Lawyers for the family of a man killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan said they would begin legal action against Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague today, accusing him of complicity in strikes they say broke international laws.
London law firm Leigh Day Co said it had “credible, unchallenged” evidence that Mr Hague oversaw a policy of passing British intelligence to US forces planning attacks against militants in Pakistan. It plans to issue formal proceedings against Mr Hague at the High Court in London on behalf of Noor Khan, whose father died in a drone attack last year. Malik Daud Khan was part of a local jirga, or council of elders, holding a meeting in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan when a missile from the drone hit the group, the firm said. – (Reuters)