European countries edge towards war on terror

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The UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement on the 7 September 2015 that the British air force carried out a drone strike against a British jihadist in Syria over the summer of 215 marked a landmark moment. For the first time, a European country had used military force to carry out the premeditated killing of a specific individual outside the context of regular hostilities. Britain’s action was a notable departure from the traditional European opposition to targeted killing, but it should not be seen as an isolated event. On the contrary, it is part of a broader trend whereby a number of European countries are increasingly looking towards military responses to terrorism overseas, of the sort that the United States has long employed.

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