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Incident Date

17 December 2009

Incident Code

USYEM003-B

Location

Arhab, Sana'a, Yemen
أرحب
US forces reportedly carried out an attack in Arhab, Yemen on December 17th upon a home believed to be the living quarters of Qasim al Raimi (also called al Raymi), resulting in the death of four militants. The strike was initially reported to have included the use of Yemeni ground forces and air strikes with…

Summary

Published
17 December 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Military actors reported killed
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob48

Location

Datta Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Local and international media reported two alleged militants were killed in a 4am attack on a car that also damaged three nearby houses and a mosque. A first missile may have missed its target, enabling some suspects to escape.This closely matched the narrative for the strike recorded in a secret Pakistani government record of drone…

Summary

Published
17 December 2009
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob47

Location

Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A previously unreported strike killed six – including four ‘foreigners’ – and injured eight. Sensitivities during ongoing Pakistan Army operations in South Waziristan may have been responsible for the assertion by the Army’s spokesman that ‘no Predator drone strike has taken place today’.

Summary

Published
10 December 2009
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob46

Location

Spalaga, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Initial reports said al Qaeda planner Saleh al-Somali was killed with three others (two reported as Saudis), and three people were injured (possibly nearby civilians), in an attack on a car. Up to seven drones were reportedly involved. However a record of drone strikes compiled by the administration in Pakistan’s tribal areas and published by…

Summary

Published
8 December 2009
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob45

Location

Machi Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to 14 alleged militants were killed and as many as a dozen wounded in an attack on a ‘training compound’ or house. Some ‘foreigners’ may have been among the dead, according to reports.But lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar has challenged these claims. He has named Razm Khan, 15-year old Sakeenullah and Shafiq as civilians killed…

Summary

Published
20 November 2009
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–12
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob44

Location

Shanakorah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A strike on an alleged ‘militant hideout’ and/ or the house of Gul Bat killed up to six people and wounded five. One source identified Salah al-Somali (status unknown) as the target and said that three ‘foreigners’ were killed.

Summary

Published
18 November 2009
Civilians reported injured
2–15
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Code

Ob43

Location

Norak, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The home of local ‘militant’ or ‘tribesman’ Musharaf Gul was bombed, killing up to six people and injuring eight.

Summary

Published
5 November 2009
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob42

Location

Damadola, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
An attack near the home of TTP deputy leader Maulvi Faqir Mohammed in Bajaur Agency (the first since May 2008) reportedly missed him by minutes. Senior Taliban leaders from ‘Bajaur, Swat, Dir Upper and Dir Lower districts’ had allegedly gathered for a shura or council meeting in underground bunkers. The strike killed at least 20…

Summary

Published
24 October 2009
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob41

Location

Spalaga, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Al Qaeda explosives expert Abu Musa al-Masri was reportedly killed along with two others. The attack, coming at the start of a Pakistan military offensive in South Waziristan, appears to have been hushed up for fear of unraveling a local Taliban ceasefire. According to Fox NewsIt hit territory controlled by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant…

Summary

Published
21 October 2009
Civilians reported injured
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob40

Location

Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A pre-dawn attack on an alleged Haqqani Network housing compound – owned by an ‘Afghan refugee’ – killed up to four people and injured seven. The dead were reported to be part of the Ghaznavi group of the Haqqani Network.2009.10.15 House Destroyed, Ob41 / Noor Behram

Summary

Published
15 October 2009
Civilians reported injured
7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob39

Location

Norak, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to nine alleged militants were reported killed including ‘three Arabs, three Pakistanis, a Chechen and an Uzbek’ in an attack on two vehicles and a housing compound reported to be owned by a man named as Baddin.It emerged in July 2013 the tribal agency administration had been collecting data on drone strikes – their…

Summary

Published
30 September 2009
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob37

Location

Sararogha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An afternoon attack allegedly on the TTP leader’s brother, Kalimullah Mehsud, killed six and injured six. Some reports state he died in the attack – though it was also claimed he was killed that day by Pakistan forces. Yet others say the target was actually Irfan Shamankhel aka Irfan Mehsud. Three ‘Uzbek militants’ were also reported…

Summary

Published
29 September 2009
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob38

Location

Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on an alleged Haqqani Network facility – the house of ‘Mustafa, [or Emarati] an Afghan national’ and reported militant – killed up to nine and injured as many as six people. The Pakisten Tribune ambiguously reported that ‘All the victims were said to be Afghan refugees.’2009.09.30 Dandy Darpa Khel, Ob39 / Noor Behram

Summary

Published
29 September 2009
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
2–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob38c

Location

Khyber Agency, Pakistan
A possible strike on a government guest house in Khyber Agency was reported by some media. No casualties were recorded.

