Waziristan:
One area of the world where US Predator and Reapers have undertaken strikes against suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the tribal region of northwest Pakistan known as Waziristan. The region borders Afghanistan. According to the US state department the region has 157 suspected al-Qaeda training camps.
The first US cross-border strike inside Waziristan was reported to have taken place in 2006. Ten such strikes were recorded during 2006 and 2007, escalating to 36 last year, 29 of which took place after August 31.
According to US state department accounts, five senior al-Qaeda leaders were killed in 2008, all of whom were reportedly involved in supporting al-Qaeda operations.
US STRIKES IN WAZIRISTAN 2008.
DATE.......LOCATION..........TYPE...................REPORTED FATALITIES
August 31.....S/Waziristan.......al-Qaeda safe house.....five killed
August 31.....Tapi,N/Waziristan.al-Qaeda safe house....six killed inc 2 .............................................................................women
Sept 1..........Ghundal Kalley.....MQ-1 fired 2 hellfire AGMs...Eight, six
................................................................................suspected arabs,
................................................................................a woman and her
................................................................................young daughter.
Sept 4.....Mohammed Khel......MQ-9 fired 3 hellfire AGMs....5 arabs
Sept4......Mohammed Khel.............................................6 and 4 injured.
Sept 8.....Tanda Darpakhel.....6 Hellfires struck a madrassa.26 inc Abu
...............................................................................Haris,Hamza
...............................................................................Arabi,Qasim
...............................................................................Hamza and Musa
...............................................................................Arabi, all al-Qaeda
................................................................................operatives.
Sept 12....Miranshah............Hellfire missile hit 2 houses....7 Taliban fighters,
...............................................................................3 women and 2
...............................................................................children.
Sept 15....N/Waziristan.........Compound.................................................
Sept 17....Baghar Cheena......4 Hellfires hit a training camp.5 killed.
Oct 1.......Mir Ali,N/Wazir...... Hellfire struck a house..........4 killed inc
................................................................................Taliban leader
................................................................................Baitullah Mahsud
................................................................................(?)
Oct 3.....Mohammed Khel......MQ-1 fired a hellfire missile....21 militants killed
Oct 3.....Datta Khel.............MQ-1 fired 2 hellfire AGMs.....2 women & a child
Oct 11...Match, N/Wazir.......2 hellfires hit a house...........3 killed
Oct 16...Saam,N/Wazir.........2 hellfires hit a house...........6 killed inc 2 arabs
Oct 16...Taparghal..............hellfire missile......................Egyptian Khalid
...............................................................................Habib, chief of al-...............................................................................Qaeda ops and 3
...............................................................................others.
Oct 27..Wana,S/Wazir.........Compound...........................20 Killed
Nov 7...Kamsham,N/Wazir.....2 hellfire missiles..................13 Taliban killed
Nov 14.Shabikhel, N/Wazir....2 hellfires struck a taliban hut.10 Taliban killed
Nov 18.Bannu,N/Wazir.........hellfire missile......................6 inc al-Qaeda
...............................................................................fighter Abdullah
...............................................................................Azam Al-Saudi.
Dec 22.Kari Khel and Sheen Warsak.hellfire struck a vehicle.7 Taliban killed
Jan 1-09.Kari Kot, S/Wazir..2 hellfires hit a vehicle............2 top al-Qaeda
...............................................................................militants, Usama
...............................................................................al-Kini and Sheikh
...............................................................................Ahmad Salim
...............................................................................Swedan killed.
Jan 2...Maidan Naral, S/Wazir. hellfire struck a hideout......4 al-Qaeda killed
Jan 24.Mir Ali and Wana,S/Wazir.3 hellfires struck a house.20 Taliban killed.
From AFM, April-09