President Obama's Administration Prefers To Kill Terrorists Than Capturing Them

Drone strike in Pakistan. The compound was used by local militants attached
to the Haqqani network. Photo from DAWN

Under Obama, More Targeted Killings Than Captures In Counterterrorism Efforts -- Washington Post

In Afghanistan, the massive U.S.-run prison at the Bagram air base is scheduled to be relinquished to the Afghan government by the end of the year. Its 750 prisoners include about 30 foreigners, some of them captured in other countries and brought there. But recent legal decisions, and Afghan government restrictions, have largely eliminated that option.

"In some cases," the senior military official said, captives in Afghanistan have been taken to "other facilities" maintained by Special Operations forces. Such detentions, even on a temporary basis, have become more difficult because of legal and human rights concerns, he said.

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My Comment: With a lack of a detention policy .... liquidating Al Qaeda and Taliban commanders and leaders is becoming (for this US administration) the preferred option of choice. Is this a good thing? On a purely emotional level there is some satisfaction to seeing Al Qaeda leaders killed, but from an intelligence perspective these individuals are probably more valuable alive than dead.