Tag: Car Target
Degan (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Apr 2010
What Happened? 14 April 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a group of men as they prayed Salah outside their car, by the roadside in the Daur Degan area near Amboor Shiga. The CIA alleged that it had targeted suspected militants in this attack. Data published by FATA officials indicate that the casualties were all…
Mizar Madakhel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2010
What Happened? 17 March 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and car that allegedly belonged to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group in the Mizar Madakhel area of North Waziristan. The CIA alleged that all the dead were foreigners and militants. There has never been an independent inquiry into the identification and nature of…
Hamzoni (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2010
What Happened? 17 March 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted two cars in the Hamzoni area of North Waziristan Agency. The first two missiles failed to hit their target, prompting the car to speed away until it was destroyed by the third missile. It was alleged by the CIA that all casualties were foreigners and…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Mar 2010
What Happened? 16 March 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a convoy of two cars in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. A Western news agency, Newsweek, published the testimony of the militant survivors of this attack. This attack is considered documented based on the contents of this testimony as all militant casualties.…
Ghundi Kala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Feb 2010
What Happened? 15 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car in the Ghundi Kala area of North Waziristan. It was alleged that this attack had targeted the East Turkestan Islamic Group, an Al Qaeda aligned militant faction that focused on China. There is no independent information on the nature of casualties. Source: Xinhua,…
Pai Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Feb 2010
What Happened? 02 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted multiple cars in the Pai Khel area of North Waziristan, minutes after destroying multiple houses in the nearby towns of Degan and Muhammad Khel. It was alleged that all the casualties were militants. Eyewitnesses reported that the targeted cars did not belong to militants, which…
Degan (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 19 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and a vehicle parked outside in in the Degan area of North Waziristan. It was alleged that all the casualties were militants. Data published years later by FATA officials instead claimed that this attack had killed 9 locals, leaving this attack undocumented for…
Tappi Ghundikala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2010
What Happened? 08 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car that allegedly belonged to militants of the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction. Western media reported that two foreigners and three locals were killed in this attack. The Pakistani lawyer Barrister Shahzad Akbar alleged that the casualties were exclusively civilians, identifying them as Akbar…
Musakki (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2010
What Happened? 03 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and a car in the Musakki area of North Waziristan Agency. The house is reported to have belonged to a local man named Jana Roz. The CIA and local military intelligence alleged that the strike had killed at least 3 foreign and 2…
Mubarak Shahi (N. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Jan 2010
What Happened? 01 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car parked outside a house in the Mubarak Shahi area of North Waziristan Agency. It is alleged that 3 people were killed and 4 were left injured, however there is no confirmation on if whether these casualties were militants or civilians. Given the absence…