Tag: 2009
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…
Makin (S. Waziristan Agency) Drone Attack II – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 23 June 2009: Possibly multiple U.S. drone missiles failed to hit vehicles filled with people as they escaped from the Makin Funeral Massacre that had killed dozens of people. This is a failed attack that yielded no casualties; therefore,…
Bakh Mary Langara (S. Waziristan Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 6 killed, 7 injured What Happened? 23 June 2009: A U.S. missile drone struck a bunker in the Bakh Mary Langara area of the South Waziristan Agency. Taliban sources confirmed that the attack killed their local commander, Khog Wali. 5 other militants were…
Shabi Khel (S. Waziristan Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 6 killed What Happened? 23 June 2009: A U.S. drone missile struck an unidentified location in the Shabi Khel area of South Waziristan agency. Six people are reported to have been killed in this attack. Western intelligence claims that all six casualties were…
Makin (S. Waziristan Agency) Funeral Drone Massacre – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 84+ killed, 150+ wounded What Happened? 23 June 2009: At least 3 US drone missiles struck a funeral procession in the Makin area of the South Waziristan agency. The resulting explosion led to a mass-casualty massacre, killing at least 84 people and leaving…