But one aspect of the white paper has received less attention than it should. The document repeatedly states that its analysis applies only to an American killed abroad. The analysis seems to assume a strike akin to that involving Anwar al-Awlaki,an American al Qaeda member killed in September 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. drone.But why stop there? Despite the government’s insistence that it is talking only about strikes abroad,could al-Awlaki have been targeted if,instead of Yemen,he was in Yonkers?The answer seems to be yes. In fact,
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His statement will be seen as a rebuke to Harriet Harman and other Labour MPs, who said yesterday that Hunt should answer questions on the affair in the Commons, and to John Bercow, the Commons Speaker,
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1.37pm: Dorries is still speaking. But MPs are getting restless. Frank Field,
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