Pompeo said on CNN the US acted to disrupt an “imminent attack” abroad, providing no evidence.
h/t @AymanM
Amnesty International human rights lawyer: unless U.S. can demonstrate the killing neutralized an imminent threat,
it is still not allowed to kill a terrorist.
h/t @AymanM
Amnesty International human rights lawyer: unless U.S. can demonstrate the killing neutralized an imminent threat,
it is still not allowed to kill a terrorist.
@AymanM UN special rapporteur for extra-judicial killings A. Callamard: “Test for ... anticipatory self-defence is very narrow: it must be ... “instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation”
Test is unlikely to be met in these particular cases.”
Test is unlikely to be met in these particular cases.”
@AymanM @KenDilanianNBC:
The US justifies strikes against al Qaeda by saying we are at war with that group. We are not at war with Iran. But the US argues it has a legal right to self defense, which includes lethal strikes against designated terrorists plotting to kill Americans.
The US justifies strikes against al Qaeda by saying we are at war with that group. We are not at war with Iran. But the US argues it has a legal right to self defense, which includes lethal strikes against designated terrorists plotting to kill Americans.
