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September 9, 2015

U.K. Defends Drone Strikes That Killed 2 British Citizens in Syria 
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British authorities are defending the recent drone killing of two
British citizens in Syria accused of fighting for ISIL. England does not
have a parliamentary mandate to take military action in Syria. On
Tuesday, British Defense Minister Michael Fallon reiterated Prime
Minister David Cameron's claim the strikes were in self-defense.

Michael Fallon: "There are a group of terrorists out there in Syria,
inspired, working with ISIL to try and carry out armed attacks here in
Britain, on our streets, at major public events, involving significant
loss of life. So that's the danger. That's the threat that we face. And
our agencies are working extremely hard to try and identify who is
involved and what can be done to prevent those attacks. And if there is
no other way of preventing them, then, yes, we have to carry out strikes
like this."

 

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