Ob54 – January 1 2010
♦ 3 total killed
♦ 3-4 injured
Three alleged militants were killed and up to four people injured when a car was destroyed. The attack marked one of multiple strikes as the Agency lashed out in the wake of the Khost suicide bombing. An Obama administration security official reportedly said:
In the aftermath of Khost, political sensitivities were no longer a reason not to do something. The shackles were unleashed. (The Triple Agent)
Location: Ghundikala, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, CNN, AFP, Dawn, Reuters, SATP, Al Jazeera English, Daily Times
Ob55 – January 3 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 1-2 civilians, including 1 child, reported killed
♦ 2 injured
A house owned by Jehan Roze and a car were destroyed, killing five including up to three ‘Arabs’. Local teacher Sadiq Noor (allegedly linked to militants), son of Roze, and his own 9-year-old son Wajid were also killed. Initially Pakistani intelligence officials suggested that ‘an important figure‘ may have been hiding in the house. A Sadiq Noor had been identified three years previously as a senior militant, with an intelligence report claiming that he:
Runs operations from Miranshah and hosts Taliban and Al Qaeda meetings from his offices. Holds court under Sharia law, decides local disputes, announces punishments, collects money runs a private jail.
Location: Mosaki, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, AFP, Dawn, Dawn, SATP, CNN, Reuters, Pajhwok, Long War Journal
Ob56 – January 6 2010
♦ 5-7 total killed
♦ 0-6 civilians reported killed
♦ 5 injured
Up to seven people were killed, possibly two ‘foreigners’ among them, and five were reported injured in an initial strike on an alleged militant compound. A local official was ‘unclear whether the dead were militants or civilians‘ (Pajhwok). See Ob56.
Location: Sanzali, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Pajhwok, Dawn, CNN, New York Times, Al Jazeera English, militaryphotos.net, SATP, Long War Journal, Geo TV, Geo TV
Ob57 – January 6 2010
♦ 5-9 total killed
♦ 5 civilians reported killed
♦ 3 injured
Up to nine rescuers, described as either villagers or militants by CNN and others, were attacked as they searched the rubble of a house for survivors of the previous strike. See Ob56. According to the Bureau’s researchers five rescuers died, named as Khalid, Matiullah, Kashif, Zaman and Waqar, all belonging to the Utmanzai Wazir tribe.
Location: Sanzali, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Xinhua, militaryphotos.net, Al Jazeera English, Pajhwok, Dawn, SATP, CNN, Jang (Urdu)
Ob58 – January 8 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 5 civilians reported killed, including 1 child
♦ 3 injured
A vehicle was destroyed killing four men standing next to it – alleged in some reports to be militants of Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s faction. Three people were injured. However, lawyer Shahzad Akbar reports that the men were innocent, and has named them as government high school teacher Akbar Zaman, Mir Qalam, Saad Wali Khan and Muhammad Fayyaz. In the next door house, 3-year-old Ayeesha was also killed by missile shrapnel. In a detailed account of the attack placed before the UN Human Rights Council in February 2012, it was stated:
Janatullah is a resident of Bora Khel, Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan. His brother is Mir Qalam, 19 years of age. Akhtar Zaman is a resident of Tapi Ghundi Kala. His brother is Akbar Zaman, a high school teacher in Government High School Supghala. Neither Mir Qalam, Akbar Zaman, nor any other members of their families have participated in terrorist activities, nor have they been affiliated with terrorist organizations or people.
On Friday, January 8, 2010, Mir Qalam was driving to the nearby village of Tappi on a dinner invitation. He stopped outside a shop in market in Tappi, to talk to some acquaintances, namely: Akbar Zaman; Saad Wali Khan, a local tribesman; and Muhammad Fayyaz, another local tribesman. At that moment, a drone fired a missile near where they were standing, killing all four of them. Mir Qalam left behind a widow and a baby daughter. Akbar Zaman left behind three daughters and four sons, the eldest of which is 9 years old.
Location: Tappi, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, CNN, Dawn, Dawn, Geo TV, Long War Journal, SATP, Reprieve
2010.01.08 Ayeesha alive, Ob58 / Noor Behram
Ob59 – January 9 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
♦ 5 injured
Palestinian Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim was killed with up to four others, including al Qaeda bodyguard Mansur al Shami aka Mahmoud Mahdi Zeidan. Abdul Rahim was a suspect in a plane hijacking a quarter of a century earlier.
The FBI’s website says that Mr Rahim has a $5m bounty on his head and is wanted for his alleged role in the 1986 hijacking of Pan American World Airways flight [173]. (BBC News).
Twenty passengers had died in the Karachi hijack, including two US citizens.
Location: Ismail Khel, North Waziristan.
References: LiveLeak, Dawn, CNN, Geo TV, BBC News, Long War Journal, SATP, Asian Tribune, Long War Journal, The News, The News, dailycaller.com
Ob60 – January 9 2010
♦ 15-18 total killed
♦ 7-14 injured
Pakistan Taliban (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud and Al Qaeda bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman (who has been linked to the December 2009 attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan) were allegedly killed with up to 16 other alleged militants. However both later emerged alive. Mehsud appeared in a grisly video released in spring 2011, in which a former ISI commander was executed.
Location: Shaktoi, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, AFP, New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Geo TV, SATP, Long War Journal, Press TV, Pajhwok, Dawn, Long War Journal, Geo TV, The News
Ob61 – January 15 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 3 injured
The reputed house of Munawar Jan was destroyed in an evening strike, and five alleged militants including a ‘foreigner’ were killed. Three people were injured. A senior Pakistani official reported that a swarm of five drones were involved in the attack (SATP).
Location: Zanani, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, BBC News, Dawn, thefreelibrary.com, SATP, Long War Journal
Predator drone-Flickr/The Insider Brief
Ob62 – January 15 2010
♦ 6 total killed
Six people were reported killed in a late night strike on a house. TTP commander Azmatullah Mawiya was said to be among the dead.
Location: Shaktoi, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, zeenews.india.com, SATP, Long War Journal, Geo TV, BBC News
Ob63 – January 17 2010
♦ 20+ total killed
♦ 4 injured
An attack on a Pakistan Taliban commanders’ meeting being held at the home of Pir Gul failed to kill Hakimulah Mehsud. At least 20 people reportedly died, including ‘four Uzbeks’ and ‘TTP local commanders’ Shahidullah, Hafiz Nizamuddin Storikhel, Khwarey and Mohtaj. Some early reports falsely claimed that Hakimullah Mehsud died of injuries sustained in this strike.
Location: Shaktoi, North Waziristan.
References: BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, zeenews.india.com, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Geo TV, Dawn, Dawn, zeenews.com, SATP, Long War Journal, Star Tribune, AFP, Dawn, AFP, Xinhua
Ob64 – January 19 2010
♦ 6 total killed
An evening attack on a house and vehicle killed six suspected militants linked to regional commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur.
Location: Deegan, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, CNN, AFP, Reuters, SATP, SATP, New York Times, Geo TV
Ob65 – January 29 2010
♦ 9-15 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Between nine and fifteen people were killed in an attack on a house or compound. The dead included four Arabs, two Uzbeks and local militants linked to the Haqqani Network, it is alleged.
Location: Muhammad Khel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, BBC, New York Times, Geo TV, Reuters, Long War Journal, SATP, Al Jazeera English
Cluster of strikes
On December 29 2009 a joint al Qaeda-Pakistan Taliban operation struck at the heart of the CIA’s drone activities. A triple agent penetrated a secret drone base in Khost, Afghanistan. Seven CIA agents, including the base commander, were among the dead. The Agency responded in the coming weeks with multiple strikes across Waziristan – at the time, the heaviest wave of bombings ever seen. On this one day alone there were four attacks. Bureau analysis shows that at least 35 people died – including six possible civilians.
Ob66 – February 2 2010
♦ 23 total killed
As many as eight drones clustered for a mass strike to kill Haqqani Network leader Sirajudin Haqqani – firing 19 missiles between them. A house was attacked and up to 23 killed in this first of four linked strikes. The intended target was absent.
