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| Cameron defends attack on jihadist Reyaad Khan in Syria | Cameron defends attack on jihadist Reyaad Khan in Syria |
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| David Cameron has defended his decision to order the RAF drone strike which killed a Cardiff jihadist in Syria. | |
| The prime minister told the Tory party conference he took "decisive action to keep Britain safe", claiming Reyaad Khan was one of two men planning terrorist attacks on UK soil. | |
| Mr Cameron said his job was "not to debate; it's to decide". | Mr Cameron said his job was "not to debate; it's to decide". |
| He said if he stalled on such a decision, "we could see innocent people murdered on our streets". | |
| Mr Cameron said he had asked "all the proper questions" after being told that Khan and Junaid Hussain, from Birmingham, were planning terrorist attacks on UK soil. | |
| "The choice I faced was this: act, and we could stop them carrying out their plans. | |
| "Stall, and we could see innocent people murdered on our streets. | "Stall, and we could see innocent people murdered on our streets. |
| "I took decisive action to keep Britain safe - and that's what I will always do." | "I took decisive action to keep Britain safe - and that's what I will always do." |
| Khan, 21, from Cardiff, died on 21 August in what Mr Cameron called a "precision airstrike" when confirming the RAF's involvement in September. | |
| Ruhul Amin, from Aberdeen, died in the same attack. | |
| Hussain, 21, from Birmingham, was killed in a US drone strike three days later. |