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UN Investigator: Drone Killing of Top Iranian General Unlawful

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - A U.S. drone strike that killed Iran's top general, Qassem
   Soleimani, at Baghdad International Airport in January is a violation
   under international law, according to U.N. report Thursday.

   Investigator Agnes Callamard said more than 100 nations have an active
   military drone inventory and about a dozen allegedly have deployed
   armed drones for the use of force, such as targeted killings.

   The uncontrolled proliferation of armed drones poses a threat to
   international peace, she added, and the U.S. killing of Soleimani has
   elevated the dangers. She noted the U.S. carried out its attack without
   first obtaining Iraq's consent, thereby violating Iraq's territorial
   integrity.

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