Location: Deegan, Datta Khel area, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Al Jazeera English, Daily Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNN, BBC News, Dawn, AFP, AFP, SATP, ABC, Long War Journal, Times of India, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal
Ob67 – February 2 2010
♦ Total killed unknown
A linked strike reportedly attacked locals firing on a nearby swarm of drones. Casualties unknown.
Location: Muhammad Khel, North Waziristan.
References: New York Times, Times of India,
Ob68 – February 2 2010
♦ 9 total killed
♦ 5 civilians reported killed
Nine people were killed while travelling in two vehicles to help with rescue work at the sites of previous attacks. Initial claims were confused about whether those who died were militants or civilians. The Bureau’s researchers in Waziristan identified five civilians killed as ‘Noor Janan, Farhad, Samad, Salam and Baseer belonging to the Dawar tribe.’ But our researchers also said that four Taliban died in the attack.
Location: Pai Khel, North Waziristan.
References: New York Times, Times of India, Jang (Urdu)
Ob69 – February 2 2010
♦ Total killed unknown
In the last of four linked strikes, a village was reportedly hit with casualties unknown.
Location: Toor Narai, North Waziristan.
References: Times of India
Ob70 – February 14 2010
♦ 7 total killed
♦ 4 injured
The house of Khanadan Khan Dawar was attacked. Seven alleged militants, reportedly four ‘foreigners’ and three locals, were killed and four people injured. A car was also destroyed.
Location: Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: New York Times, CNN, AFP, Reuters, Geo TV, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Long War Journal, SATP, CNN, Xinhua
Ob71 – February 15 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
Up to five people were killed in a car destroyed by a missile strike. The dead included Abdul Haq al-Turkistani, leader of militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Party, which had reportedly formed an alliance with al Qaeda. Among the group’s stated goals are independence for a Muslim region of China; and ‘to convert the people of China to Islam‘. (NEFA)
Location: Tappi, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Dawn, Geo TV, SATP, Xinhua, Reuters, military-world.net, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, Times of India, CBS News, Daily Times
Ob72 – February 17 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 2-3 injured
Four people were killed and two injured at a Taliban guest-house reportedly owned by Sakhi Badshah. Al Qaeda’s Shaikh Mansoor, reportedly a key figure in anti-NATO actions inside Afghanistan, was said to be among the dead.
Location: Tappi, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Sakaal Times, Reuters, AFP, CNN, Dawn, Geo TV, Dawn, The Statesmen, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, SATP, Asian Tribune, The News
‘Pakistan Taliban 2008′ – Flickr/gnabi86
Ob73 – February 18 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Mohammed Haqqani, a brother of the leader of the Haqqani Network, was killed with 3-4 others, reportedly as he traveled to offer prayers for Shaikh Mansoor, killed the previous day (Dawn). A US intelligence official later boasted:
We were gunning for Siraj but got his little brother instead.
Also reported killed by one source were ‘head of a little-known militant outfit’ Nisar Wazir; Muhajireen Wal Ansar; and two ‘Arabs’.
Location: Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, AFP, Dawn, Dawn, Daily Times, Reuters, Dawn, Dawn, Wall Street Journal, AFP, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, CNN, New York Times, SATP, Xinhua
Ob74 – February 24 2010
♦ 8-13 total killed
♦ 5 civilians, including 1 child, reported killed
♦ 6 injured
Up to thirteen people were killed, including reportedly civilians and ‘three foreign fighters.’ A ten-year-old girl Naila was killed by shrapnel. According to photographer Noor Bekhram:
Naila was at home reciting the Quran when the strike hit the next-door building. A missile piece hit her and she died on the spot.’ A further six people were injured in the attack. Militants reportedly ‘faked’ the death of TTP leader Mohammad Qari Zaffar in the strike. (Daily Times)
Location: Darga Mandi, North Waziristan.
References: Hindustan Times, Dawn, BBC News, Geo TV, CNN, New York Times, Reuters, AP, Xinhua, The Hindu, Daily Times, Bangkok Post, Long War Journal, Pajhwok, SATP
Ob75 – March 8 2010
♦ 9 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
An attack on a hotel in a bazaar killed Hussein al-Yemeni, linked to the December 2009 attack on a CIA base. Also killed were eight other alleged al Qaeda members. A US counter-terrorism official later said:
The strike that appears to have gotten him [was] a clean, precise action that shows these killers cannot hide even in relatively built-up places.
Location: Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: Washington Post, Xinhua, Geo TV, Dawn, MSNBC, BBC, SATP, France 24, Xinhua, NY Daily News, Reuters, AFP, Long War Journal, Long War Journal
Ob76 – March 10 2010
♦ 8 total killed
♦ 12 injured
Eight people were reported killed, including ‘at least three foreigners of Arab origin’, and twelve injured in an initial attack on a housing compound and vehicle reported to be linked to Hafiz Gul Bahadur‘s group. See Ob77.
Location: Mizar Madakhel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Online News, ABC News, BBC News, New York Times, Daily Times, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal, Saba News, Xinhua, Dawn, SATP, Al Jazeera English, The News
Ob77 – March 10 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 4 civilians reported killed
A related attack to Ob76 killed up to seven rescuers, reportedly initially as either villagers or militants, who were using vehicles to pull the dead and injured from the ruins. The Bureau’s own researchers in Waziristan reported that two Taliban rescuers died alongside four villagers, who they named as Gulzar, Shamim, Majan and Sarwar. A tribal elder told The News that:
Other people who had gathered there to help the victims of the drone attack returned to their homes in Ziarat village for fear of more attacks as the drones were still flying over the area.
Location: Mizar Madakhel, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Hindustan Times, ABC News, BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal, Sabanews, Dawn, SATP, Online News, Al Jazeera English, The News, Jang (Urdu)
Ob78 – March 16 2010
♦ 10-11 total killed
♦ 0-3 civilians reported killed
♦ 2 injured
Up to eleven people were killed including eight al Qaeda members, ‘a ranking Syrian and an Egyptian’ included. Two people were injured. Eyewitness testimony from a militant survivor later appeared in Newsweek:
The roaring blasts from the American Hellfire missiles knocked him down. When the dust cleared, there was only a tangled mess of smoking metal where the cars had been.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan
References: Newsweek, BBC News, AFP, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Times of India, SATP, Xinhua, Long War Journal
Ob79 – March 17 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Two moving cars were attacked killing five and injuring four. One report notes: ‘the driver of the first car sped away… two missiles missed the target and the third one hit the second car’. ‘Foreigners’ were reportedly among the dead. A nearby house was also damaged or destroyed.
Location: Hamzoni, North Waziristan.
References: BBC, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Geo TV, Geo TV, Reuters, AFP, One Pakistan, Long War Journal
Ob80 – March 17 2010
♦ 5 total killed
Five people were killed including two ‘foreigners’, in an attack on an alleged Hafiz Gul Bahadur compound, and a car.
Location: Mada Khel, North Waziristan.
References: BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Geo TV, Geo TV, Reuters, AFP, Long War Journal
Ob81 – March 21 2010
♦ 5-8 total killed
Five to eight were killed in an attack on an alleged militant compound owned by ‘a relative of a Taliban commander’.
Location: Near Lawra Mandi, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Dawn, Reuters, Daily Times, BBC News, Long War Journal
Ob82 – March 23 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 3 injured
A car parked next to a house and carrying alleged militants was attacked. According to reports six people were killed and three injured. ‘The compound, being frequented by militants recently, was also destroyed in the attack’, an official told AFP.
Location: Machis, North Waziristan.
References: Long War Journal, Dawn, The Daily Star, Canada.com, CNN, Geo TV, Reuters, Xinhua, BBC News, SATP
Ob83 – March 27 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians killed
♦ 5 injured
Four people, possibly ‘foreigners’, were reported killed and five injured in an attack on two houses.
Location: Hurmaz, North Waziristan.
