Britain’s top secret kill list: How British police backed by GCHQ fed names of drug lords to a US assassination unit, which – under cover of the war on terror – wiped out an innocent family with a missile strike

The sensational claims, which raise disturbing questions about Britain’s involvement in the targeting of aircraft and drone strikes, will be revealed in a 50-page report by the Reprieve human rights charity to be published tomorrow.

It will state that the UK has been a key, long-standing partner in America’s ‘shoot to kill’ policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, targeting not only alleged terrorists, but also supposed drug traffickers, and earmarking them for drone and missile strikes – often on the basis of unsubstantiated ‘intelligence’ which has never been tested in court.

Although the top secret ‘kill list’ has been in existence for years and is continually revised, Britain’s contribution has never been sanctioned by Parliament.

The startling evidence, drawn from leaked official documents, reveals the two agencies involved are the electronic eavesdropping organisation GCHQ, and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), now rebranded as the National Crime Agency (NCA).

British law enforcement and intelligence services have helped draw up an extra-judicial ¿kill list¿ to assassinate the world¿s most wanted terrorists and drug smugglers in foreign countries

British law enforcement and intelligence services have helped draw up an extra-judicial ‘kill list’ to assassinate the world’s most wanted terrorists and drug smugglers in foreign countries

Britain abolished capital punishment in its courts in 1965, but the report says its findings show that ‘Britain now supports the death penalty without any trial at all’.

The leaked documents reveal:

  • The assassination list was known as the ‘Joint Prioritized Effects List’;
  • Alleged drug traffickers, including 50 Afghans, were first put on the kill list in 2009;
  • SOCA and GCHQ have worked closely with US secret intelligence agencies to identify targets;
  • Britain’s Joint Narcotics Analysis Centre in London helped direct strikes in Afghanistan;
  • The targets’ codenames include obscure Scottish towns and British rock bands, such as Judas Priest;
  • An innocent Afghan family was wiped out in a missile strike after one of the men was apparently mistaken for a member of the Taliban on the kill list.

Last night, Tory MP David Davis called for an urgent inquiry, saying: ‘The suggestion a British policing agency should provide intelligence to enable the deliberate killing of drug dealers challenges principles at the heart of British law enforcement. Lethal force is only authorised under British law when it is the sole option available to prevent the immediate loss of innocent life.

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