A “double-tap” is a term for a hitman’s strike: one bullet in the heart and then one in the head to make sure the target is dead. Jerome Taylor for The Independent: More and more, while the overall frequency of strikes has fallen since a Nato attack in 2011 killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and strained US-Pakistan relations, initial strikes are now followed up by further missiles in a tactic which lawyers and campaigners say is killing an even greater number of civilians. The tactic has cast such a shadow of fear over strike zones that rescuers often wait for hours before daring to visit the scene of an attack. Full report is here.
