Targeted killings are permitted under international law in only very narrow circumstances, and some legal experts are skeptical that the White House’s justification for the strike — offered without evidence at this point — meets those standards
In the hours and days after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike, his demise was described in various terms: President Donald Trump said he had been"terminated"; other US officials talked about a"targeted killing" and"lethal action."
Huge crowds flood Tehran streets for Soleimani's funeral, calling for revenge and retaliationBut both the Iranian President and Iraq's Prime Minister said Soleimani's death was an"assassination" -- essentially a politically motivated murder.US officials have rejected the characterization of his killing as an assassination. That's hardly a surprise because assassinations have been illegal under US federal law since 1981.
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