EU rejects assassination as tool to fight terrorism
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union does not support the idea of using assassinations in the fight against terrorism, EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Frattini was responding to comments made by German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who said in an interview that Germany should clarify under what conditions the constitution permits the state to target and kill terrorists.
"The fact that we fight terrorism cannot mean that we kill people," Frattini said in an interview with Financial Times Deutschland daily.
"I'm against all forms of the death penalty," he added.
In an interview published in this week's issue of German weekly Der Spiegel, Schaeuble said: "Imagine someone knew what cave Osama bin Laden is sitting in. A remote-controlled missile could then be fired in order to kill him."
Schaeuble also pressed for changes in laws to allow pre-emptive detention of suspected militants and said authorities should have the right to prevent people they deem dangerous from using the Internet and mobile phones.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
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