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Scotsman: UK Condemns 'Unlawful Killing' of Hamas Leader

Britain strongly condemned the “unlawful” killing by Israeli forces of the spiritual leader of Hamas today and called for restraint from all sides in the Middle East conflict.

Arriving in Brussels for EU talks on new measures to counter international terrorism in the wake of the Madrid train bombs, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw described the targeted assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as “unacceptable and unjustified”.

Mr Straw said he did not believe that Israel would benefit from the killing of an old man in a wheelchair.