Jani Khel (FR Bannu) Drone Attack – Dec 2007
Date: 03/12/2007
Location: FR Bannu, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 1 Injured (1 militants)
What Happened?
03 December 2007: A highly targeted U.S. drone missile struck the location of Egyptian Al-Qaeda leader Sheikh Issa Al-Misri in the Jani Khel area of Frontier Region Bannu. It was reported that Misri was only injured in this attack.
This attack was never reported on any local or international media. The existence of this strike was only revealed in a document later leaked by the CIA in 2009. Given the specific nature of this attack, it is considered documented by this project.
Sources: Dawn.
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