Killing of American Qaeda leader raises legal questions

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Legal experts who have long criticized a US government program to kill members of Al-Qaeda abroad as a breach of international law say the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on Friday may also have broken US law.

Killing of American spurs legal debate
The U.S. drone killing of American-born and raised Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a major figure in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has re-energized a national debate over the legal and moral quandaries of a government deliberately killing a citizen.

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