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Incident Date

12 August 2008

Incident Code

B18

Location

Bhaggar, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A US strike in Bhaggar, south Waziristan, killed up to five civilians and wounded several women and children while between nine and 25 militants were reported killed in the strike by local and internatonal media. Four US-waged missiles were reportedly launched against  Hezb-i-Islami ‘good’ Taliban commanders Abdul Rehman, Islam Wazir and between 10-25 other suspected…

Summary

Published
12 August 2008
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
0–4
Military actors reported killed
9–25
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

28 July 2008

Incident Code

B17

Location

Zeralita, Azam Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US strike in Zeralita, north Waziristan, killed up to three civilians, one woman and two young boys, as up to 12 alleged militants were killed, including a leasding al-Qai'da figure, media reported. The alleged US drone launched four missiles, targeting and killing al Qaeda’s "chemical weapons team," most notably its leader Abu Khabab al Masri.…

Summary

Published
28 July 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1–3
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
6–12
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 June 2008

Incident Code

B16

Location

Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US strike killed one person in Makeen, south Waziristan, though it was unclear among the reports whether the fatality was a militant or a civilian. The attack was aimed at a possible hideout of Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. One person was reported killed, an alleged militant according to some reports. However a…

Summary

Published
14 June 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–1
Military actors reported killed
0–1
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

14 May 2008

Incident Code

B15

Location

Damadola, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
A US airstrike launched two missiles against structures in Damadola, Bajour Agency, killing at least seven but as many as 30 people, mostly reported as militants though some reports said that women and children were among the fatalities. Local tribesmen cited by The News, said that " two US spy planes, which were hovering over the…

Summary

Published
14 May 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
0–9
Military actors reported killed
7–30
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 May 2008

Incident Code

USSOM007-C

Location

Dusa Marreb, Galguduud, Somalia
At least five and as many as 30 civilians, including children and one woman, were reportedly killed as US-launched missiles targeted and killed several top al Shabab commanders in Dusa Marreb, a Somali village near the Ethiopian border, local and international sources reported. Around 3am local time on May 1st, 2008, US naval-launched cruise missiles…

Summary

Published
1 May 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
5–30
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

16 March 2008

Incident Code

B14

Location

Dhook Pir Bagh, South Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US drone launched six missiles at a house in Dhook Pir Bagh, south Waziristan, killing up to 20 millitants, local and international media reported, though locals said that four civilians also were among the fatalities. The strike hit the home of tribal elder Noorullah Wazir who was found killed. The Long War Journal…

Summary

Published
16 March 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
0–5
Military actors reported killed
16–20
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 March 2008

Incident Code

USSOM006-C

Location

Dhoobley, Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to six civilians were killed and as many as eight wounded as the US fired at least one and as many as three cruise missiles at Dhobley, a town in southern Somalia four miles from the Kenyan border, local and international sources reported. Pentagon spokesperson Bryan Whitman told AFP: "On March 2, the US…

Summary

Published
3 March 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
4–6
Civilians reported injured
3–8
Military actors reported killed
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

28 February 2008

Incident Code

B13

Location

Kaloosha, Azam Warsak, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A 2am attack on a madrassa in Kaloosha, Azam Warsak, killed up to thirteen militants and wounded as many as ten, local and international media reported, though it was unclear whether if any of the victims were civilians. The death toll spanned from eight to 13 among the sources, the highest reported by AFP. While…

Summary

Published
28 February 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
0–5
Civilians reported injured
0–10
Military actors reported killed
8–13
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 January 2008

Incident Code

B12

Location

Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
An alleged US strike in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, killed up to 15 people, hereof up to six civilians, including two women and three children, and several key Taliban members, various media reported. Locals told AFP that "a missile came from an unknown direction on Monday night and hit the house, after which 12 people…

Summary

Published
29 January 2008
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
1–6
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
9–15
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 December 2007

Incident Code

B11

Location

Jani Khel, Bannu Frontier Region, Pakistan
A possible US strike outside the FATA area in Jani Khel, Bannu Frontier Region,  reportedly injured Egyptian al Qaeda leader and ideologue Shaykh Issa al Masri, international media reported. Dawn reported that the US has struck the area with an Predator drone. Any secret agreement between the US and Pakistan allowing for drone strikes is…

