Thanks, Mike, for your ever-direct response. Sounds to me like it's a delicate legal question that will have to be addressed sooner rather than later if we are to have clear parameters for engaging HVTs in the future. I only hope that the view that you, I, and, as far as I can tell, most of SWJ hold on the legality of such a raid prevails under international scrutiny or I despair at the future of global counter-terrorism.

Regards,

Stefan