Tag: Massacre
Mantoi (S. Waziristan) Massacre – Jun 2011
What Happened? 27 June 2011: At around 2015 hours, a U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in the Manitoi Malikshai area of Tehsil Shakkai. Between 10 and 21 people were killed, with at least two people injured in the attack. A local man Hajji Malak Dildar reported that 20 civilians had been killed,…
Zoi Narai (S. Waziristan) Massacre – Jun 2011
What Happened? 8 June 2011: At around 1145 hours in either the Zoi Narai or Miradin area of Tehsil Birmal, the U.S. carried out a drone attack with between four to five drones, striking a housing complex believing to be the hideout of suspected militants. The compound was reported as a training center, but this…
Shaktoi (S. Waziristan) Massacre – Jul 2010
What Happened? 25 July 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car and a housing compound in the Shaktoi area. Fourteen ‘suspected militants’ were killed, according to reports at the time of the strike. Seven people were injured, including five civilians in a nearby house, media accounts. However, in January 2014 the Bureau published an…
Lak Konra (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jul 2010
What Happened? 24 July 2010: A U.S. drone strike hit a residential compound in Lak Konrai, Tehsil Birmal at around 0000 hours. Another possible name for the location is Dwasarak. The house belonged to a local man named Halimullah. Between 16 and 18 individuals linked to local Taliban leader Maulana Halimullah were killed in the…
Kaniguram (S. Waziristan) Massacre II – Aug 2009
What Happened? 11 August 2009: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Kaniguram area of Tiarza Tehsil. Alternatively, FATA records indicate that this strike happened in the ‘Sam’ village of Ladha Tehsil. This attack reportedly began at 1100 hours. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Zangi Khan Burki. The nearby home…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Massacre IV – Jul 2014
What Happened? 16 July 2014: A U.S. drone strike destroyed several unknown buildings, alleged to be two mosques, in the Saidgi area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly began at around 0200 hours. Some media reports indicated that a house and a car were destroyed, killing at least 18 people. Anonymous Pakistani officials told…
Shawal (N. Waziristan) Massacre IV – Aug 2012
What Happened? 24 August 2012: A U.S. drone strike targeted multiple villages in the Shawal Tehsil. These attacks happened minutes apart. The first strike happened in the village of Makai, the second in Dara, and the third in an unknown village of Dre Nishter. Makai: Quite possibly this drone strike targeted the locally known ‘Gillamand…
Hamzoni (N. Waziristan) Drone Massacre II – Aug 2012
What Happened? 21 August 2012: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and car in the Shana Khwara area of Hamzoni in Miranshah Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 1830 hours. News agencies reported that an Haqqani household had been targeted, creating a mass-casualty event that included Badruddin Haqqani in the fatalities. Haqqani’s death,…
Dre Nishtar (N. Waziristan) Massacre VII – Jul 2012
What Happened? 23 July 2012: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the locally known ‘Tarobi Markaz’ of Dre Nishtar in Shawal Tehsil. The attack reportedly began at around 2045 hours. The targets were initially described as ‘suspected militants’ in media reports. It was alleged that the house belonged to Sadiq Noor, a militant…
Ghazlamai (N. Waziristan) Massacre II – Jul 2012
What Happened? 06 July 2012: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Ghazlamai or Zoi Saidgi area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The attack reportedly began at around 1940 hours. The victims, allegedly ‘suspected militants’, were killed while having dinner. A double-tap drone missile deliberately targeted the locals and civil rescue services that arrived…