Droner - Britisk presse om drapet på to britiske jihadister i Syria

The deaths of British jihadists Ruhul Amin and Reyaad Khan in an RAF drone strike in Syria spark a major debate in Wednesday's press.

Amin and Khan had joined with Islamic State extremists and had been linked with potential plots to attack targets within the UK.
The Daily Mail says the pair were on a "kill list" of at least 10 British jihadists earmarked as possible targets for the missile-armed Reaper drones.
The paper says the list has been drawn up by "MI5, MI6 , GCHQ and the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre" and contains jihadists deemed to be "directing operations" from Syria - encouraging attacks on targets in Europe.

Reaper - Photo: General Dynamics

Writer Michael Burleigh argues in the Mail that despite questions over the strike's legality "we need to grow up and recognise that drones - used judiciously and specifically targeted - are one of the most effective weapons in our arsenal".
However, the paper's editorial (whilst emphasising that it "shed no tears" for Amin and Khan) says that drone strikes may be "counterproductive" by killing civilians and "creating 100 new jihadis" for every one who is killed.