Summary

Published
3 December 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

2 November 2007

Incident Code

B10

Location

Danda Darpakhel, near Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Local and international media reported that an alleged US drone had killed five militants and wounded at least six "others" as the Haqqani network was struck in Danda Darpakhel, north Waziristan. In one of the first CIA strikes on the Haqqani Network (a militant group involved in attacks on US forces in Afghanistan) this strike…

Summary

Published
2 November 2007
Civilians reported injured
0–12
Military actors reported killed
5–6
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

19 June 2007

Incident Code

B9

Location

Mami Rogha, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A possible US drone strike in Mami Rogha, north Waziristan, killed up to 34 people, possibly including civilian children and adults, as well as 18 ‘foreigners’ (Chechen, Uzbek and Arab), local and international media reported. While some reports described the attack as being on a small camp, others said that a religious seminary was hit,…

Summary

Published
19 June 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
0–34
Civilians reported injured
0–20
Military actors reported killed
0–34
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 June 2007

Incident Code

USSOM005-C

Location

Bargaal, Bari, Somalia
The destroyer USS Chafee, sailing off the coast of Somalia, fired ‘more than a dozen rounds from its 5-inch gun’ on militants in Bargal, north Somalia. The New York Times also reported that cruise missiles were fired. Somali government spokesmen claimed the strikes were launched after around 35 heavily armed militants landed on the coast near…

Summary

Published
1 June 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Military actors reported killed
8–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

22 May 2007

Incident Code

B8a

Location

Zarghar Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to four people, most likely, but not confirmed, militants, were killed in a ground and air-waged operation in Zarghar Khel, North Waziristan, carried out by the Pakistani Army or US military, local and international media reported. Local sources, cited by international media, reported how Pakistani ground forces, assisted by helicopters carried out a raid in…

Summary

Published
22 May 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
0–4
Civilians reported injured
0–2
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

27 April 2007

Incident Code

B8

Location

Saidgai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
A 3.30am attack in the vicinity of the Darul Uloom Hassania madrassa run by Maulvi Noor Mohammad (see B5) killed up to four people and injured as many as nine, hereof six children, local and international media reported. Mohammad Habib Khan, whose home was also severely damaged in the attack, told AP that the roof…

Summary

Published
27 April 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
3–9
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

23 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM004-C

Location

Waldena, Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to eight people - some civilians - and one al Qaeda member, were killed as a US drone reportedly targeted, and later captured, a militant leader in Waldena. A fresh JSOC AC-130 strike in Somalia, reportedly operating from an airbase in eastern Ethiopia, targeted Ahmed Madobe, a deputy of ICU leader Hassan Turki. Madobe…

Summary

Published
23 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Military actors reported killed
5–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

16 January 2007

Incident Code

B7

Location

Zamazola area of Shaktoi, South Waziristan, Pakistan
A strike took place on a ‘Taliban facility’ in Zamazola, South Wazirista, killing up to eight civilians, international and local media reported. The initial claims of 30 Taliban killed were lowered to eight deaths, who villagers insist were all innocent woodcutters. Three civilians were identified by local sources. The News quoted local councillor Said Anwar…

Summary

Published
16 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
8
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

9 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM003-C

Location

Xayo, Garer, Bankajirow and Badmadow, Ras Kambooni, Lower Juba, Somalia
Several people, possibly civilians, were left wounded as US airstrikes hit four towns near Ras Kamboni, including a terrorist training camp on Badmadow island, local and international media reported. Sources added that up to ten al Qaeda members were also killed. The strikes came just two days after the US-launched AC-130 attack in Ras Kamboni,…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
4–5
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

8–9 January, 2007

Incident Code

USSOM002-C

Location

Hayo, Lower Juba, Somalia
According to international and local reports, up to 31 civilians, including at least one child, were killed as the town of Hayi or Xayo was subjected to either US or Ethiopian-waged airstrikes. Heavy civilian casualties were reported in airstrikes on Hayi near Afmadow, 250km northwest of Ras Kamboni, and other parts of southern Somalia, in…

Summary

Published
9 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
4–31
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

7 January 2007

Incident Code

USSOM001-C

Location

Ras Kamboni (possibly vicinity of Lag Badana Bushbush National Park), Lower Juba, Somalia
Up to eight civilians were reportedly killed as the US carried out an airstrike against al Qaeda leaders in Ras Kamboni, Lower Juba, international and local sources reported. Shortly after Ethiopian forces had invaded Somalia in late December 2006, the US carried out its first known combat operation within Somalia since the September 11 2001…

