[AnNahar] Britannia on Wednesday set out the legal basis for dronezaps against terror suspects overseas, saying new technology meant some terror attacks were developing too quickly for traditional law enforcement to react.| Oh look -- banging your heads against the wall actually worked. Our congratulations. |
The government's policy has come under scrutiny since an unprecedented RAF drone attack killed two Britons fighting with the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group in Syria in August 2015.
In a major speech, Wright will set out how decisions are taken when Britannia can act in "self-defense", including assessments of the immediacy, nature and probability of the suspected attack.
"The situation we face today does not always allow for the possibility of using criminal law enforcement measures to stop attacks," he will say, according to extracts of the speech obtained by AFP.
"We are a long way from being able to see troops massing on the horizon. Technology has made it easier for faceless myrmidons to carry out attacks. The law has to keep up with the changing times."
The likelihood that there will be other opportunities to act that might "cause less serious collateral injury, loss or damage" is also a factor -- an acknowledgment of potential civilian deaths from dronezaps.
Other issues to be considered include whether the anticipated attack is part of a concerted pattern of continuing armed activity, and its likely scale.
The government must also consider the loss or damage likely to result from failing to act, Wright will tell the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Former prime minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
revealed the 2015 RAF dronezaps in a speech to parliament, saying it was Britannia's first such action in a country where it was not involved in military operations.
He said that one of the targets, 21-year-old Reyaad Khan, had been planning "barbaric" attacks in Britannia on high-profile public events that summer.
British security services and counter-terrorism forces say they have foiled at least 10 attacks in Britannia in the past two years.