Publicly the attack was hailed a success.īut the Agency’s strike also killed three young boys and a woman. On July 28 2008, for example, CIA drones struck a seminary in South Waziristan, killing al Qaeda’s chemical weapons expert Abu Khabab al Masri along with his team. Multiple deaths occurred every other time.
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On only one occasion during Bush’s time in office did a single child die in a strike. More than a third of all Bush drone strikes appear to have resulted in the deaths of children. The highest number of child deaths occurred during the Bush presidency, with 112 children reportedly killed. Unicef, the United Nations children’s agency, said in response to the findings: “Even one child death from drone missiles or suicide bombings is one child death too many.” The majority of children killed have been younger than 17, according to the Bureau’s reports.) (For this research, the UN’s definition of a child as being someone aged between 0 and 17 years old has been adopted. The Bureau has identified credible reports of 168 children killed in CIA drone attacks in the tribal areas. The other three children were all below school age.Īlthough the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s field researchers have verified the details of this strike, the US continues to deny civilians are being killed in Pakistan strikes, while one in seven of all US strikes may have resulted in child fatalities.Ĭhildren have been killed throughout the seven years of CIA strikes. His eldest boy had been a student at a Waziristan military cadet college. But his son, his two daughters and his nephew all died. One of the Hellfires missed its target, and Din Mohammad’s house was hit.
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Hellfire missiles tore into the compound killing six alleged militants. On September 8, 2010, the CIA’s Reaper drones paid a visit. His neighbours were reportedly part of the Haqqani Network, a group fighting US forces in nearby Afghanistan. Din Mohammad had the misfortune to live next door to militants in Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan.