Archives: Massacres
Makin (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Mar 2009
What Happened? 25 March 2009: U.S. drone missiles targeted two cars crossing a bridge in the Makin area of South Waziristan Agency. Simultaneously, it is also reported that the house of a local man named Noor Muhammad (or Haji Dost Muhammad) was destroyed. Up to eight people, described to be foreign nationals, are reported to…
Jani Khel (FR Bannu) Drone Attack III – Mar 2009
What Happened? 15 March 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Frontier Region Bannu region of Pakistan. This was the third time that mainland Pakistan outside the tribal agencies had been targeted in a drone strike. The targeted house belonged to a man named Haji Owais. It was alleged that the attack…
Anranai Tangi (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Mar 2009
What Happened? 01 March 2009: A U.S. drone attack targeted a house in the Anranai Tangi village of Sara Rogha area of South Waziristan Agency. The house belonged to a local man named Asghar Shamankhel. A local news agency, Dawn, alleged that Asghar was an associate to the Taliban commander Baituallah Mehsud. The identities of…
Nasri Khel Manzakai (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Feb 2009
What Happened? 14 February 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Narsi Khel – Manzakai area of Makin in South Waziristan Agency. Some 35 people were reportedly killed, all claimed by the CIA to be suspected militants. The attack reportedly targeted a vehicle parked outside the house of a local, Malik Rosan.…
Ganki Khel (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike III – Jan 2009
What Happened? 23 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Ganki Khel area of Wana in South Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had killed militants in this attack. The house reportedly belonged to a civilian named Malik Gulistan Khan. Khan, a civilian, was killed along with three sons (including…
Zeraki (N. Waziristan) Drone Massacre – Jan 2009
What Happened? 23 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Zeraki area of Mirali in North Waziristan Agency. The house reportedly belonged to a civilian Khalil Khan Dawar where a family meeting was taking place. While the CIA claimed to have killed five Al-Qaeda militants in the attack, fieldwork by a…
Sultana Maidan (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2009
What Happened? 02 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted an abandoned girl’s school in the Sultana Maidan area of South Waziristan Agency. A 500-lb laser-guided GBU-12 ‘Paveway’, a bunker busting munition, was used for this attack. The CIA alleged that the attack killed two al-Qaeda operational chiefs including Usama Al-Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim…
Sirki Khel Wana (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2009
What Happened? 01 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted the Laman village Sirki Khel area of South Waziristan Agency. The nature of the target is unknown, but one media report from that time alleges that five ‘suspected militants’ were killed. This is one of the least documented U.S. drone attacks in the region. It…
Doag (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Dec 2008
What Happened? 22 December 2008: An alleged U.S. drone missile struck the village of Doag near Wana in South Waziristan Agency. This strike is believed to be a failed attack as it produced no casualties. This strike was never reported on any media and has only been mentioned once in a secret document released by…
Azam Warsak (S. Waziristan) Car Drone Attack – Dec 2008
What Happened? 22 December 2008: A U.S. drone missile struck an alleged ‘militant truck’ in the Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan Agency. CIA alleged the death of two militants. However, no independent verification is available on the nature of casualties. Another alleged ‘militant truck’ was targeted on the same day in the Gowa…