Summary

Published
29 September 2009
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob36

Location

Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on an alleged Haqqani Network housing compound owned by Ahmad Afghani killed up to twelve people and injured five. A local intelligence official told The Nation:The building acted as an office where Taliban militants would come to receive orders and rest between bouts of fighting across the border in Afghanistan.’But residents told Dawn…

Summary

Published
24 September 2009
Civilians reported killed
0–12
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob35

Location

Toorikhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack destroyed a car in an explosion that was heard 15 miles away. Mir Ali resident Akhtar Rasool told Reuters: ‘The vehicles is in flames and we can see smoke rising from the scene.’ Five people died including Islamic Jihad Union leader Najmiddin Kamolitdinovic Jalolov, aka Yahyo. A senior Pakistani intelligence official told Reuters:…

Summary

Published
14 September 2009
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 September 2009

Incident Code

USSOM008-C

Location

Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia
مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة
Up to six people, including at least one possible civilian, were killed and at least two possible civilians were wounded, as a US-launched raid targeted and reportedly killed a high value al Qaeda/ al Shabab member, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, international media reported. The attack marked the first known lethal operation by US forces in…

Summary

Published
14 September 2009
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–1
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

Incident Code

Ob34

Location

Darga Mandi, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to 15 people were killed in a strike on the house of Ismael Khan which also damaged adjacent homes.  The target, an alleged Taliban compound, was said to be run by Haqqani-affiliated militant Maulvi Taib Shah (possibly killed).  Three children and two women were also said to be among the dead, according to Dawn.…

Summary

Published
8 September 2009
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob33

Location

Machi Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Senior al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was ‘killed’ (he also reportedly ‘died’ in May 2011 before actually dying in a US strike on June 3 2011) along with up to five alleged militants. The attack reportedly struck a vehicle as it entered the village. But a nearby home was caught up in the blast, with…

Summary

Published
7 September 2009
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

27 August 2009

Incident Code

Ob32

Location

Taparghai, South Waziristan, Pakistan

Summary

Published
27 August 2009
Civilians reported injured
6–9
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob31

Location

Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The local political administration‘s internal records tallied 17 killed in this strike – all ‘miscreants’ and four of them Uzbeks. Up to 21 people were killed, including three women and six children (one named as Syed Wali Shah, pictured below), in an attack on a madrassa linked to Sirajuddin Haqqani. Five houses were destroyed, and no…

Summary

Published
21 August 2009
Civilians reported killed
9–13
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob30

Location

Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
At the time of this strike, press reports stated only that a house turned into a ‘militant compound’ had been hit. The house belonged to Zangi Khan Burki, who had fled the area with his family. The nearby home of agency councilor Arif Zaman was also reported damaged in the attack. Local photographer Noor Behram,…

Summary

Published
11 August 2009
Civilians reported killed
0–6
Civilians reported injured
5–7
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob29

Location

Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
The CIA fatally wounded TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud (and his second wife) after multiple previous attempts. President Obama personally authorised the attack (CNN). As many as ten others also may have died, including his uncle, father-in-law Maulvi Ikramuddin and mother-in-law, and seven bodyguards. Four children were also injured. According to drone strike data collected by…

Summary

Published
5 August 2009
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Code

Ob28

Location

Gariwam, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a house allegedly linked to the TTP and owned by local cleric Maulana Abdul Majeed was destroyed, killing up to six people and wounding four or more. AP reported that ‘One resident said he heard a loud bang and that Taliban in the area are saying five colleagues are dead.’ Others reported…

Summary

Published
17 July 2009
Civilians reported injured
4–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob27

Location

Painda Khel, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A reputed TTP communications centre was attacked, killing up to five people and injuring three. Reuters reported the same day that US drones:have [separately] resumed tracking militants in Pakistan to support Pakistani operations in South Waziristan. The US military began surveillance flights over Pakistani territory in mid-March but ceased a month later when Pakistan abruptly…

Summary

Published
10 July 2009
Civilians reported injured
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

Incident Code

Ob27c

Location

Tiarza, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Two media sources reported a possible drone strike that killed five – this may be part of Ob28.

Summary

Published
10 July 2009
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 July 2009

Incident Code

Ob25

Location

Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
For the second time in 24 hours an alleged TTP training camp was attacked. The strike in a forested area killed up to ten people, (including three ‘Punjabi Taliban’) with a dozen injured. The BBC reported: Missiles hit the thickly-forested and mountainous Karwan Manza area, some 10km (six miles) south-east of Ladha. Officials say six missiles…

Summary

Published
8 July 2009
Civilians reported injured
5–12
Military actors reported killed
8–10
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 July 2009

Incident Code

Ob26

Location

Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A five- or six-vehicle convoy was destroyed and up to forty alleged ‘TTP and Punjabi militants’ were killed. Four Arabs and seven Uzbeks were reported among the dead by one source. A Pakistani security official reported that: Almost 90 per cent of the militants traveling in the convoy were killed in the drone attack.’

Summary

Published
8 July 2009
Civilians reported injured
1
Military actors reported killed
35–50
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 July 2009

Incident Code

Ob24

Location

Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Attacks against the TTP continued, with a lunchtime strike on an alleged training camp killing at least 14 people (among them five ‘foreigners’) and injuring a further ten. SATP reported sources as saying that ‘a local commander of Baitullah [Mehsud] was among the dead.’ Geo TV named him as Kifayatullah Anikhel, a close relative of…

Summary

Published
7 July 2009
Military actors reported killed
16
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 July 2009

Incident Code

Ob22

Location

Mantoi, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An attack on a closed madrassa ‘occasionally used by the TTP’ killed either three, five or no people. The News, for example, reported that: Three missiles were fired at a Madrassa, completely destroying the building. However, no loss of life was reported in the attack.’ In contrast AFP said that ‘One official had said initially…

Summary

Published
3 July 2009
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Military actors reported killed
0–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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