List of military strikes against presumed terrorist targets

This article documents military strikes by governments against presumed [...] targets outside war zones. For an event to qualify, it must involve military weapons and the target must be thought by the government ordering the strike to be of [...] nature. The most recent events appear first.

2008 Abu Kamal raid

The Abu Kamal in Syria raid took place on 26 October 2008 was performed by United States helicopters and troops. Unnamed spokesmen for the USA claim that high ranking [...] Abu Ghadiyah was killed. He was targeted for allegedly smuggling foreign fighters into Iraq as part of an attack and for [...] 11 Iraqi policeman in the spring. The Syrian Government claims eight unarmed civilians were killed.

2008 Kurvek airstrike

The Kurvek airstrike on 5 September 2008 killed at least five people in Pakistan's border region, Pakistani officials say. The third attack in three days allegedly carried out by US forces.

2008 Dhusamareb airstrike

The Dhusamareb airstrike took place on 1 May 2008 when either several US aircraft or a ship offshore launched a missile attack against a target in the Dhuusamarreeb region in central Somalia. The attack was targeted against the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. Eleven people were killed in the strike, among them two leading militants and five civilians. Four others were injured.

2006 Damadola airstrike

17 people were killed in a RQ-1 Predator airstrike on Damadola (Pakistan), near the Afghan border. The CIA operation was targeting Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri who was initially reported killed in the attack. According to U.S. counterterrorism officials who spoke to NBC News, the attack was conducted by three drones simultaneously attacking three targets. DNA testing could find no evidence of terrorists among the dead.

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2002 Yemen drone strike

On November 3, 2003, a RQ-1 Predator fired a Hellfire missile at a car in Yemen. Al Qaeda leader Qaed Senyan Abu Ali al-Harithi was the target and is believed to have been killed according to U.S. official. The attack also killed five other men including an American citizen suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda.

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1998 Sudan and Afghanistan cruise missile strikes

On August 21, 1998, President Clinton ordered a strikes against two suspected Afghan [...] training camps and a suspected Sudanese chemical factory. President Clinton cited [...] attacks against U.S. Embassies as the reason for ordering the missions.

See also

  • Bombing of Libya
  • Ain es Saheb airstrike
  • Operation Wooden Leg
  • Operation Orchard (Israeli air-raid against alleged Syrian nuclear facility in 2007)
  • Operation Opera(Israeli air-raid against Iraqi nuclear facility in 1981)

See Also

History of military strikes against presumed terrorist targets

This article documents military strikes by governments against presumed [...] targets outside war...