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Incident Date
17 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob71
Location
Tabbi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four alleged militants were killed and three undefined people were injured as the US reportedly struck a house in Tabbi, North Waziristan, local and international sources said. The strike hit a Taliban guest-house reportedly owned by a Sakhi Badshah. The death toll spanned from two to four, including Al Qaeda’s Shaikh Mansoor, reportedly a key…
Summary
Published
17 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
0–3
Military actors reported killed
2–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob70
Location
Tappi, Ghundikala, North Waziristan, Pakistan
According to local and international media, up to five militants were killed in Tappi, Ghundikala, north Waziristan, as a car was struck by a an alleged US drone, though one others claimed it was the result of landmine explosion. The death toll spanned from thee to five among the reports, all agreeing that the killed…
Summary
Published
15 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob69
Location
Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
According to local and international media, the house of Khanadan Khan Dawar in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, was attacked by a US drone, resulting in up to seven militant fatalities and four people wounded. The New York Times, who cited Pakistani security officials, reported that the village was struck by "two missiles fired from an American…
Summary
Published
14 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
0–4
Military actors reported killed
4–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob65
Location
Toor Narai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
In what was described as the largest US drone attack on Pakistani soil, as many as eight drones clustered for a mass strike in north Waziristan, to kill Haqqani Network leader Sirajudin Haqqani – firing 19 missiles between them. In this first of four linked strikes, up to 29 militants were killed in Toor Narai…
Summary
Published
2 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
10–29
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob66
Location
Deegan, North Waziristan, Pakistan
This strike, killing an uncertain number of militants, was part of one of the largest US drone attack on Pakistani soil as of 2010, striking multiple Taliban and al-Qaeda strongholds in north Waziristan, local and international media reported. According to Times of India, the attack hit four villages; Deegan, Muhammad Khel (Ob67), Pai Khel (Ob68)…
Summary
Published
2 February 2010
Military actors reported killed
4–24
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob67
Location
Mohammad Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
According to local and international media, up to nine people were killed by an alleged US missile in Mohammad Khel, north Waziristan, while travelling in two vehicles to help with rescue work at the sites of previous attacks. However, initial claims were confused about whether those who died were militants or civilians. According to the…
Summary
Published
2 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
5
Military actors reported killed
0–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
2 February 2010
Incident Code
Ob68
Location
Pai Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A strike in Pai Khel was part of one of the largest US drone attack on Pakistani soil as of 2010, striking multiple Taliban and al-Qaeda strongholds in north Waziristan, local and international media reported. However, the casualties resulting from the last of the four linked strikes were unknown. The other three strikes on February 2nd…
Summary
Published
2 February 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
31 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM009-N
Location
Across Yemen, Yemen
Over a six week period, US Special Forces carried out more than 24 ground raids in Yemen, according to a single credible source, The Nation. The Nation reported: "By late January 2010, JSOC had been involved with more than two dozen ground raids in Yemen, which kicked off with the December 17 strikes. Scores of…
Summary
Published
31 January 2010
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob64
Location
Mohammad Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Between two and fifteen people were killed in an attack on a house or compound. The dead reportedly included four Arabs, two Uzbeks and local militants linked to the Haqqani Network, it is alleged. However an official Pakistani record of drone strikes listed only two ‘foreign nationals’ killed in the attack. The Bureau published the…
Summary
Published
29 January 2010
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
20 January 2010
Incident Code
YEMYEM001
Location
Erq al Shabwan, Ma'rib, Yemen
عرق ال شبوان
Up to two people were killed by an alleged Yemeni airstrike, targeting the home of al-Shabwani, a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the Mareb province in Erq al Shabwan the morning of January 20th, 2010. It is unclear whether all of those killed were belligerents or if civilians, in addition…
Summary
Published
20 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
(
Agricultural Land
),
Residential
(
House
)
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Yemeni Air Force
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob63
Location
Deegan, North Waziristan, Pakistan
At around 6.30pm, missiles hit a house and a vehicle parked outside it. The death toll was initially put at three, but later rose six; four were reportedly injured. All the dead were alleged to be militants. ‘Five militants were killed in the strike. One missile hit the compound and the other hit a nearby…
Summary
Published
19 January 2010
Civilians reported injured
4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 January 2010
Incident Code
Ob62
Location
Shaktoi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a Pakistan Taliban commanders’ meeting failed to kill Hakimullah Mehsud. The house targeted was variously described as belonging to at the home of Pir Gul, or a member of the Mehsud clan, a ‘well-known Taliban supporter‘ or Usman Jan, new leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan who were reportedlw collaborating with the Taliban. ‘The drones…
Summary
Published
17 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
12–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 January 2010
Incident Code
Ob60
Location
Zanani, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The reputed house of Munawar Jan was destroyed in a strike. According to initial media reporting five alleged militants including a ‘foreigner’ were killed, although Long War Journal reported the dead included two ‘Taliban’ and three ‘foreign fighters’. Xinhua reported ‘at least five’ had been killed and the number was likely to rise. Three people…
Summary
Published
15 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
10
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
3–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 January 2010
Incident Code
Ob61
Location
Shaktoi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Six people were reported killed in a shortly after Ob60. GeoTV said the drones attacked ‘an hour after’ the previous strike, while Dawn reported the strike was ‘a late-night attack’. The target was reported to be either a house or a ‘religious seminary and adjacent house’ although one report described it as a 'residential compound'…
Summary
Published
15 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
4–20
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
15 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM007-B
Location
Al Ajashar, Sa'dah, Yemen
الاجاشر
An alleged Yemeni security forces strike or US airstrike reportedly struck two vehicles in Al Ajasher between Sa’ada and Jawf province. Multiple sources reported the alleged air strike took place in the afternoon of January 15th 2010. Initially sources reported that up to seven alleged AQAP militants had been killed in the strike. However later…
Summary
Published
15 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
0–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
14 January 2010
Incident Code
Ob59
Location
Shaktoi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud and al Qaeda bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman (who has been linked to the December 2009 attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan) were reportedly killed with up to 16 other alleged militants including ‘two Arabs and several Uzbek fighters’. The strike was reportedly on the house of Muhammad Yaqoob,…
Summary
Published
14 January 2010
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
0–14
Military actors reported killed
10–18
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
12 January 2010
Incident Code
USYEM006-B
Location
Shabwa, Shabwa, Yemen
شبوة
Alleged Al Qaeda local commander Abdullah Mehdar, suspected leader of the Al Qaeda cell in the Houta region, was reportedly killed by Yemen security forces, possibly with the assistance of US forces, on the evening of 12th January 2010 in Shabwa province, 375 miles east of Sana’a. There were no known associated reports of civilian…
Summary
Published
12 January 2010
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
9 January 2010
Incident Code
Ob58
Location
Ismail Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim was reportedly killed with up to four others, including al Qaeda bodyguard in a strike on buildings belonging to Rasta Barkhan, described as ‘a tribesman closely linked to the Taliban by the Long War Journal. Abdul Rahim was a suspect in a Karachi plane hijacking a quarter of a century…
Summary
Published
9 January 2010
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
Incident Code
Ob57
Location
Tappi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A vehicle was destroyed killing four men standing next to it – alleged in some reports to be militants of Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s faction. Three people were injured. CNN put the attack as happening at 7.45pm; locals told the broadcaster that two of the dead were foreign while three were local. However, lawyer Shahzad Akbar…
Summary
Published
8 January 2010
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob55
Location
Sanzali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a ‘fort-like‘ compound reportedly killed up to seven, possibly including two ‘foreigners’. Five were reported injured. Officials said the compound was frequented by militants, with some sources claiming it was a militant training camp. ‘It was a huge, fort-like mud-house. They were using it as a training centre and the training centre belonged…