References: Xinhua, Dawn, Reuters, Long War Journal, France24, SATP, Geo TV
Ob84 – March 31 2010
♦ 5-6 total killed
♦ 5-6 civilians, including one child, reported killed
♦ 2 injured
Six people were reported killed and two injured in an attack on alleged militants at a former school. Instead five members of Zamir Gul’s family were killed – his three sons, the youngest aged 14, and his two daughters-in-law. Hovering drones are said to have prevented villagers from providing assistance (Geo TV). According to photographer Noor Bekhram, ‘Zamir Gul no longer interacts with anyone in the village and has become a loner following the attack.’
Location: Tappi, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Dawn, Geo TV, SATP, Xinhua, thefreelibrary.com, Press TV, Long War Journal
2010.03.31 Tappi Ob84 / Noor Behram
Ob85 – April 12 2010
♦ 13 total killed
♦ 8-13 civilians reported killed
♦ 2+ injured
The compound of ‘local militant commander’ Tariq Khan was attacked. At least eight and possibly all of the thirteen killed were reportedly civilians, as village elders contested claims by Pakistani security officials that militants had died (AP).
Location: Boya, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Geo TV, Dawn, Xinhua, New York Post, Long War Journal,The Daily Times, SATP
Ob86 – April 14 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 1-3 injured
Four ‘Arab militants’ were reportedly killed and one injured after pulling their car over to pray by the roadside.
Location: Angar Shaga, North Waziristan.
References: BBC News, Geo TV, The Daily Times, CNN, Dawn, Long War Journal, The News, Hindustan times, SATP
Ob87 – April 16 2010
♦ 3-4 total killed
An attack destroyed a car killed and killed at least three alleged militants. Some reports claimed that rescuers were then targeted by a drone, killing a further three and that some 22 people were reported injured. However the Bureau’s own researchers in Waziristan report that only militants were killed in the attack.
Location: Toorikhel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, Dawn, The Daily Times, Xinhua, SATP, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal, One Pakistan, Jang (Urdu)
Ob88 – April 24 2010
♦ 7-9 total killed
♦ ‘Several’ injured
Between seven and nine people were killed and ‘several’ more injured in an evening attack on a house containing suspected militants.
Location: Machi Khel, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Geo TV, Geo TV, Xinhua, Xinhua, Reuters, Long War Journal, SATP, prisonplanet.com, prisonplanet.com, prisonplanet.com
Ob89 – April 26 2010
♦ 6-8 total killed
♦ 3 injured
The home of local Taliban leader Haleem Khan was targeted. Six to eight people were reported killed and three injured. Khan survived.
Location: Khushali Toorikhel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, BBC News, SATP, Reuters, Xinhua, Dawn, Long War Journal, Bangkok Post, Radio Netherlands Africa, Daily Times
Ob90 – May 3 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 0-2 civilians reported killed
German alleged militant Eric Breininger, alias Abdul Gaffar el-Almani was reported among six people killed, two of them possibly civilians. The attack struck a car and damaged a house. Breininger was the first westerner reported killed in 18 months (see B43).
Location: Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Dawn, Express Tribune, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob91 – May 9 2010
♦ 10 total killed
♦ 4 civilians reported killed
♦ 4 injured
The housing compound of Awar Gul was reported to have been ‘completely destroyed’. At least six alleged militants were killed, with a Pakistani intelligence officer reporting four additional civilian deaths. Four people were also injured.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Reuters, Geo TV, BBC News, Daily Times, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Monsters and Critics, thefreelibrary.com, Xinhua, Xinhua, Press TV
Ob92 – May 11 2010
♦ 13-14 total killed
♦ Civilian casualties reported
♦ 12 injured
A swarm of up to nine drones fired some 12 missiles at cars and a housing compound allegedly linked to militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The attack killed up to fourteen people including, reportedly, villagers. A local official told a journalist: ‘It’s terrible. They intend to intensify the drone attacks as the number of planes hovering over the area has gone up dramatically.’ (One Pakistan News)
Location: Doga, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, Geo TV, New York Times, Xinhua, Dawn, Long War Journal, Press TV, SATP, Uruknet, BBC News
Ob93 – May 11 2010
♦ 7-15 total killed
♦ 0-5 civilians reported killed
♦ 4 injured
Between seven and fifteen suspected militants were reported killed and four people injured in an attack on a car or house. One source reported that the property was the ‘hideout’ of Maulvi Sadiq Noor, a militant commander.
Location: Gurwak, North Waziristan.
References: Reuters, Geo TV, Xinhua, Dawn, Long War Journal, Press TV, SATP, Uruknet, One Pakistan, BBC News
Ob94 – May 15 2010
♦ 15 total killed
♦ 2 civilians reported killed
♦ 15 injured
A house and two trucks were attacked in the first known fatal strike in the Khyber Agency. Fifteen people were reportedly killed, including local TTP commander Gul Saeed and two civilians.
Location: Bazaar-Zakhakhel, Khyber Agency.
References: The News, The Daily Times, Dawn, The News, Long War Journal, Xinhua, Defence Viewpoints
2010.05.21 Fatima killed in attack Ob95 / Noor Behram
Ob95 – May 21 2010
♦ 10 -12 total killed
♦ 6 civilians reported killed, including 4 children
♦ 10 injured
Four children, three named as Fatima, Nisar and Naeem Khan, and two women, the wives of Shams Ullah, were reported among the dead after an attack on a vehicle convoy targeted a senior militant figure. Al Qaeda later confirmed that its chief finance official Mustafa Abu Yazid also died, describing him as ‘the Prince of financial Princes.’
Location: Boya, Mohammad Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Hindustan Times, The Atlantic, Dawn, Geo TV, Hindustan Times, CNN, CNN, Xinhua, Defence Viewpoints, Xinhua, The Hindu, AFP, Reuters, Long War Journal, Prison Planet, The Guardian, New York Times, AP, Dawn, Long War Journal
Injured boy May 22 2010, Miran Shah – Getty Images
Ob96 – May 28 2010
♦ 12 total killed
♦ Civilian deaths reported
♦ 4 injured
Al Qaeda’s Osama bin Ali bin al Dawsari and local Taliban leader Omar Khaitab were reported among the dead following an attack which killed twelve. One report said that members of a local family had died.
Location: Mizai Narai, South Waziristan.
References: The Nation, Geo TV, Ourbombs.com, CNN, Washington Post, Dawn, Xinhua, Long War Journal, Long War Journal
Ob97 – June 10 2010
♦ 7 total killed
♦ 4 civilians reported killed
Three foreign militants were initially reported killed. They were later named as al Qaeda’s Sheikh Ihsanullah; Abu Ibrahim, ‘a commander of the Fursan-i-Mohammed Group’; and an unnamed ‘Turkish fighter’. Lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar, representing a surviving family member, has identified four previously unknown Pakistani civilians also killed in the attack: Saed Kamal, the house owner, and three neighbours, Amanullah, Sahib Rehman and Sakhi Rehman. In a case placed before the UN Human Rights Council in February 2012 Akbar stated:
Mohsin is a resident of Sara Alunah, Miranshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan. On Thursday, June 10, 2010, he was at his house with his brother, Syed Kamal, his neighbors Syed Amanullah, Sahib Rehman, and Sakhi Rehman. At 7 PM a drone aircraft fired a missile at his house, destroying part of the building and a nearby car. His brothers and his neighbors were all killed. None of Mohsin’s family or any of the other victims have any connection to terrorist activity or organizations.
Location: Khaddi or Norak, North Waziristan.
References: Reuters, AFP, Geo TV, Pakistan Tribune, Reprieve
2010.23.08 Bismullah House, Ob 110 – Noor Behram /Reprieve
Ob98 – June 11 2010
♦ 13-15 total killed
♦ 10-12 injured
Thirteen or more people were reported killed, among them ‘Arabs, Uzbeks and Chechens’, and a dozen were injured in a strike that destroyed two houses. Circling drones ‘created panic’ among villagers following the attack, according to reports. A local resident told Pajhwok: ‘Soon after the attack, men toting machineguns arrived in three pick-up vehicles and cordoned off the area, the resident said. The dead and wounded were taken from beneath the rubble of the house.’
