A veteran Labour MP has lashed out at US President Barack Obama over the "assassination" of Osama bin Laden.
Former minister Gerald Kaufman labelled the president a "sanctimonious version of Ronald Reagan and George W Bush" over the mission to kill the al Qaida leader.
Speaking during a Commons foreign affairs debate he accused the White House of turning the operation into "reality TV".
Sir Gerald told MPs: "I shed no tears for Osama bin Laden, a monster responsible for this century's most lurid atrocity.
"However for Barack Obama to violate another country's sovereignty by sending in an assassination squad must arouse deep concern, especially as the White House has made so many conflicting statements that it is impossible to know what really happened at Abbottabad.
"Was bin Laden armed and did he seek to resist with arms, thus provoking the Americans to kill him? Did he try to use women as human shields?
"Or was he unarmed? Was any real attempt made to take him alive and put him on trial for his crimes?
"The way the White House has handled this situation has turned killing into reality TV."
The attack had created a "lethal aftermath" with dozens of Pakistanis killed by Taliban suicide bombers in a "revenge attack".
Sir Gerald said: "This latest episode confirms to me at any rate that Obama is simply a sanctimonious version of Ronald Reagan and George W Bush, for example breaking his pledge to shut down the Guantanamo Bay illegal torture camp."
