- The Assassination of Orlando Letelier and the Politics of Silence https://theintercept.com/2016/09/21/the-assassination-of-orlando-letelier-and-the-politics-of-silence/ 3 comments politics
- Surprising U.S. political assassinations that have been forgotten in history http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-lesser-known-u-s-political-assassinations 9 comments history
- How Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination Derailed American Politics https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/02/sirhan-sirhan-robert-kennedy-assassination-508476 4 comments politics
- Akin says that like Joe McCarthy, he was victim of political assassination http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gateway-to-dc/akin-says-that-like-joe-mccarthy-he-was-victim-of/article_2171b953-43a2-5187-8186-a3b5770d8a6b.html 11 comments politics
- Advice required: Asked to provide secure email and documents to victim of attempted political assassination. http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases_nc/2011/2011_01_03_ti_maldives_condemns_stabbing_velezinee 23 comments linux
- 10 Political Assassinations That Changed the Course of History http://www.budgetlife.com/blog/assassinations/ 4 comments politics
- Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-immunity-supreme-court_n_662a6777e4b09d8df9d5b71f?n8g= 371 comments politics
- Trump's lawyer argues that a president can order SEAL Team Six to assassinate his political rival if Congress is cool with it https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-appeals-hearing-lawyer-argues-president-rival-assassinated-congress-2024-1 1439 comments politics
- A group of political ‘assassins’ is quietly threatening American democracy, a new book says https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/us/tyranny-of-the-minority-american-democracy-cec/index.html 19 comments politics
- Iran attempted political assassination in Denmark: PET https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/iran-attempted-assassination-in-denmark-pet 9 comments worldnews
- Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/31/hamass-political-chief-ismail-haniyeh-assassinated-in-iran-state-media 162 comments europe
- Gaddafi killed by French assassin to silence him about European political deals? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210759/gaddafi-killed-french-secret-serviceman-orders-nicolas-sarkozy-sources-claim.html 5 comments worldnews
- Glenn Beck Flips Out and Claims The GOP Is Trying to Politically Assassinate Him http://www.politicususa.com/en/glenn-beck-gop-assassinate 6 comments politics
- US believes elements within Ukraine's government authorized assassination near Moscow, sources say | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/us-intelligence-ukraine-dugina-assassination/index.html 14 comments worldnews
- Et tu, Matteo? How Giuseppe Conte survived political assassination | Italian prime minister looked to be on his way out but, once again, he’s pulled through. https://www.politico.eu/article/giuseppe-conte-confidence-vote-government-italy-matteo-renzi/ 4 comments europe
- Iraqi Parliament Votes to Expel All American Troops and Submit UN Complaint Against US for Violation of Sovereignty: "What happened was a political assassination. Iraq cannot accept this." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/05/iraqi-parliament-votes-expel-all-american-troops-and-submit-un-complaint-against-us 686 comments worldnews
- Iran attempted political assassination in Denmark: PET (Danish intelligence services) https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/iran-attempted-assassination-in-denmark-pet 370 comments worldnews
- Iran attempted political assassination in Denmark: PET (Danish intelligence services) https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/iran-attempted-assassination-in-denmark-pet 4 comments europe
- A Political leader contacts TTP terrorists for assassination of PM Imran Khan: Sources - Leaks Day https://leaksday.com/pakistan/122/amp/ 33 comments pakistan
- Putin Compares Deaths of His Political Opponents to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination http://time.com/5340472/putin-political-opponents-jfk-martin-luther-king-assasination/ 58 comments worldnews
- The unfinished piece by the assassinated Slovak jounalist Ján Kuciak: 'Italian mafia in Slovakia. Its tentacles reach also to politics' https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/568007/talianska-mafia-na-slovensku-jej-chapadla-siahaju-aj-do-politiky/ 5 comments europe
- In a history littered with political corpses, Trump’s assassination hint is a dangerous new low http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/in-a-history-littered-with-political-corpses-trumps-assassination-hint-is-a-dangerous-new-low/article31340453/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referrer:+social+network+/+media&utm_campaign=shared+web+article+links 48 comments politics
- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin against accusations that he has assassinated political adversaries and journalists, responding to criticism from his rivals over his embrace of praise from the Russian leader. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/20/donald-trump-on-putin-nobody-has-proven-that-hes-killed-anyone/ 3 comments politics
- WikiLeaks cables: Syria believed Israel was behind sniper killing. Assassination of Syrian president's top security aide caused anxiety among the political elite http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/20/wikileaks-cables-syria-sniper-killing 3 comments worldnews
