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Obama to hand secret drone war guidelines to lawmakers

In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda.

A Predator drone flies over Iraq in 2007. In a reversal, President Barack Obama will hand lawmakers classified documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes which kill US citizens abroad who are conspiring with Al-Qaeda.

An administration official disclosed the move Wednesday on the eve of a Senate hearing on Obama's nomination of his top White House anti-terror adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in his second term.

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    Discussion 1 : 07 Feb 2013 at 14.421

    For me this sentence says everything "Obama aides insist killing Al-Qaeda suspects". They are suspects, they have not been convicted of any crime nor can the US be a 100% sure the people that they are killing are AQ members. It has been reported that in Pakistans tribal areas any male carrying a gun is considered a militant and can be killed. Reality in this area is however that most males carry guns because of non existing law enforcement by the government.

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