Location: Maizer, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, dnaindia.com, Pajhwok, Dawn, The Nation, BBC, CNN, Pakistan Tribune, Xinhua, Long War Journal, Uruknet
Ob99 – June 19 2010
♦ 16-17 total killed
♦ 18 injured
According to reports a group of ‘militants’ meeting covertly inside a local water plant was attacked, and a nearby house rented from Malik Mir Sharof was also destroyed. Up to 17 alleged militants were killed and 18 injured, many from the Islamic Jihad Union. Al Qaeda’s Sheikh Abu Ahmad Arkash or Tarkash was later reported among the dead. A militant commander confirmed casualties to The News.
Location: Soheel/Haider Khel, Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: The News, Xinhua, Pakistan Tribune, BBC News, New York Times, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Xinhua, Geo TV, Geo TV, Long War Journal, Dawn, Long War Journal, Al Jazeera English, sananews.net, The News
Ob100 – June 26 2010
♦ 2-4 total killed
♦ 3 injured
Between two and four alleged militants were reported killed and three injured in an attack on the reputed home of Hameedullah.
Location: Khushali Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Daily Times, Express Tribune, BBC News, AFP, AFP, Xinhua
Ob101 – June 27 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Six people were reported killed and four were injured in an attack on a car and a house or seminary. Some reports claimed that Taliban commander Hamza Mehsud was killed.
Location: Tappi Torkhel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, Daily Times, The Guardian, Dawn, Xinhua, Xinhua, Long War Journal, Express Tribune
Ob102 – June 29 2010
♦ 7-10 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Hamza al-Jufi, a long-time Egyptian resident of Waziristan and an alleged militant, was killed with up to nine others, including ‘two Punjabi fighters and five local Taliban’, in an attack on a house reputedly belonging to Maulana Halimullah.
Location: Kari Kot, South Waziristan.
References: New York Times, AFP, Reuters,BBC NEws, Express Tribune, Geo TV, CNN, New York Times, Dawn, Xinhua, Long War Journal, ThaIndian.com, SATP, Antiwar.com, Prison Planet, BBC News
Ob103 – July 15 2010
♦ 10-14 total killed
♦ 4-7 civilians reported killed
Up to 14 people were killed in a strike on a housing compound, including alleged ‘foreign militants’ and ‘many civilians’ according to village elders cited in one report (BBC).
Location: Sheerani, North Waziristan.
References: BBC News, Al Jazeera, SATP, ourbombs.com, freerepublic.com, CNN
Ob104 – July 24 2010
♦ 16-18 total killed
♦ 24+ injured
Between 16-18 alleged militants linked to local Taliban leader Maulana Halimullah were killed in an attack by two drones on a housing compound. Some ‘foreign fighters’ may have been among the dead. Reports state that ‘dozens were injured’.
Location: Dwasarak, South Waziristan.
References: The Daily Times, Geo TV, Press TV, BBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Express Tribune, Long War Journal
Ob105 – July 25 2010
♦ 14 total killed
♦ 7 injured, at least 5 of them civilians
Fourteen suspected TTP militants were killed when a car and housing compound were destroyed. Seven people were injured, including five civilians in a nearby house.
Location: Shaktoi, South Waziristan.
References: Karachi Page, uavpilot.org, SATP, The Nation, CNN, Geo TV, Daily Times, BBC News, defence.pk, World Tribune Pakistan
Ob106 – July 25 2010
♦ 4-7 total killed
♦ 2-4 injured
An attack on a house killed up to seven people, some or all reported to be militants linked to the Haqqani Network.
Location: Tabbi, North Waziristan.
References: Karachi Page, uavpilot.org, CNN, The Daily Times, Express Triune, BBC News, The Nation, Geo TV, Long War Journal
Ob107 – July 25 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 5 injured
Four alleged TTP militants were reportedly killed and five injured as they ate dinner in a house.
Location: Landikhel, Sararogha, South Waziristan.
References: Karachipage, BBC News, The Nation
Related article: CIA’s claims of ‘no civilian deaths in Pakistan untrue.
Ob108 – August 14 2010
♦ 13 total killed
♦ 7 civilians reported killed including 1 child
♦ 5-6 injured
An attack during Ramadan prayers killed TTP local commander Amir Movia and other alleged militants, some described as ‘foreigners’. A nearby house was also hit. Fourteen people in total died with five injured. In February 2012, after extensive field research, Associated Press gave more details about the attack, revealing that seven civilians including a child were among the dead:
The attack killed seven Pakistani Taliban fighters and seven tribesmen, said Shera Deen, the owner of the compound that was hit. Safir Ullah, a student, corroborated the casualty count, as did a third villager who spoke on condition of anonymity. Deen, who was not in the compound when it was attacked, said he lost two sons, a brother and three nephews, one of them 10 years old. The seventh tribesman killed was 26-year-old Sohrab Khan, who was leading evening prayers for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan when the missiles struck, the villagers said.
AP went on to report: ‘According to them, the Taliban fighters entered the compound to join the prayers, which would explain why they were bunched together with civilians. The tribesmen were buried in a graveyard with a wooden headstone indicating they were victims of a drone attack, the villagers said. The Taliban fighters were buried in a different corner of the same graveyard in an unmarked grave.’
Location: Issori, North Waziristan.
References:Christian Science MOnitor, Dawn, Geo TV, Geo TV, Express Tribune, BBC News, Voice of America
Ob109 – August 21 2010
♦ 4-6 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians reported killed
♦ 2 injured
Six people were killed and two injured in an attack on two cars. Although most reported the dead as militants, a subsequent report from Dawn claimed that all the dead were civilians and that the intended target had left the area.
Location: Qutab Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Times of India, Geo TV, The Daily Times, SATP, Long War Journal, Dawn
Ob110 – August 23 2010
♦ 20 total killed
♦ 10 civilians reported killed, including 3 children
♦ 15 injured
At least ten civilians including four women and three children were killed in an attack on an alleged Haqqani Network compound. Although ten alleged militants died, among the dead were Bismullah, his wife and two young children. They left behind three orphans. The CIA later claimed that it had changed its rules of engagement following this strike. Senior US intelligence sources insist that no civilians have died in Pakistan drone strikes since this date.
Location: Darga Mandi, Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan.
References: Reuters, CNN, Long War Journal, Los Angeles Times, rferl.org, Dawn
2010.08.Orphans from Bismullah family Ob110 / Noor Behram
2010.23.08 Bismullah House, Ob 110 – Noor Behram /Reprieve
Ob111 – August 23 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 0-5 civilians reported killed
♦ 3 injured
According to reports an alleged Taliban compound was attacked, killing five people and injuring three.
Location: Darga Mandi, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Times of India, Los Angeles Times
Ob112 – August 27 2010
♦ 9 total killed
♦ 2+injured
Two vehicles ‘recently crossed from Afghanistan’ were destroyed in a rare Kurram Agency attack, the first of three that day. Nine suspected Haqqani Network (or alternately TTP) militants were killed and two injured. The News reported that TTP commander Fazal Saeed was the intended target.
Location: Shahidano, Kurram Agency.
References: AFP, Earth Times, CNN, AFP, Geo TV, MSNBC, rttnews.com, The News
Ob113 – August 27 2010
A strike destroyed a residential compound. No casualty figures are available.
Location: Badshah Kot, Kurram Agency.
References: Earth Times, rttnews.com
Ob114 – August 27 2010
♦ 3 total killed
In the third of three related attacks in Kurram, a strike killed three alleged Haqqani militants and damaged a nearby mosque.
Location: Taaloo Ganj, Kurram Agency.
References: Earth Times, rttnews.com
Ob115 – September 3 2010
♦ 6-9 total killed
♦ 3 injured
According to reports between six and nine people, described at ‘four foreigners and six local tribesmen’, were killed and three wounded in an attack on alleged militants in a house reputedly belonging to Gul Adam Khan.
Location: Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Geo TV, Express Tribune, Long War Journal
Ob116 – September 3 2010
♦ 2-4 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
Conflicting accounts suggest that a car or compound was attacked, with two to four people killed, possibly ‘foreigners’, and ‘a few others’ injured.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Geo TV, Express Tribune, CNN, khaleejtimes.com, Long War Journal
Ob117 – September 4 2010
♦ 8 total killed
♦ 12 injured
Eight alleged militants, reportedly including ‘five locals and three foreigners’, were killed and twelve people injured in an attack on a compound and vehicle.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, SATP, Long War Journal, Dawn
2010.09.04 Bricks & Rubble2, Ob117 / Noor Behram
Ob118 – September 6 2010
♦ 6 total killed
Six alleged militants were killed in an attack on a car according to reports.
