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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Targeted killing is the premeditated killing (assassination) of an individual by a state organization or institution outside a judicial procedure or a battlefield.Targeted killings were employed extensively by death squads in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Haiti within the context of civil unrest and war during the 1980s and 1990s. Targeted killings have also been used in Somalia, Rwanda, and in the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars. The United States government has also practiced targeted killings, as with the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Targeted killings have also been used by narcotics traffickers.Use of targeted killings by conventional military forces became commonplace after the Second Intifada, when Israeli security forces used the tactic to kill Palestinian opponents. Though initially opposed by the Bush Administration, targeted killings have become a frequent tactic of the United States government in the War on Terror. Instances of targeted killing by the United States that have received significant attention include the killing of Osama bin Laden and of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and his teenage son in 2011. Under the Obama administration use of targeted killings has expanded, most frequently through use of combat drones operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen.The legality of targeted killing is disputed. Some academics, military personnel and officials describe targeted killing as legitimate within the context of self-defense, when employed against terrorists or combatants engaged in asymmetrical warfare. They argue that drones are more humane and more accurate than manned vehicles. Others, including academics such as Gregory Johnsen and Charles Schmitz, twenty-six members of Congress, some media sources (Jeremy Scahill, James Traub), civil rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and ex-CIA station chief in Islamabad, Robert Grenier have criticized targeted killings as similar to assassinations or extrajudicial killings, which are illegal within the United States and under international law."@en }

• Targeted_killing abstract "Targeted killing is the premeditated killing (assassination) of an individual by a state organization or institution outside a judicial procedure or a battlefield.Targeted killings were employed extensively by death squads in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Haiti within the context of civil unrest and war during the 1980s and 1990s. Targeted killings have also been used in Somalia, Rwanda, and in the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars. The United States government has also practiced targeted killings, as with the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Targeted killings have also been used by narcotics traffickers.Use of targeted killings by conventional military forces became commonplace after the Second Intifada, when Israeli security forces used the tactic to kill Palestinian opponents. Though initially opposed by the Bush Administration, targeted killings have become a frequent tactic of the United States government in the War on Terror. Instances of targeted killing by the United States that have received significant attention include the killing of Osama bin Laden and of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and his teenage son in 2011. Under the Obama administration use of targeted killings has expanded, most frequently through use of combat drones operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen.The legality of targeted killing is disputed. Some academics, military personnel and officials describe targeted killing as legitimate within the context of self-defense, when employed against terrorists or combatants engaged in asymmetrical warfare. They argue that drones are more humane and more accurate than manned vehicles. Others, including academics such as Gregory Johnsen and Charles Schmitz, twenty-six members of Congress, some media sources (Jeremy Scahill, James Traub), civil rights groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and ex-CIA station chief in Islamabad, Robert Grenier have criticized targeted killings as similar to assassinations or extrajudicial killings, which are illegal within the United States and under international law.".