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Secret RAF drone strike kills two Britons in Syria
Campaigners blast ‘extrajudicial killing’ authorised by National Security Council

DAVID CAMERON revealed yesterday that the RAF carried out a secret drone strike in Syria which killed two British citizens fighting for Islamic State (Isis).

The Prime Minister insisted the strike was “necessary and proportionate” to stop attacks being planned on Britain.

But campaigners described it as a an “extrajudicial killing” that “violated” the will of Parliament.

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