Tag: Undocumented
Zamozola Shaktoi (S. Waziristan) Air Strike – Jan 2007
What Happened? 16 January 2007: A U.S. drone missile struck a home in the Zamozola area of Shaktoi in South Waziristan. The drone attack killed at least 7 civilians and 1 child. Eyewitness testimony shows that those killed were local woodcutters. An eyewitness spoke to the Pakistani The News shortly after the attack: “I spoke…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Helicopter Raid – Jan 2006
What Happened? 06 January 2006: A pair of U.S. gunships attacked a home in Saidgi Area of Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal agency. At least 2 children and 2 women are reported to have been killed in this raid. Three alleged militants were also killed in this attack. An eyewitness reported having seen several U.S. soldiers,…
Mamozai (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jan 2018
What Happened? 24 January 2018: US drone missiles struck an Afghan refugee camp in the Speen Thal Dapa Mamozai area of Kurram Agency. The Pakistani Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement condemning the strike “carried out by the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) this morning, which targeted an Afghan refugee camp” Despite targeting a refugee camp,…
Ghozgarhi Madrassa (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Oct 2017
Date: 16/10/2017 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 14+ killed What Happened? 16 October 2017: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a reported seminary in the Ghozgarhi area of Lower Kurram Agency killed at least 14 people, while a local eyewitness reports at least 17 deaths. The local administration procured 20 coffins from…
“My Father Wasn’t a Terrorist” – First Ever Eyewitness Accounts of 2 U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
Skip to the eyewitness accounts here. On 14th December 2013, a U.S. drone missile struck a fishing boat on the Kabul River in the Loi Shalman area of Pakistan’s Khyber tribal area. The news was broken that a U.S. Predator attack had killed five ‘suspected militants’. A safe phrasing that gave the U.S. plausible deniability…
An Introduction to One Minute Massacres (OMM): Pakistan
Get Started: One Minute Massacres Core Map (Pakistan) Between 2001 – 2021, the United States targeted mosques, madrassas (schools), markets, funeral processions, and homes in Pakistan’s seven tribal agencies (FATA) with precision drone strikes. The playbook was always the same – the Pentagon would refute any attack, while Western media, such as Associated Press, Agence…
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,…
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…
Currency Market (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2012
Date: 29/03/2012 Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 4 Killed What Happened? 29 March 2012: A missile fired from a U.S. drone struck a currency market in Miranshah, the largest city in the North Waziristan agency. The explosion killed 4 people and destroyed a bakery, three grocery stores, and a telephone…