- "The notion that the President has such an unconstrained, unchecked power [to assassinate Americans away from the battlefield] is...a blatant distortion of everything our political system is supposed to be..." http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/10/02/assassinations 18 comments politics
- Task Force 373 and Targeted Assassinations: US Elite Unit Could Create Political Fallout for Berlin http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,708407,00.html 8 comments worldnews
- FBI probing motives, background of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Western Pa. gunman behind Donald Trump assassination attempt | Former classmates described Crooks as politically conservative and a "loner." Authorities believe the AR-15-style rifle he used belonged to his father. https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/thomas-matthew-crooks-trump-shooter-id-butler-20240714.html 457 comments politics
- Trump Claims Near Limitless Power in D.C. Immunity Hearing | Trump's lawyers literally argued the president could use Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival and not face criminal prosecution. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-near-limitless-power-in-dc-immunity-hearing 563 comments politics
- Darya Dugina death: US believes elements within Ukraine's government authorized assassination near Moscow, sources say | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/politics/us-intelligence-ukraine-dugina-assassination/index.html 61 comments europe
- UK-based TV station fined for anti-Ahmadi Muslim hate speech; The guest, who appeared on the Point of View show, which was made in Pakistan, claimed Ahmadi people had “committed acts of murder, terrorism and treason as well as undertaking political assassinations” https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-based-tv-station-fined-130940054.html 3 comments worldnews
- During the time of the Red Scare/McCarthyism, where there any legitimate investigations into Russian influence, or was it all political assassination without basis? Either way, what context do those events provide for other, similar historical investigations in the US? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/amg9wt/during_the_time_of_the_red_scaremccarthyism_where/ 27 comments history
- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the killings of around 1,000 criminals and political opponents while he was a city mayor - and shot one of them himself, a former assassin has claimed. http://news.sky.com/story/philippines-president-ordered-1000-killings-while-still-mayor-10578633 7 comments worldnews
- What were the politics of the assassins of Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914? Notes of interviews between psychoanalyst Dr Martin Pappenheim and Gavrilo Princip https://libcom.org/history/did-teenage-anarchists-trigger-world-war-one-what-was-politics-assassins-franz-ferdinand 26 comments history
- Lebanese security forces detained 12 men in a Beirut hotel on Friday, in what local news media reported was a move to capture members of the Sunni militant group ISIS who were suspected of plotting to assassinate a leading Shiite political figure http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/world/middleeast/a-dozen-men-reportedly-islamist-militants-detained-in-beirut-hotel.html?smid=re-share 6 comments worldnews
- In a startling statement, the chairman of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has threatened to assassinate the head of the political bureau of Hamas. http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2321-meshaal-told-to-choose-between-committing-to-quartets-conditions-and-bin-ladens-fate 51 comments worldnews
- Today in Political History: The first recorded assassination attempt on a US President ends with Andrew Jackson beating the living sh*t out of the would-be assassin http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/web/20070130-richard-lawrence-andrew-jackson-assassination-warren-r-davis.shtml 19 comments politics
- Monday marks the 3rd anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Two US political strategists began making a documentary shortly after her death which is being released this month. The filmmakers talk about Bhutto's legacy and why she risked everything to devote herself to politics. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,736676,00.html 15 comments worldnews
- Henry Kissinger canceled a warning against carrying out international political assassinations just days before a former Chilean ambassador was killed in Washington, according to a newly released State Department cable. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7579042/henry-kissinger-cancelled-warning-against-political-assassinations.html 10 comments politics
- Sign the Petition: The script for the upcoming "The Kennedys" miniseries on The History Channel is right-wing character assassination, not "history." Until The History Channel stops running politically motivated fiction as historical "fact," I will refuse to watch their programming. http://stopkennedysmears.com/?utm_source=rgemail 11 comments reddit.com
- Why We Must Remain Vigilant Of Fox News And Glenn Beck: A Leaflet Distributed In Dallas On The Day Of JFK's Assassination Shows The Price Of Encouraging Political Violence [interesting pic] http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/10/20/the-price-of-encouraging-political-violence/? 47 comments politics