Location: Khar Qamar area, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Dawn, BBC News, Geo TV, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob119 – September 8 2010
♦ 10 total killed
♦ 4 civilians reported killed, all children
♦ 2 injured
Four children, relatives of Din Mohammad, and six alleged Haqqani Network militants were killed in the first of two attacks of the day in the area. Two houses were destroyed. The Bureau’s researchers in Waziristan report:
Din Mohammad’s son, nephew and two daughters were killed. His son was a student of the Waziristan Cadet School in Miram Shah. The other children were below school-going age. Villagers in Danda Darpakhel insist Din Mohammad wasn’t a Taliban militant. His house was adjacent to a compound that served as hideout of the Haqqani Network fighters. Six militants in that compound were killed, but the missile strike also hit Din Mohammad’shouse and killed the young children.
A US official later challenged the Bureau’s findings, telling the New York Times that while it accepted that a nearby house was also hit, it was only aware of injuries in the attack: ‘The claim of four children killed is completely unsubstantiated. A small group of militants were killed that day when the compound — where they were making a car bomb to take across the border into Afghanistan — was targeted. The explosives ignited, injuring two in a neighboring compound who were escorted from the site.’ The Bureau notes that the US itself now admits that it hit a nearby compound and injured civilians. Our field researchers are clear that members of Din Mohammad’s family were killed, as also reported by credible media at the time.
Location: Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan.
References: SATP, Dawn, Long War Journal, CNN, Geo TV, New York Times
Ob120 – September 8 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians possibly killed
♦ 1 injured
Four people, described by one source as ‘foreigners’, were reportedly killed in their car by a strike that also injured one man.
Location: Ambar Shaga, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Geo TV, Dawn
Ob121 – September 8 2010
♦ 10+ total killed
♦ 5 injured
Ten or more people were killed in a fresh attack on Danda Darpakhel. British ‘Taliban supporter’ Abdul Jabbar was initially reported killed along with Uzbek commander ‘Qureshi’. Al Qaeda’s Fahd Mohammad Ahmed al-Quso, who was also supposedly killed in the strike, emerged alive in December 2010. Abdul Jabbar died the following month in Ob140.
Location: Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan.
References: The News, AFP, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, BBC News, sify.com, The Guardian, The Hindu, yobserver.com, Dawn, cageprisoners.com, Long War Journal, Long War Journal
Ob122 – September 9 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 5 injured
Six alleged Uzbek militants were killed and five people injured in an attack on a housing compound. Locals are said to have made an announcement from the mosque asking for help with the rescue.
Location: Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Geo TV, SATP, adnkronos.com
Ob123 – September 12 2010
♦ 5-7 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
Up to seven suspected militants were killed, reportedly including ‘two Arabs’ in an attack on a house. At least two people needed medical treatment.
Location: Newey Adda, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Dawn, Geo TV, The News, CNN, Press TV
Ob124 – September 14 2010
♦ 11 – 12 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Up to twelve alleged militants were killed and four injured in an attack on what is thought to have been an Haqqani Network housing compound. Local villagers led the rescue operation.
Location: Bushnarai, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, BBC, Geo TV, CNN, SATP, Dawn
Ob125 – September 14 2010
♦ 4 total killed
Four alleged Haqqani militants were killed when a car was destroyed. Militant commander Saifullah Haqqani, a close relative of Sirajuddin Haqqani, was later reported to be among the dead.
Location: Qutab Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, CNN, Dawn, Geo TV, CNN, The Daily Times, Long War Journal
Ob126 – September 15 2010
♦ 12-15 total killed
♦ 5 civilians reported killed
♦ 5 injured
According to reports villagers fled in panic as up to eleven drones attacked two housing compounds linked to the Haqqani Network. ‘As the US drones came over the village people started shouting and running here and there shouting ‘run, drones have come,” a local tribesman told AFP. Among up to fifteen dead were eight rescuers, killed when the drones struck again. The Bureau’s researchers report that three rescuers were Taliban, the other five villagers named as ‘Yahya, Samin, Niamatullah, Shahzad and Ilyas belonging to the Dawar tribe.’
Location: Darga Mandi, North Waziristan.
References: Pakistan Tribune, ZoneAsia, Dawn, The Daily Times, AFP, Reuters, Rediff, Jang (Urdu)
Ob127 – September 15 2010
♦ 5-7 total killed
♦ 3 injured
Between five and seven alleged militants were killed and three people injured in an attack on a housing compound.
Location: Pai Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Daily Times, Dawn
Ob128 – September 19 2010
♦ 5- 9 total killed
♦ 5 civilians reportedly killed
A vehicle was reportedly destroyed in a strike, and four suspected Haqqani militants were killed. Five local welfare workers were also reported killed when a second vehicle was apparently struck.
Location: Deegan, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, Express Tribune, SATP, Dawn, The Nation
Ob129 – September 20 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 0-3 civilians reportedly killed
An attack killed two or three alleged militants on a motorbike, and then reportedly killed two or three others retrieving the bodies. Reports vary on whether the rescuers were militants or civilians.
Location: Darazinda, North Waziristan.
References: SATP, allvoices.com, Long War Journal, The Nation, The Nation
Ob130 – September 22 2010
♦ 7-8 total killed
♦ 5 injured
Up to eight suspected militants were reported killed and five people injured in the first strike in South Waziristan for many weeks. The attack on a vehicle was, according to one report, aimed at militant Mullah Shamsullah, but he was not killed.
Location: Khand Morsak, South Waziristan.
References: Islamweb, The Nation, english.cri.cn, AFP, CNN, Al Jazeera English, BBC News, SATP
Ob131 – September 22 2010
♦ 16 total killed
Confused reports of an attack on either a bazaar, a house, or the funeral of victims of Ob130, killed 16 alleged militants, including, it was claimed, Maulvi Nazir’s second in command Mullah Shamsullah – although NATO later reportedly killed Shamsullah in Afghanistan in April 2011.
Location: Azam Warsak, South Waziristan.
References: BBC, english.cri.cn, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Long War Journal, The Nation, Der Spiegel
Ob131c – September 22 2010
♦ 0-8 total killed
♦ 0-8 civilians possibly killed
Two sources claim that up to eight people were killed in a third strike of the day. No further details are known.
Location: Unknown
References: Al Jazeera English, The Nation
Ob132 – September 25 2010
♦ 4 total killed
Al Qaeda’s operational commander in Pakistan, Shaikh al-Fatah, also known as Abdul Razzak, was killed along with Haji Niaz, Naimatullah and one other when a car was destroyed.
Location: Datta Khel, near Miram Shah, North Waziristan
References: BBC News, AFP, CNN, The News, BBC News, Reuters, AFP, The Telegraph, CNN, Geo TV
Cluster of attacks 26 September 2010
Three separate attacks were reported on September 26 2010, all in the North Waziristan region. As many as seven CIA drones were said to be involved in the operation – usually an indication that a ‘High Value Target’ was being pursued. However, no named militants were reported among the 9-12 people killed that day.
Ob133 – September 26 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 2 injured
Four suspected militants were reported killed and two injured in an attack on a truck and house, in the first of a series of three attacks.
Location: Lawra Mandi, Datta Khel
References: Dawn, SATP, Xinhua, BBC News, Xinhua, Express Tribune
Ob134 – September 26 2010
♦ 3-5 total killed
♦ 0-5 civilians possibly killed
♦ 2 injured
A Jeep was destroyed and between three and five people were killed in an attack involving up to seven drones. One source, GeoTV, describes the men as militants.
Location: West of Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, BBC News, Xinhua
Ob135 – September 26 2010
♦ 2-3 total killed
♦ 0-3 civilians possibly killed
In the third attack in a day, two or three people were reportedly killed when missile targeted a car.
