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Assassination is the deliberate killing of an important person, usually a political figure or other strategically important individual. An assassin (one who carries out an assassination), or the assassin's employer, usually has an ideological or political agenda, and regards the target as a serious obstacle to furthering their agenda. Other motivations may be money (in the case of a contract killing), revenge, or acts of espionage at the request of a government. Assassination, like companion terms such as terrorism and freedom fighter, is often considered to be a loaded term.
Some governments use the euphemism targeted killing as the name for the controversial strategy to save their citizens' lives whereby anticipated acts of terrorism are prevented by assassinating a person deemed to be related to those acts.
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@Seriou Vietnam war, assassinations should have removed any trace of hope for the future u may have had. Perhaps why we had such hope 4 BHO
rc2u (Ross) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:38:45 -0000
@Seriou Vietnam war, assassinations should have removed any trace of hope for the future u may have had. Perhaps why we had such hope 4 BHO
I favorited a YouTube video -- CIA Swine Flu Assassinations, Vaccinations & Depopulation http://bit.ly/15oaDp
GaryL_ (Gary Long) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:09:50 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- CIA Swine Flu Assassinations, Vaccinations & Depopulation http://bit.ly/15oaDp
Maoists threaten bloodbath, rumours of political assassinations, largest entourage ofMinisters on freebie to Copenhagen, all normal in Nepal
globalhlthtwit (Anthony Costello) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:04:27 -0000
Maoists threaten bloodbath, rumours of political assassinations, largest entourage ofMinisters on freebie to Copenhagen, all normal in Nepal
@scottferg I'm good at the assassinations when the idiot doesn't walk into a room of 15 bad guys.
jimbellizzi (JimBellizzi) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:53:16 -0000
@scottferg I'm good at the assassinations when the idiot doesn't walk into a room of 15 bad guys.
@aravindadiga : Your Between the Assassinations is on one of the top 10 for 2009 lists in Shelf Awareness http://tinyurl.com/ycb7cpe !
One4TheBooks (Mary Louise Ruehr) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:40:05 -0000
@aravindadiga : Your Between the Assassinations is on one of the top 10 for 2009 lists in Shelf Awareness http://tinyurl.com/ycb7cpe !
Blackwater founder tells of extensive Government-contracted assassinations http://j.mp/77gJDu
obamascare (Obama Scare) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:56:15 -0000
Blackwater founder tells of extensive Government-contracted assassinations http://j.mp/77gJDu
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Shoot-Out on Pennsylvania Avenue - Article on the attempted assassination of President Harry S. Truman.
Meta Description: [ Thanks to the actions of the men assigned to protect him, President Harry S. Truman survived a harrowing attempt on his life by two Puerto Rican nationalists. ]
The Assassination Web - Offers information on the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK. Free newsletter, tape store, and bookstore relating to assassinations.
Meta Description: [ Imagi-vision, Inc. and the Assassination Web offer
information on the JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations. ]
The Attempted Assassination of George Wallace - Account of Arthur Bremer's 1972 attempt on the life of Alabama Governor, and Presidential hopeful, Wallace. Written by Denise Noe
Meta Description: [ Arthur Bremer tried to fill the void in his miserable
life by taking the life of Gov. George Wallace in 1972. He failed on both
counts. ]
Was FDR Assassinated? - Brief description of author Bill Hanson's Closely Guarded Secrets: The Assassination of FDR. Suggests FDR died at the hands of a Nazi assassination team.
Whole World Was Watching - Oral history project that includes material on the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy.
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