''The strikes take place over a vast territory from Somali and Yemen to Afghanistan and Pakistan. And the number of strikes has intensified in the last year. Only since April this year, there have been 14 such strikes in Yemen, and 6 in Pakistan.
Most of the people targeted for such strikes are foreign nationals, but occasionally there are American citizens among them, who are "brought to justice" in this extrajudicial procedure. And commentators say that Barack Obama is the first U.S. president who has acquired the right to single-handedly decide to be "judge, jury, and executioner.''
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