Location: Sherani, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn
Ob136 – September 27 2010
♦ 3-4 total killed
Up to four alleged militants were killed in an attack on a house or ‘rebel compound’ in the volatile tribal region.
Location: Khushali Toorikhel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, CNN, Express Tribune, SATP, Long War Journal, Dawn, Xinhua
Ob137 – September 28 2010
♦ 4 total killed
Four suspected militants were reportedly killed in a drone attack on a house or compound possibly linked to militant commander Maulvi Nazir.
Location: Zeba, South Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Geo TV, Reuters, The Telegraph, AFP, Dawn, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob138 – October 2 2010
♦ 9-10 total killed
♦ 2-4 injured
According to reports up to ten people were killed, including the Pakistan Taliban’s ‘suicide bombing mastermind’ Qari Hussain, in a strike on a house. Hussain has been linked to hundreds of suicide bombing attacks on Pakistan’s military and civilian populations, which have killed thousands. However the United States categorised Hussain as a terrorist on January 20th 2011, raising doubts about his death:
Qari Hussain is one of TTP’s top lieutenants and also serves as the trainer and organizer of the group’s suicide bombers. Training camps organized by Hussain are notorious for recruiting and training men of all ages as suicide bombers, and Hussain has gained particular notoriety for his heavy recruitment of children.
Location: Asar, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Al Jazeera English, BBC News, CNN, New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Xinhua, Xinhua, Express Tribune, spacewar.com, SATP, Dawn, Reuters, Long War Journal, OnePakistan
Ob139 – October 2 2010
♦ 8-14 total killed
♦ 2 injured
A double strike on a house and car reportedly killed up to fourteen people and injured two more. An investigation by Associated Press based on field reports found that all of those killed were militants, according to local witnesses.
Location: Inzarkas, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Xinhua, Dawn, Geo TV, New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Express Tribune, Press TV, Spacewar.com, SATP, Reuters, Long War Journal, OnePakistan, AP
Ob140 – October 4 2010
♦ 12+ total killed
♦ 3+ civilians reported killed
♦ 2 injured
A strike against a mosque killed as many as nine alleged German militants and one Briton, in an attack reportedly aimed at another Taliban commander who escaped. The Express Tribune named the dead as Fayyaz aka Bruseley; Gagreen Gill aka Siraj; Milton Smith aka Jamal; Wash aka Mustafa; and Johnson aka Wasal. It also named named Anderson aka Waqas, Paterson aka Shaheen and Peterson Mckenzie aka Usman. Two other names have also been linked: Emrah (or Imran) E survived the blast but reported that his brother Binyamin E died. Confusingly, militants later issued a statement claiming only one German-Turk had died in the strike – Imran (the only survivor, according to others).
A Pakistani militant organiser was also killed, Shahab Dashti aka Abu Askar al-Almani, along with one Briton, named as Abdul Jabbar. The case later reportedly led to German intelligence halting any supply of material to the CIA which might endanger German lives. Al Jazeera reported the additional deaths of three women and possibly children in the attack.
In March 2012 Ahmad Wali Siddiqui – one of a dozen Germans who had left the country to ‘fight jihad’ – went on trial in Germany on terrorism charges. He had been apprehended by US forces in Afghanistan in July 2010 and had provided details on the group under interrogation.
Location: Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, Express Tribune, Monsters and Critics, CNN, CNN, memri.org, Der Spiegel, Long War Journal, Der Spiegel, Express Tribune, Express Tribune, Reuters, Geo TV, CNN, BBC News, The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Dawn, Long War Journal, Dawn, The News, Associated Press
Ob141 – October 6 2010
♦ 5-6 total killed
♦ 4 injured
Al Qaeda strategist Mohammad Usman was reported ‘dead’ (he was ‘killed’ again in Ob214 in June 2011) along with up to five others in an attack later reported in the Asia Times as being targeted at ‘high-profile Arabs, Uzbeks and Europeans’. Four people were also injured in the attack on a house and car.
Location: Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: Pakistan Tribune, Asia Times, Defense News, Pakistan Tribune, Geo TV, CNN, CNN, BBC News, Dawn, Xinhua, Long War Journal, SATP, Reuters
Ob142 – October 6 2010
♦ 3-5 total killed
The home of Salim or Qasim Khan Dawar was reportedly destroyed, with up to five alleged militants killed.
Location: Hurmuz, Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: PakTribune, Geo TV, Dawn, Long War Journal, SATP, CNN, Reuters
Ob143 – October 7 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 2 injured
Al Qaeda’s Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, a Libyan, was reported killed along with Khalid Mohammad Abbas al Harabi and Qari Hussain Mehsud, the deputy chief of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). However, Qari Hussain was also reported ‘killed’ in Ob138 and is still on the US State Department’s terrorist lists. A car and house were destroyed in the strike, which may have been in retaliation for the December 2009 suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan.
Location: Khaisoori, North Waziristan.
References: The Hindu, The News, ndtv.com, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, Asia Times, Express Tribune, The News, Dawn, Al Jazeera English, CNN, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times, Geo TV, Daily Times, Long War Journal, SATP
Ob144 – October 8 2010
♦ 4-6 total killed
Up to six alleged militants were reportedly killed in an attack on a housing compound.
Location: Mohammad Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, CNN, Long War Journal, Dawn, Gulf Today, SATP
Ob145 – October 8 2010
♦ 8 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians possibly killed
Eight people were reported killed in an attack on a housing compound with four ‘Turkmen fighters’ said to be among the dead.
Location: Char Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, AFP, One Pakistan, Gulf Today, SATP, China.org, ZeeNews
Ob146 – October 10 2010
♦ 7-9 total killed
♦ 0-9 civilians possibly killed
♦ 3 injured
A double strike in the vicinity of a former Afghan refugee camp killed up to nine people and injured three. Only one source referred to the casualties as militants. A secret diplomatic cable from the US Ambassador to Islamabad, dated two years earlier, had expressed worries that US Special Forces had been requesting information on Afghan refugee camps. These remain in some parts of Pakistan, though no longer in the FATA tribal areas:
We are concerned about providing information gained from humanitarian organizations to military personnel, especially for reasons that remain unclear.”
Locations: Shiva, Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: The Hindu, Dawn, CNN, BBC News, AFP, Xinhua, Long War Journal, SATP, New York Daily News, Long War Journal
Ob147 – October 13 2010
♦ 11-14 total killed
♦ 0-3 civilians reported killed
Reports state that a triple-linked strike over the course of an hour killed eleven alleged militants, including ‘three foreigners’. At least eight rescuers, reported initially as ‘militants’, were killed as they tried to retrieve casualties from a bombed house and car. The Bureau’s own researchers in Waziristan report that three of the rescuers were civilians, named as Bashir, Wajid and Laiq. A report by Associated Press contradicted this, stating that only ‘eleven militants, including four foreigners, died.’
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: The Daily Times, Express Tribune, Geo TV, Daily American News, BBC News, CNN, SATP, Dawn, Long War Journal, Jang (Urdu), AP
2010.10.13 Datta Khel residents with drones parts, Ob147 / Noor Behram
Ob148 – October 15 2010
♦ 4-6 total killed
♦ 3 injured
Up to six alleged militants were reportedly killed in an attack on a house. The Pakistan Taliban’s Qari Hussain was reported ‘killed’ again – see Ob138 and Ob143 .
Location: Aziz Khel, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Dawn, Xinhua, Xinhua, Al Jazeera English, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob149 – October 15 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
♦ 0-5 civilians possibly killed
A vehicle was destroyed and up to five people or ‘alleged militants’ were reported killed.
Location: Machi Khel, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Dawn, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal
Ob150 – October 18 2010
♦ 7 total killed
♦ 1+ civilians reported killed, including 1 child
♦ 6 injured
A double strike on a house and car killed ‘at least’ seven people, with six people injured. ‘Foreigners’ were said to be among six dead alleged militants. Shrapnel also killed Naeem Ullah, a 10-year-old boy in the next-door house. Our researchers report that his death caused ‘outrage’ in his village.
