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US Secret Wars in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia

Hellfire missiles being loaded onto a US military Reaper drone in Afghanistan

Obama terror drones: CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals

A Bureau investigation examines terror tactics used by CIA drones in Pakistan.

Covert drone war – get the complete data

Data centre- Flickr/Cliff Dwelling

The Bureau's major databases and search engines of all known secret war strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

Press TV Somalia drone strike reports cease after Bureau investigation

Flickr/James Gordon Los Angeles

Iranian broadcaster stops questionable reporting of US 'drone strikes' on day of Bureau revelations.

Latest US strikes: Yemen May 19 2012 & Pakistan May 5 2012

A US Reaper drone favoured by the CIA (General Atomics/ Flikr)

Three suspected militants killed in possible drone strike in Yemen. Pakistan condemns latest US drone strike which kills ten.


How Twitter mapped a ‘covert’ US drone operation in Yemen

May 18th, 2012 by | 1 Comment
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, PROJECTS

Local paper Mukallastar.com reports on a drone-destroyed car

Social media tracks drone attacks in eastern Yemen.


Suspected drone strikes kill 12 civilians in Yemen

May 15th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Drones - graphs

MQ-9 Reaper - AN HONOURABLE GERMAN/Flickr

Biggest loss of civilian life in reported drone strike this year.


Analysis: Why we must name all drone attack victims

May 10th, 2012 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Views from the Bureau

Pakistani villagers at funeral of drone victim - December 29 2010- AP

Bureau research names 170 militants killed in Pakistan – yet also 317 named civilians.


Yemen: reported US covert action 2012

May 8th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Covert War on Terror - the Data, Drones data carousel

Reaper unmanned drone (Photo US Dept of Defense/ Flickr)

US covert strikes in Yemen continue to escalate through 2012 – see the data here.


Analysis: April’s short-lived peace in Pakistan

May 1st, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror

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April 2012 begins our monthly round-up of key events in the covert war on terror.


Evidence in British court contradicts CIA drone claims

April 24th, 2012 by | 4 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Top Stories

Royal Courts of Justice, London (Nick Garrod/ Flickr)

Sworn affidavits offer evidence of CIA errors and civilian deaths in Pakistan drone strike.


Was this 16-year-old, killed by a US drone, really a terrorist?

April 23rd, 2012 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Human Rights, Top Stories

Tariqhighlight - Pratap Chatterjee

Boy killed by drone three days after attending Pakistani conference on drones.


Afghanistan’s Taliban – a differing view of drones

April 10th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Promoting Journalism

Heron surveillance drone in Kandahar (US military/ Robert Bottrill, CF Combat Camera/ Flickr)

The poetry of the Afghan Taliban captured – offering a different perspective on drones.


Arab spring brings steep rise in US attacks in Yemen

March 29th, 2012 by | 4 Comments
Published in All Stories, Carousel, Covert War on Terror

Supporters of al-Qaeda tote their rifles

Attacks now rain on Yemen as often as they do on Pakistan’s tribal regions.


Yemen: reported US covert actions 2001-2011

March 29th, 2012 by
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror, Covert War on Terror - the Data

A cruise missile launches from the USS Mississippi (DoD/ Flickr)

A searchable data set of all known US attacks in Yemen.


Covert War on Terror

Covert Drone War
Our analysis of US secret bombing campaigns in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.

CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan 2004 – 2012

Total US strikes: 322
Obama strikes: 270
Total reported killed: 2,440 - 3,113
Civilians reported killed: 479 - 821
Children reported killed: 174
Total reported injured: 1,172-1,285

US Covert Action in Yemen 2002 – 2012

Total US strikes: 40 - 143
Total US drone strikes: 27 - 93
Total reported killed: 296 - 785
Civilians reported killed: 55 - 133
Children reported killed: 24

US Covert Action in Somalia 2007 – 2012

Total US strikes: 10 - 21
Total US drone strikes: 3 - 9
Total reported killed: 58 - 169
Civilians reported killed: 11 - 57
Children reported killed: 1 - 3

The Data

Covert Drone War - the Data
The complete databases of all known secret war stikes in Pakistan,Yemen and Somalia here.

Methodology

The methodology behind the research on US drone attacks. More here.

Drone Infographics

Yemen strikes visualised
March 29, 2012 | by | Comments Off
Bureau Visualisations - Emma Slater

A series of data sets on what the numbers mean.

Where have Pakistan drone attacks taken place?
August 10, 2011 | by | 2 Comments
Central Command map of responsibility - Image Editor

A searchable database of all drone attacks in Pakistan and elsewhere.

Interactive map
August 10, 2011 | by | 1 Comment
Globe - Flickr / joelthomas

This map details the locations of CIA drone strikes in the remote Pakistani tribal areas.

Drone statistics visualised
August 10, 2011 | by | Comments Off
Graph - Joakim Sorthe

These graphs illustrate the Bureau's key findings.

Interactive timeline of all recorded CIA drone strikes
August 10, 2011 | by | Comments Off
Timeglider tall image

An interactive timeline of drone strikes in Pakistan between 2004 and the present date.

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