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Noam Chomsky, Truthout: 'The May 1 U.S. attack on Osama bin Laden s compound violated multiple elementary norms of international law, beginning with the invasion of Pakistani territory. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by the 79 commandos facing almost no opposition. President Obama announced that 'justice has been done.' Many did not agree - even close allies. British barrister Geoffrey Robertson, who generally supported the operation, nevertheless described Obama s claim as an 'absurdity' that should have been obvious to a former professor of constitutional law.'

http://www.truth-out.org/revenge-killing-osama-bin-laden/1306865820



Dumb Question of the 21st Century: Is It Legal?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: 'Is the Libyan war legal? Was Bin Laden s killing legal? Is it legal for the president of the United States to target an American citizen for assassination? Were those 'enhanced interrogation techniques' legal? These are all questions raised in recent weeks. Each seems to call out for debate, for answers. Or does it? Now, you couldn t call me a legal scholar. I have never set foot inside a law school, and in 66 years only made it onto a single jury (dismissed before trial when the civil suit was settled out of court). Still, I feel at least as capable as any constitutional law professor of answering such questions. My answer is this: they are irrelevant.'

http://www.truth-out.org/dumb-question-twenty-first-century-it-legal/1306847372

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