Summary

Published
7 January 2007
Strike Type
Airstrike, Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Military actors reported killed
8–45
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

30 October 2006

Incident Code

B6

Location

Chenegai, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
In a failed attempt to target al-Qaida's "number two", Ayman al-Zawahiri, an alleged US drone strike killed up to 82 civilians, hereof up to 74 below the age of 18, as a Madrasa, a religious school in Chenegai, Bajaur Agency, was struck, international and local media reported. An attack on a madrassa – allegedly a…

Summary

Published
30 October 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
70–82
Civilians reported injured
3
Military actors reported killed
2–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

12 April 2006

Incident Code

B5c

Location

Naghar Kalai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to 14 people where killed, hereof two children, and as many as 12 suspected militants, including a ‘top ranking al Qaeda militant’ Mohsin Musa Matawalli Atwah, as a US or Pakistan-waged strike hit Naghar Kalai, North Waziristan, international media reported. A house was reportedly destroyed in the attack. Village elder Khan Wazir said: "There was a huge explosion, which we…

Summary

Published
12 April 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
2
Military actors reported killed
7–12
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

13 January 2006

Incident Code

B5

Location

Damadola, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
In an attempt to hit al-Qaida's "number 2", Ayman al-Zawahiri, an alleged US drone killed up to 25 civilians, including five women and up to six children, as it struck Damadola, Bajaur Agency, local and international media reported. The strike was widely condemned among Pakistani officials and locals, though denied by the US itself. Initially, Pakistani…

Summary

Published
13 January 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
13–25
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

6 January 2006

Incident Code

B4c

Location

Saidgai, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Eight people, most likely including civilians, were killed and up to nine were wounded in a US raid in Saidgai, North Waziristan, international media reported. An apparent US special forces raid on an unnamed ‘al Qaeda official’ was reported and a guest house owned by Maulvi Noor Mohammad, a religious leader in Saidgai, was destroyed.…

Summary

Published
6 January 2006
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Military actors reported killed
3–5
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 December 2005

Incident Code

B4

Location

Haisori, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to six people, including two children and one woman, were killed by an alleged US drone strike in Haisori, North Waziristan, international and local media reported, though the US is yet to officially confirm its involvement. At least three al-Qaida members were killed in the strike. Several reported the death of Abu Hamza Rabia,…

Summary

Published
1 December 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
3
Military actors reported killed
3
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

5 November 2005

Incident Code

B3

Location

Mosaki, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to eight people, counting at least four civilians; three children and one woman, were killed as an alleged US or Pakistan regime-waged strike hit a house in Mosaki, North Waziristan, local and international media said. A strike against Abu Hamza Rabia ('al Qaeda’s Number 3') destroyed his house and killed up to eight people,…

Summary

Published
5 November 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Military actors reported killed
0–4
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 May 2005

Incident Code

B2

Location

Toorikhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Two al-Qaida members were killed by an alleged US strike in Toorikhel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, international media reported, though the US denied its involvement. The two targets were reportedly Haitham al-Yemeni (an al Qaeda explosives expert) and his car passenger Samiullah Khan, described by NBC News as ‘a local warlord’. Both were killed in…

Summary

Published
8 May 2005
Strike Type
Airstrike
Military actors reported killed
2
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

17 June 2004

Incident Code

B1

Location

Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Two children were killed according to multiple sources, with a single source claiming 3, the rest of the casualties range from three to eight, but some ambiguity over the status of the  three of the victims is reflected in the sources. This the first known US drone strike inside Pakistan. The strike took place in…

Summary

Published
17 June 2004
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Military actors reported killed
4–8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

3 November 2002

Incident Code

USYEM001-B

Location

On highway 160km east of Sana'a, Annaqaah, Ma'rib, Yemen
على الطريق السريع 160كم شرق صنعاء ، عناقة
In the first known US targeted assassination outside of a conventional battlefield and using a drone, a CIA Predator launched from Djibouti struck a car in Annaqaah, Marib governorate, on the evening of November 3rd 2002, killing six Al Qaeda suspects. A seventh individual escaped alive, and was later cleared of involvement in an October…

Summary

Published
3 November 2002
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Military actors reported killed
6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

1 January 1970

Incident Code

USSOM451

Location

Somalia

Summary

Published
7 May 2026
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