Over at Opinio Juris, there is currently a pretty good discussion – albeit pretty academic – on the legality and morality of extra-territorial targeted killing by UAVs operated by the CIA and others. This conversation is based on a report just released by a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the topic.
I won't get too into it here other than to say that I would be interested in seeing what others here have to say about the report, and what this adds to our current discussion about our South Asia foreign/military policy.
Frankly, I have not read the report in total yet, but the commentary I've seen so far seems to jibe with what I've heard; the report is seeking to create some kind of international legal basis for unmanned aerial vehicles cruising through anyone's airspace and cratering anyone the operator apparently thinks looks a little terroristy.
mojo sends
