FlatusVeteranus,
ECHR certainly gives rights to the individual, murder however is murder, as is conspiracy to murder and attempted murder, no LAW gives any one person that right. Governments however, put themselves above the Law by granting that very right to members of it's armed forces.
As to these two individuals, if they are caught what would be done with them, they may well have dual nationality, would you treat them as Brits or Iraqi's? . Also, ask yourself this, how many members of the IRA and it's offshoots who were caught during the troubles were ever charged with Treason? They were British citizens, they took up armed conflict against the UK armed forces and the British state, they killed and maimed hundreds of members of the forces, yet why do you think they were NEVER charged with Treason?
BTW,
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