Pakistani lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who helped uncover the case, told the Bureau:
Finding cases such as Naeem’s, which was not initially picked up by media, is always troubling. It suggests there may be many more civilian deaths than reports indicate.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, CNN, CNN, SATP, Xinhua, Dawn, Long War Journal, Geo TV
2010.10.18 Datta Khel, Naeem Ullah killed by shrapnel, Ob150 / Noor Behram
Ob151 – October 27 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
♦ 1+ injured
Up to five suspected Taliban, including possibly some ‘foreigners’, were killed in an attack on the house of alleged militant Nasimulah Khan. Villagers are reported to have led the rescue operation.
Location: Spinwam, Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, CNN, Pajhwok, Dawn, AFP, SATP, Bangladesh Today, Long War Journal, Xinhua
Ob152 – October 27 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ ‘Scores’ injured
A car was reportedly destroyed and four alleged militants were killed, apparently including two ‘Arabs’ and two ‘Westerners’ possibly linked to the Haqqani Network. ‘Scores’ were reported injured.
Location: Deegan, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: AFP, The News, Geo TV, CNN, Pajhwok, Dawn, SATP, Bangladesh Today, AFP, Long War Journal, Xinhua
Ob153 – October 28 2010
♦ 5-8 total killed
The house of Alif Deen (who died) was attacked as a body from Ob152 was being brought into a compound. Up to eight suspected militants linked to the Haqqani Network were killed including three ‘Arabs’. Local people helped to recover the dead.
Location: Ismail Khan, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, Geo TV, AFP, Pajhwok, BBC, Xinhua, Long War Journal, aljazeerah.info, Peninsula Qatar
2010.10.28 Datta Khel crowd, Ob153 / Noor Behram
Ob154 – November 1 2010
♦ 6 total killed
♦ 2 injured
The compound of Ahmad Ali was attacked, reportedly killing at least six alleged militants and injuring two other people. Five drones were reportedly involved, ‘creating panic among the residents’.
Location: Haider Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, CNN, Dawn, Long War Journal, SATP, aljazeerah.info
Ob155 – November 3 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
Five ‘Uzbek fighters’ were reportedly killed in the first of three linked strikes in North Waziristan. A car ‘loaded with arms and ammunition’ was destroyed, damaging a nearby house. ‘It detonated in the attack and the vehicle caught fire – nobody can go near the vehicle‘, a security official told Al Jazeera.
Location: Qutab Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, The News, BBC News, CNN, Geo TV, Long War Journal, Xinhua, aljazeerah.info
Ob156 – November 3 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
A car was reportedly attacked killing up to five alleged militants. A nearby house was also hit, though it’s unknown whether there were casualties from this.
Location: Khaso Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, The News, BBC News, CNN, Long War Journal, Xinhua, aljazeerah.info
Ob157 – November 3 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
In the third linked strike of the day, another vehicle was reportedly attacked and up to five alleged militants were killed.
Location: Pai Khel, Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, The News, BBC News, CNN, Long War Journal, aljazeerah.info
Ob158 – November 7 2010
♦ 9 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
Nine suspected militants were killed and at least two other people injured in a joint strike by up to eight drones on a house and car. The Taliban later killed three alleged ‘drone spies’ in the area. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported:
The three dead bodies were found at a bazaar near the strike area with a letter placed on them from Taliban saying they are spies providing information for U.S. drone attacks.
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, BBC News, The News, Express Tribune, Geo TV, Long War Journal Dawn, Xinhua, The Guardian
Ob159 – November 7 2010
♦ 4-5 total killed
♦ 0-5 civilians possibly killed
♦ ‘Scores’ injured
Up to five people were killed, suspected militants according to some, and ‘scores’ were injured when a car was destroyed in a fireball.
Location: Datta Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Al Jazeera English, BBC, The News, Express Tribune, Geo TV, Long War JOurnal
Ob160 – November 11 2010
♦ 5-8 total killed
♦ 5 injured
Alleged fighters returning from Afghanistan and ‘staying with the local Taliban’ were the reported targets of a strike that killed up to eight people.
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Geo TV, Long War Journal, AFP, Xinhua
Ob161 – November 13 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians reported killed
A car was reportedly destroyed in an attack on alleged militants. Four people were killed – Geo TV and the Long War Journal reported that all of the dead may have been civilians.
Location: Miram Shah, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Geo TV, Long War Journal, Dawn
Ob162 – November 16 2010
♦ 20 total killed
♦ 0-9 civilians, including possibly children, reported killed
Reports state that a mass grave was needed after twenty people were killed in a drone strike. The attack was on a vehicle, and a house was also destroyed. The News reported that ‘the targeted vehicle was destroyed completely while a number of rooms in the compound were also razed to ground… over a dozen inmates of the house were killed by the Hellfire missiles while none of the many people onboard the vehicle survived.’
Although most reports described the dead as alleged militants, Al Jazeera reported that ‘women and children’ were also killed. The Bureau’s own researchers in Waziristan identified by name five civilians reported by villagers as dying: ‘Sabir, Riaz, Shaukatullah, Haris and Taj belonging to the Utmanzai Wazir tribe‘. In an investigation published in February 2012 based on interviews with local people, Associated Press contested whether civilians had died. It reported only that ‘20 militants died.’
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References:Al Jazeera English, Geo TV, Dawn, BBC, Reuters, CNN, ePakistanNews, APP, The News, Xinhua, Pak-news.com, SATP, Dawn, AP
Ob163 – November 19 2010
♦ 3-4 total killed
A moving vehicle was reported to have ‘exploded into a fireball’, killing up to four alleged militants.
Location: Norak, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn, Express Tribune, Geo TV, CNN, ZeeNews, Xinhua, Long War Journal, SATP
Ob164 – November 21 2010
♦ 6-9 total killed
♦ 0-3 civilians reported killed
A house reputedly belonging to Abdur Rehman was attacked along with a car. Up to nine people were reported killed including three local tribesmen, possibly civilians; ‘Mustafa’, a militant leader linked to a group led by Sadiq Noor; and two ‘foreigners’.
Location: Khaddi, North Waziristan.
References: Geo TV, Express Tribune, Xinhua, Dawn, Dawn, SATP, ndsuspectrum, CNN, Long War Journal
Ob165 – November 22 2010
♦ 5-6 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
A car and a motorbike were reportedly destroyed and up to six alleged militants were killed. Locals took part in the retrieval operation.
Location: Khesoor, North Waziristan.
Reference:France24, Dawn, CNN, APP, The Nation, Express Tribune, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob166 – November 26 2010
♦ 3-4 total killed
♦ 1-3 civilians reported killed
Student Sanaullah Jan was killed in a car with three others, reported as college friends by one source. Reports initially described the young men as ‘Taliban fighters’. Only later did it emerge that Sanaullah was an engineering student at the Government Degree College in Mir Ali. Family and friends insist that he had no interest in the Taliban. His car was so damaged that little remained of Sanaullah but his burnt student ID card and license. Our researchers in Waziristan report that:
The information is sketchy and sometimes contradictory about the three others killed in the drone strike. Their names couldn’t be ascertained, perhaps because they weren’t from Pir Killay village – the location of the attack.
Location: Pir Keley, North Waziristan
References: Islamabad Tonight, WRP, CNN, Geo TV, Sify News, AFP, Xinhua, Dawn, The News, SATP, Long War Journal, Reprieve
Sanaullah License Ob166 / Noor Behram
Ob167 – November 28 2010
♦ 0-4 total killed
A drone reportedly missed a vehicle with its first missile, allowing four occupants to escape on foot. Alternatively, some reports claimed that all of those in the vehicle were killed.
Location: Hassan Khel, North Waziristan.
References:CNN, AFP, Express Tribune, Geo TV, Antiwar, Xinhua, stopnato.net, Long War Journal
Ob168 – December 6 2010
♦ 5 total killed
♦ 2 civilians reportedly killed
♦ 3 injured
A missile fired from a CIA drone hit a vehicle as it passed through a village. Two alleged militants died, though at least one escaped into a nearby shop. As CNN and others reported at the time, the drone then fired into the shop, killing the suspect and two civilians – possibly shopkeepers. Three people were injured by the blasts. Some later reports claimed that all those inside the shop were militants. A US official has subsequently denied the Bureau’s summary of this strike, stating to the New York Times:
There were two strikes that day, and neither matches the claim. One targeted a car, killing two militants who had visited several Al Qaeda compounds that day; the other killed a handful of militants, including a top A.Q. terrorist.
