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Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case
http://www.juancole.com/2013/12/complicit-strikes-appeals.htmlAre British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case
by Jack Serle
Dec. 8, 2013
An unprecedented attempt to discover if British officials are complicit in the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan reached the Court of Appeal this week.
The case is brought by Noor Khan, a Pakistani tribesman whose father was among over 40 civilians killed in a March 2011 drone strike.
Khan’s lawyers are attempting to get English courts to examine whether UK officials at GCHQ share information about targets in Pakistan with the CIA, and whether this could therefore make British spies complicit in murder or war crimes.
The case has been brought against the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who is responsible for GCHQ.