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Viewpoint: Drones, modern war, and the US
Relatives of an American-born suspected al-Qaeda militant are suing US officials over his death in a drone strike. Is the long-running US drone programme legal - and are Americans legitimate targets?
On 3 November 2002, the United States carried out its first known targeted killing.
Over the desert near Sanaa, Yemen, an armed drone controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) targeted and killed Qaed Salim al-Harethi, a senior al-Qaeda lieutenant. His killing had been authorised by former President George W Bush.
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This was not the first use of an armed drone. In World War II the Nazis targeted England with several thousand V1 "buzz bombs" and V2 rockets.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18896236
