Remarkable, even the Grauniad. In fact the only media screeching about a need for an inquiry and sorrowfully seek friends and family of the deceased to complain about unnecessary violence are the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation - no surprise there.........
Was it lawful for UK forces to kill British Isis fighters in Syria? | Joshua Rozenberg | Comment is free | The Guardian
.......On the facts as we know them, this unprecedented attack on British would-be terrorists in Syria appears to be within the law. The attorney general, we are told, “was clear there would be a clear legal basis for action in international law”. We are unlikely to see the full text of his advice because some of the details are likely to be highly classified. But we are entitled to expect the government to publish a summary, not least because the convention that legal advice on such matters is confidential seems no longer to be observed by ministers themselves.
So the only remaining question is whether the drone strike on Khan and those with him was morally justified. On this, I am with Cameron. As he said, his first duty is to keep the British people safe. “There was a terrorist directing murder on our streets and no other means to stop him,” the prime minister said.
And I don’t suppose that Khan himself would have disagreed. If he was waging war on British troops and civilians, he can hardly complain the UK’s armed forces were one step ahead of him.