Abyan, Yemen
مديرية الوضيع
Initial reports of a US or Yemeni bombing raid upon a police station in Wadi’a district on July 14, 2011 may have resulted in as many as fifty people killed, with as many as thirty civilians among the deceased. Militants were also killed and injured, though there was huge variation in the numbers reported, which…

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14 July 2011
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Incident Date

14 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM023-N

Location

Between Zinjibar and Shaqra, Abyan, Yemen
بين زنجبار‎ و شقرة
An airstrike on a car targeted Fahd al Qusaa, also known as Quso, an al Qaeda leader and suspect in the USS Cole bombing. It was a US attack, according to the New York Times quoting an AQAP representative. He claimed that Qusaa had left the car minutes earlier and was unharmed. According to the Long War Journal,…

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14 July 2011
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Incident Date

12 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob228

Location

Gurwak, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A second strike in Gurwak (sometimes confused with Ob227) killed between 12 and 25 alleged militants in a housing compound that was said to have been ‘owned by Rahim Noor, having links with militant groups.’

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12 July 2011
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Incident Date

12 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob229

Location

Barmal, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a house and/ or car killed up to thirteen alleged militants, including ‘foreigners’, and injured five. Five students ‘with militant links’ were killed in either this or Ob230, three named as Hafiz Bilal, Waheed Ullah and Fayaz. As Pakistan Today reported: All five youngsters belonged to Southern Lakki Marwat district of Khyber…

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12 July 2011
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Incident Date

12 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob230

Location

Darnashtra, Shawal Valley, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Linked attacks on a house and car killed up to fifteen alleged militants. Reuters reported a Pakistani intelligence official as saying: ‘The missiles were fired as militants sitting in a vehicle were entering into a house used by them as a hideout. The house is on fire.’ Five students described as having ‘militant links’ were…

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12 July 2011
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Incident Date

12 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob231

Location

Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a car killed up to eight alleged militants. The News reported tribal sources at the time as saying that ‘a local villager driving his personal car came under drone attack’.  The Bureau’s own researchers in Waziristan investigated, and reported: This drone strike was also directed at the New Adda (new public stand)…

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12 July 2011
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Incident Date

11 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob227

Location

Gurwak, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An evening attack on a van (and also possibly a house) killed up to 23 people. According to one source five people were reportedly in the van, their identities unknown. Other media reported that the house had been the target. Several media organisations reported that 10 people were killed in the drone attack while reports from…

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11 July 2011
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Incident Date

10 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-125

Location

Misrata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On July 10th, 2011, Gaddafi forces fired eight Grad rockets at Misurata, resulting in the death of seven people. It was unclear how many civilian and belligerent deaths were included. @misratapost tweeted "Today, Sunday 10-07-2011, the number of martyrs in Misurata has reached 7".

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10 July 2011
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Incident Date

9 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-124

Location

Children's Hospital, Misrata, Libya
مستشفى الاطفال
On July 9th, 2011, shelling from Gaddafi forces killed two civilians and injured 12 in Misurata, including killing one female infant in the Children's Hospital. @Bozakook tweeted that "indiscriminate shelling hit 12 civilians in Misrata, and 2 were killed" (translated from Arabic), and was the only source reporting injuries and two civilian deaths. Voodito tweeted:…

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9 July 2011
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Incident Date

8 July 2011–12 May 2019

Incident Code

Lib2011-126

Location

Gheryan, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Libya
غريان
Two civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike on Gheryan, accoring to NPR. The outlet wrote: "About a block away from the gunfire at the demonstration, it was possible to talk with a shopkeeper without having a government minder present. He gave his name as Ismael and said he and his family have heard bombing…

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Published
12 July 2011
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Incident Date

6 July 2011

Incident Code

USSOM012-C

Location

Afmadow, Lower Juba, Somalia
In this single-source allegation, an unknown number of people were reportedly killed or wounded in possible US strikes in Afmadow district, as reported by Somalia Report. The source did not mention whether the victims were combatants or civilians. According to Somalia Report, US drones or planes reportedly hit three al Shabaab militant training camps in…

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Published
6 July 2011
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Incident Date

6 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-123

Location

Al Dafiniyah, Misrata, Libya
الدفنية
On July 6th, 2011, Gaddafi forces shelled the Al-Dafniya area, west of Misurata, killing three civilians and between 14 and 16 rebel fighters. An additional 42 to 50 rebel fighters were reported injured. No additional information on civilians were reported. The head of the media committee in Misurata, quoted in CNN, stated that three civilians…

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6 July 2011
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Incident Date

5 July 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-122

Location

Misrata, Misrata, Libya
مصراتة
On July 5th, 2011, at least 11 were killed and 57 were wounded in bombings on Misurata by Gaddafi forces. It was unclear how many were Libyan rebel forces and how many were civilians, and no detailed information were provided on the casualties. BBC wrote that "Libyan opposition sources said that at least 11 people…

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5 July 2011
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Incident Date

5 July 2011

Incident Code

USYEM021-C

Location

Jaar, Abyan, Yemen
جعار
Between two and six civilians were killed and up to seven others were injured in alleged Yemeni or US airstrikes on Ja’ar on July 5, 2011. Four militants were also reportedly killed. The numbers of dead and wounded varied, as @NoonArabia tweeted that three civilians were killed and seven people were wounded. According to @AdenLang,…

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5 July 2011
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Incident Date

5 July 2011

Incident Code

Ob226

Location

Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a guesthouse killed up to six alleged militants and injured five. Suspected Australian militant and convert Saif Ullah was later named among the dead, along with Zahirullah. The Bureau’s researchers in Waziristan reported: ‘The missile fired by the drone hit a hujra, or male guesthouse. Saifullah, the Australian national, happened to be…

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5 July 2011
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Incident Date

29 June 2011

Incident Code

Lib2011-121

Location

Doufan, Misrata, Libya
دوفان
On June 29th, 2011, rockets on Misurata from Gaddafi forces killed one thirteen year old and injured six others. The shelling was primarily aimed at the Doufan neighborhood. The deceased thirteen year old was identified as Moftah Muhammad Jalwal, while three out of the six injured were identified, but their ages were not provided. Multiple…

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29 June 2011
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