Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Dec 2009
Date: 26/12/2009
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 20 Killed, 12 Injured
What Happened?
26 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a family home where a feast was taking place in the Saidgi area of Datta Khel Tehsil in North Waziristan Agency. A local photo journalist, Noor Behram, found that the dead included six people of a single family.
Both Taliban and Pakistan’s military intelligence claimed that the casualties were exclusively civilians and locals. No follow-up inquiry was made to preserve the identities of the victims, leaving this massacre undocumented.
There is a very high likelihood that children were killed in this drone attack.
Source: TheNews, Al Jazeera
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