Tag: 2005
Khaisori (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2005
What Happened? 01 December 2005: A U.S. drone-launched hellfire missile struck a house in the North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas. The attack killed at least two children and one woman, along with Abu Hamza Rabia and two men who were alleged by the CIA to be militants. This was the second…
Musakki (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2005
What Happened? 05 November 2005: A U.S. drone missile struck the house of a Abu Hamza Rabia in the Musakki area (outside Mir Ali) in North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan. Rabia was an Al-Qaeda leader of Egyptian origin, widely considered to be Al-Qaeda’s third-in-command. Rabia was only injured in this attack, but his wife and…
Tori Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2005
What Happened? 08 May 2005: A U.S. drone missile targeted a car in the North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas. The victims included Haitham Al-Yemeni, an al-Qaeda leader connected to Osama Bin Laden, and an aide named Sami Ullah Khan. This is the first known U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan Agency.…