NB: Saddam Hussein was, at least nominally, tried and executed, not assassinated: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein https://en.wikipe

NB: Saddam Hussein was, at least nominally, tried and executed, not assassinated: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein> I'm not claiming that the trial / execution adhered to any particular standards, just that as an example of an extrajudicial killing the story's a bit shaky. There are other examples to choose from, including the utterly nonjudicial killings of Osama bin Laden (by US forces) or Muammar Gaddafi (by Libyan rebels with at least notional US support). There's a long list of US targeted assassinations as well, from Anwar al-Awlaki (2010), with another 35 intended targets and 200 killed, see: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing#Use_by_United_States_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing#Use_by_United...>. (I'm also not litigating the appropriateness of those actions, rather they're offered as instances where the US government has acted within recent memory to kill designated enemies without judicial process.)