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Osama bin Laden killing could justify killing Col Gaddafi

The killing of Osama bin Laden could be used as legal justification for the death of Muammar Gaddafi, MPs have been told.


'Some of the arguments used to present Bin Laden's killing as lawful could also be applied if coalition forces kill Colonel Gaddafi,' the researchers said. Photo: AP

By James Kirkup 7:14PM BST
17 May 2011
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Independent researchers from the House of Commons Library suggested that the arguments the United States has used to justify the death of the al-Qaeda leader could be also be applied to the killing of others.

American officials have said that it was legal for US forces to kill bin Laden because he was in direct command of forces hostile to US national interests.

"Some of the arguments used to present Bin Laden's killing as lawful could also be applied if coalition forces kill Colonel Gaddafi," the researchers said.

The library paper, 'Killing Osama bin Laden: has justice been done?', also predicted that the "targeted killing" of individuals may become more common as a consequence of his death.

"The nature of Bin Laden's killing may be a sign the US is increasingly likely to kill rather than to capture al-Qaeda members," the paper said.

"A wider implication is that the killing may be seen as a precedent for targeted killings of individuals by any state, across international boundaries, at least where terrorism is involved.

"The more states act in this way, the more likely it is to become accepted, at least politically if not as a matter of international law."

British ministers have said that Gaddafi will not be targeted as an individual, but have warned that anyone in a "command-and-control" role in the Libyan military could be a legitimate target for air strikes or other military action.

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