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Police forces launch campaign to tackle radicalisation in Wales
Police forces across Wales have launched a campaign to identify the signs of radicalisation in universities and the wider community. It comes in the week the Prime Minister announced the death of twenty one year old Reyaad Khan, from Cardiff, who was killed by an RAF drone in Syria. He'd travelled out to the fight in the country in 2013.
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Welsh police forces launch anti-radicalisation campaign
Police forces across Wales have launched a campaign to identify the signs of radicalisation in universities and the wider community.
It comes in the week the Prime Minister announced the death of 21-year-old Reyaad Khan, from Cardiff, who was killed by an RAF drone in Syria.
He'd travelled out to the fight in the country in 2013.
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Defence Secretary: Airstrike on IS Brits 'absolutely legal'
It was "extremely likely" that an armed attack was to be carried out by the British members of the so-called Islamic State who were killed by an RAF airstrike in Syria, the Defence Secretary has said.
Speaking on GMB, Michael Fallon said that strike was "absolutely legal" but was unable to give further details about the planned attack on British soil, but confirmed a public event was the target.
It is the right of any country to defend itself against armed attack, Mr Fallon said.
"There was no other way of dealing with these particular terrorists, they weren't going to come back to this country to be prosecuted or stand trial", he said.
Experts say that Armed Forces Day or the VJ Day celebrations were the most likely targets.
Fallon swerved questions about a government sanctioned "kill-list", insisting that it was the IS militants that had such list but said but said he "would not hesitate" to carry out a similar strike.
Cardiff terrorist killed in 'precision airstrike' says PM
Two British citizens who were fighting for Islamic State were killed by the RAF an "act of self defence" says David Cameron.
One of those who killed in the drone strike was Reyaad Khan from Cardiff.
The strike was "entirely lawful" the PM said in a statement to the Commons.
We couldn't risk "terrorism and chaos" says PM
Question by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman about the legal basis for authorising an RAF drone strike to kill Reyaad Khan from Cardiff, the Prime Minister confirmed that the Isis fighter was targeted in way that Britain had never done before in a country where our troops were not deployed. He said there was no other option because Khan was in Raqqa, a town in a part of Syria with no effective government.
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Family of UK drone victim 'didn't know he was killed by RAF'
The family of UK drone strike victim Reyaad Khan "were not aware" he had been killed by the RAF until Prime Minister David Cameron announced it in parliament today, ITV News understands.
Khan, a UK jihadi, was reportedly killed by a British missile on August 21.
UK missile strike to kill jihadi in Syria 'significant'
Cardiff terrorist planning 'barbaric acts' killed, says PM
The Government says it has killed an Isis terrorist from Cardiff.
The Prime Minister has told The Commons that Reyaad Khan was killed in an air strike in Syria on the 21st August.
David Cameron said Reyaad Khan was recruiting sympathisers and organising "babaric acts" with the intention of "murdering" British citizens.
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