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| Cardiff jihadist drone death justified, says Carlile | Cardiff jihadist drone death justified, says Carlile |
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| The killing of a Cardiff jihadist in Syria has been defended by a Welsh peer who was previously the independent reviewer of UK anti-terrorist laws. | |
| Reyaad Khan, 21, died in Raqqa in August in the first targeted UK drone attack on a British citizen, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed. | Reyaad Khan, 21, died in Raqqa in August in the first targeted UK drone attack on a British citizen, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed. |
| Some MPs and Muslim leaders have questioned the legality of the killing. | Some MPs and Muslim leaders have questioned the legality of the killing. |
| Lord Carlile said it was a "relatively unusual" act but justified within international law. | Lord Carlile said it was a "relatively unusual" act but justified within international law. |
| Mr Cameron told MPs on Monday that Khan was targeted for planning "specific and barbaric attacks against the West", and the strike was lawful self-defence. | |
| Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, also died in the drone strike. | Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, also died in the drone strike. |
| 'Overwhelming evidence' | 'Overwhelming evidence' |
| Former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lord Carlile, who was the Montgomeryshire MP from 1983 to 1997, told the BBC on Tuesday that there had been "no denial" from so-called Islamic State fighters "that Mr Khan and his colleagues did not intend to carry out the acts that the prime minister described". | Former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lord Carlile, who was the Montgomeryshire MP from 1983 to 1997, told the BBC on Tuesday that there had been "no denial" from so-called Islamic State fighters "that Mr Khan and his colleagues did not intend to carry out the acts that the prime minister described". |
| "The overwhelming evidence is that they did, and therefore what occurred, albeit relatively unusual, was within international law," he said. | "The overwhelming evidence is that they did, and therefore what occurred, albeit relatively unusual, was within international law," he said. |
| Muslim leaders in Cardiff have questioned the legality of the attack, and Cardiff Labour MPs Stephen Doughty and Kevin Brennan have asked for a meeting with the prime minister on the matter. | Muslim leaders in Cardiff have questioned the legality of the attack, and Cardiff Labour MPs Stephen Doughty and Kevin Brennan have asked for a meeting with the prime minister on the matter. |
| Mr Doughty, the member for Cardiff South and Penarth, said "as clear a case as possible" for the strike was needed. | Mr Doughty, the member for Cardiff South and Penarth, said "as clear a case as possible" for the strike was needed. |
| Plaid Cymru's defence and foreign affairs spokesman, Hywel Williams, said the killing was "unprecedented" and called on Mr Cameron to explain the legal basis for the attack. | |
| "It is deeply troubling that the Prime Minister has undermined the clear will of Parliament which voted against military strikes in Syria," he said. |