See also Ob169.
Location: Khushali, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Express Tribune, Geo TV, Dawn, BBC, Xinhua, aljazeerah.info, SATP, Long War Journal, New York Times
Ob169 – December 6 2010
♦ 2+ total killed
A possibly unreported strike was discussed by a US official in August 2011 who noted that the attack, one of two that day, ‘killed a handful of militants, including a top A.Q. [al Qaeda] terrorist.’ News agency Xinhua may have noted the attack: ‘In the second attack, an unknown number of U.S. drones fired four missiles at a house at a different place in the same area, killing two people, whose identities are yet to be confirmed.’
Location: Unknown, possibly Khushali area of North Waziristan
References: New York Times, Xinhua
Ob170 – December 10 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 2 injured
Two British Muslim converts (Mr Stephen aka Abu Bakr and Mr Dearsmith aka Mansoor Ahmed) were among four alleged militants killed in an attack on car. The British Foreign Office at the time said: ‘We are aware of media reports of the death of two British nationals in Pakistan. Our high commission in Pakistan is seeking further information.’ The attack coincided with a demonstration in Islamabad by civilian victims of drone strikes. Reports later claimed the two dead Britons were part of a new militant group known as the Islamic Army of Great Britain.
Location: Khadar Khel, North Waziristan.
References: The Guardian, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News, Reuters, CNN, Express tribune, Xinhua, SATP, The News, Long War Journal, Long War Journal
Ob171 – December 14 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilians reported killed
Reports are conflicting as to whether four alleged Afghan militants, or village residents, were killed when a car was destroyed.
Location: Spalaga, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, Geo TV, Press TV, Xinhua, CNN, defenceviewpoints.co.uk, SATP, Long War Journal
Ob172 – December 16 2010
♦ 7 total killed
A named Taliban commander Ibne Amin and his seven bodyguards reportedly died in a drone strike. Ibne was also reported ‘killed’ in Ob94.
Location: Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency.
References: Antiwar.com, Antiwar.com, Trust.org, Daily Times.com, SATP, Xinhua, Express Tribune, Pakistan Today, The News, Geo TV, Long War Journal
Ob173 – December 17 2010
♦ 7 total killed
♦ 7-11 injured
The first of three strikes in Khyber Agency on the same day came in the wake of an attack there the previous evening. Two cars were destroyed, reportedly killing seven alleged Pakistan Taliban (TTP) militants and injuring up to eleven people.
Location: Sandana, Khyber Agency.
References: The News, Dawn, Arab News, Express Tribune, Punjab News Online, BBC, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, CNN, Geo TV, Geo TV, The Nation, Long War Journal, Long War Journal
Ob174 – December 17 2010
♦ 11-15 total killed
♦ 2 injured
An attack on a compound reportedly killed up to fifteen alleged Swat Taliban and injured two other people.
Location: Nakai/Narai, Khyber Agency.
References: Express Tribune, BBC, CNN, Arab News, The Nation, Punjab News Online, Long War Journal
Ob175 – December 17 2010
♦ 32 total killed
♦ 2 civilians reported killed
The third strike of the day killed up to 30 alleged Lashkar-e-Islam members when houses were destroyed. Ali Marjan, Yar Azam and Mehmud, all local LeI commanders, and Ibne Amin an al Qaeda-linked Swat Taliban sub-leader, were all reported dead. This was the third claim that Ibne had died (see Ob94, Ob172). But also among the dead were two civilians. The Bureau’s researchers in Waziristan noted:
Two non-militant civilians were also killed, but only one was a prisoner. He belonged to the Kukikhel sub-tribe of the Afridi, but he remained unidentified as his body was mutilated. The other civilian killed by the missiles was Raza Khan, a 50-year old man from the Sepah sub-tribe of the Afridi tribe who had come to the Lashkar-i-Islam headquarters in Sandana to request Commander Mangal Bagh to release one of his relatives being held by him. Another prisoner was wounded in the attack and several other prisoners escaped from the private prison, set up in a cave, due to the confusion in the aftermath of the drone strike. Almost all of them were subsequently re-arrested and their fate remains unknown.
Location: Speen Drang, Khyber Agency.
References: Dawn, Arab News, Express Tribune, BBC News, CNN, Reuters, The News, Punjab News Online, The Nation
Ob176 – December 27 2010
♦ 18-22 total killed
A double strike on two trucks reportedly killed up to 22 alleged TTP militants, including five local commanders named as Zahid Mandev; Qari Barkatullah; Qari Monib; Fazal Amin and Qari Ihsanullah. A February 2012 report published by Associated Press, based on extensive interviews with locals, confirmed that ’18 militants including four foreigners died.’
Location: Shera Tala, Mir Ali, North Waziristan
References: Express Tribune, The News, BBC, The Nation, The News, Xinhua, Xinhua, Xinhua, Los Angeles Times, Uruknet, SATP, CNC, The Nation, The Nation, Dawn, Geo TV, Al Jazeera English, Guardian, CNS, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal, AP
Ob177 – December 27 2010
♦ 4 total killed
♦ 0-4 civilian possibly killed
Four people were reportedly killed in an attack on a vehicle. No further details are known.
Location: Machi Khel, North Waziristan.
References: Dawn
Ob178 – December 28 2010
♦ 5-6 total killed
♦ 2+ injured
In the first of three linked strikes, drones attacked two houses containing alleged militants. Up to six people were killed, and at least two people injured. Al Qaeda’s Nasir al-Wahishi was initially reported killed. But he emerged again in May 2011, claiming that the ‘ember of jihad is brighter‘ following the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of US commandos. Eyewitness Ihsanullah Khan later told the Bureau:
I had gone to Ghulam Khan with my friend. It was about 10am that a drone attacked one home and after two or three minutes the drone fired another missile on another home. Both of the houses were very close to us therefore we rushed there. Both of the houses were completely damaged. In the first home three Taliban were killed while in the second two Taliban were killed. The dead bodies in the first home were ok while the dead bodies in the second home were burnt. After some time other Taliban came there and took the dead bodies into their custody.’
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References: Washington Post, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Geo TV, ThaIndian, Express Tribune, Xinhua, IBN Live, activistpost, Long War Journal, ABC News, Dawn, Voice of America, Al Jazeera English, Long War Journal
Ob179 – December 28 2010
♦ 5-12 total killed
♦ 2 civilians reported killed
♦ 3 injured
After waiting up to three hours, rescuers reportedly attempted to retrieve the dead and injured from Ob173. Drones are claimed to have attacked again, killing up to twelve people. The Bureau’s researchers in Waziristan could only identify two civilians killed in the strike, named as Jamil and Mustafaa, though they were not reported as rescuers.
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References: CNN, Al Jazeera English, ThaIndian, CNN, Dawn, Xinhua, ABC News, Long War Journal
Ob180 – December 28 2010
♦ 9-10 total killed
In the final of three linked strikes, a truck reportedly carrying the wounded of Ob 177 and Ob 178 was attacked. Two other vehicles were also struck carrying alleged militants. Up to ten people were reported killed.
Location: Nawab, Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References:Al Jazeera English, CNN, ThaIndian, ABC News, Dawn, Long War Journal, Jang (Urdu)
Pakistani villagers at funeral of drone victim – December 29 2010- AP
Ob181 – December 31 2010
♦ 4-8 total killed
In the final attack of the heaviest year of drone strikes yet recorded, up to eight alleged militants were killed in a vehicle after allegedly returning from a raid in Afghanistan: a local Pakistani intelligence officer reported:
The militants were retreating to their hideout in North Waziristan after an attack on Taarkhobee check post in Afghanistan. They were traced and chased by a US drone.’
Location: Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan.
References: Express Tribune, CNN, Al Jazeera English, Geo TV, BBC News, The Guardian, Xinhua, Long War Journal, Monsters and Critics, Pakistan Today, SATP