Summary
Published
6 January 2010
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob56
Location
Sanzali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Shortly after Ob55, as rescuers worked to pull bodies from the rubble, drones struck again. ‘Just when people gathered at the scene to retrieve the bodies and pull out the wounded, another missile struck an hour later,’ a resident told the New York Times. Up to nine rescuers, described as either villagers or militants by CNN…
Summary
Published
6 January 2010
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob54
Location
Mosaki, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Two missiles fired at the a compound owned by Jehan Roze destroyed a guesthouse and a car parked outside, and killed five including up to three ‘Arabs’. Roze’s son Sadiq Noor, who is described by some as a local teacher but by others as a collaborator with militants, was killed in the strike, along with Noor’s…
Summary
Published
3 January 2010
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob53
Location
Ghundikala, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Two or three alleged militants were killed and up to four were injured in a drone strike that several sources said took place in the morning, although one report put it at 7.45pm. The car was parked outside a residential compound when it was struck, Dawn reported. ‘We saw a vehicle engulfed in flames after the…
Summary
Published
1 January 2010
Civilians reported injured
3–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob52
Location
Machi Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
In the first drone strike since the devastating TTP-Al Qaeda attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan on December 30, North Waziristan’s Taliban commander Haji Omar Khan was reported killed along with up to six others, some of them civilians. Journalist Karim Khan, claimed at the time by one source to be ‘close to militants’…
Summary
Published
31 December 2009
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob51
Location
Saidgai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Local Taliban commander Abdur Rehman Wazir was (again) reported to have died following a strike that killed up to thirteen alleged Taliban and injured a dozen as they ate dinner. The reputed home of Asmatullah was destroyed. A Taliban commander later told The News: ‘We lost fourteen of our dear colleagues. They were all locals.’…
Summary
Published
26 December 2009
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
12
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM005-C
Location
Abyan, Abyan, Yemen
أبين
A second air strike reportedly occurred on 24th December 2009 in the province of Abyan "of which the death toll is unknown", according to the Swiss-based human rights organization, Alkarama. No other sources were found that reported on this strike.
Summary
Published
24 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
24 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM004-B
Location
Wadi Rafadh, Shabwa, Yemen
وادي رفض
In the dawn hours of Dec. 24, 2009, a cruise missile launched by the United States struck a farmhouse in the Rafdh Valley, located in Yemen’s Shabwa province, killing between 5-34 militants associated with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, colloquially known as AQAP. While there are no known reports of civilians being killed or…
Summary
Published
24 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike
,
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
5–34
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob50
Location
Babrak Ziarat, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on alleged Taliban members attending funeral prayers for the victims of Ob49 killed at least five people (among them ‘Punjabi militants’) and injured five. One report stated that the tents of Afghan nomads were also struck – with casualties unknown.The Bureau’s Waziristan researchers report that five civilians were killed whom they name as…
Summary
Published
18 December 2009
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
Incident Code
Ob49
Location
Ambar Shaga, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack with five drones destroyed two houses and two cars. Up to fifteen people were killed, including ‘foreigners’ (reportedly six Al Qaeda and nine Haqqani Network supporters). These included ‘well known al Qaeda commanders’ Abdullah Said al Libi and Zuhaib al-Zahibi. There were some claims that the ultimate, unsuccessful target was Osama bin Laden’s brother in…
Summary
Published
17 December 2009
Civilians reported killed
6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
17 December 2009
Incident Code
USYEM002-C
Location
Al Majala, Abyan, Yemen
المعجلة
At least forty-seven civilians, including at least twenty-two children and twelve women, were reportedly killed after a US cruise-missile strike targeted an alleged AQAP training camp on the edge of Al-Majala village, Mahfad district of Abyan governorate, at around 6 AM on December 17th 2009. This was the first known strike in Yemen approved by…
Summary
Published
17 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
47–64
Civilians reported injured
23–88
Military actors reported killed
6–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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