Sultana Maidan (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2009
Date: 02/01/2009
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 4 Killed, 4 Injured
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 Swedan. There are sufficient confirmations to consider this attack documented.
Sources: Dawn, NYT, Washington Post
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