Dataset: US resumes targeting of alleged militants within days of the year’s start.
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Obama 2013 Pakistan drone strikes
Dataset: Increased debate around the use of drones affects the campaign in Pakistan.
Yemen: reported US covert action 2012
Dataset: US covert operations in Yemen peaked in May 2012 with an intense assault on al Qaeda.
Yemen: reported US covert actions 2001-2011
Dataset: A searchable record of US covert operations in Yemen from the start of the war on terror.
Somalia: reported US covert actions 2001-2013
Dataset: Bureau’s analysis of secretive western military intervention in Somalia since September 2001.
Get the Data: Obama’s terror drones
Dataset: Researchers spent months in Waziristan gathering evidence of drone strikes.
Obama 2012 Pakistan strikes
Dataset: Civilian casualties fell sharply as drones launched the fewest strikes of the Obama presidency.
Press TV’s Somalia claims 2011-12
Dataset: The Iranian broadcaster is generally the sole source for over 100 reports of alleged US drone strikes in Somalia.
Obama 2011 Pakistan strikes
Dataset: Various crises in US-Pakistani relations may have contributed to a decline in strikes in 2011.
Obama 2010 Pakistan strikes
Dataset: The largest number of CIA drone strikes hit Pakistan in the campaign so far.
Obama 2009 Pakistan strikes
Dataset: In 2009 Obama carried out as many drone strikes on Pakistan as Bush in five years.
The Bush Years: Pakistan strikes 2004 – 2009
Dataset: During President Bush’s time in office there were 52 drone strikes on Pakistan.
Covert US strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia – our methodology
How we compiled and verified our data.
