Wacha Dana (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 06/06/2011
Location: Wacha Dana, SWA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 10 Killed, 3 Injured
What Happened?
6 June 2011: At about 0230 hours, a US drone fired missiles at either a home or a madrassa (religious school) in the area of Wacha Dana.
Unverified sources reported to multiple outlets (CNN, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Xinhua) that seven of the reported 21 dead were ‘people’ and not ‘militants’. It was also reported that Ilyas Kashmiri was among those killed in this strike, though those reports remain unsupported. This was the second of three CIA drone strikes in the area that day.
Given the contradictions and lack of any independent inquiry, this drone attack is considered undocumented.
Sources: CNN, Al Jazeera, NYT, Xinhua
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