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Assassination

Assassination is the wilful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person—especially a prominent or important one—typically for political, social, or ideological reasons. Assassinations may be ordered by individuals or organizations, and carried out by their accomplices; sometimes the assailant acts alone. Acts of assassination have been performed…

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Assassination

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related to Further reading · 41
Assassination → America's History, American Assassins, April, Assassination Attempts, Ayton, Begin, Clarke, Crazy Political Assassins Didn't, Customary IHL Database, Defining Danger, Edinburgh University Press, Hague Conventions, History, History News Network, Hoover, ISBN, James, Kill, Leonard, Lindsay
related to External links · 28
Assassination → April, Archived January, Bush, CIA, CIA Assassination Order, CNN, David, Defence, Democracy Now, European Journal, Executive Order, Extra-Judicial Executions, Ford's, George, However, International Law, Is, Kretzmer, Law Center, Legitimate Means
related to Cold War to present · 26
Assassination → After, Ali Fallahian, Argentina, At, Chile, Cold War, Evidence, Fallahian's, German, In India, Iran, Iranian, Iranian Revolution, Islamic, Islamic Republic, Israel, Mahatma Gandhi, Most, Mykonos, Paraguay
related to As a tool of insurgents · 22
Assassination → Bloody Sunday, Brighton, British, British Prime Minister Margaret, Catholics, Conservative Party Conference, Dublin, Independence, Irish, Irish War, Loyalist, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Provisional IRA, Royal Irish Constabulary Police, Squad, Thatcher, The, The IRA, The Irish Republican Army
related to Ancient to medieval times · 18
Assassination → Achaemenid Dynasty, Amenemhat, BC, BC Chinese, Between, Egyptian, Instructions, It, Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty, New Kingdom Twentieth Dynasty, Old Kingdom Sixth Dynasty, Persian, Ramesses III, Teti, The Art, The Egyptian, Two, War
related to Targeted killing · 17
Assassination → Abraham, Armed Conflict, Assassinations, Gary, Georgetown University Law Center, International Humanitarian Law, New York, On, Sofaer, Solis, Southern District, Targeted, The, The Law, Third Geneva Convention, US District Court, War
related to history · 14
Assassination → Alberico Gentili, Bakumatsu, Balthazar Ayala, Boshin War, During, Four Hitokiri, Hugo Grotius's, Ii Naosuke, In, In Japan, Inejiro Asanuma, Japan, Most, Tokugawa
related to As a military and foreign policy doctrine · 11
Assassination → BC, For, It, Machiavelli, One, Over, Sun Tzu, The, The Art, The Prince, War
has method · 7
Assassination → Archduke Franz Ferdinand's, Balkans, Explosives, Israeli, Middle East, RPG, With
related to Early forms · 5
Assassination → Failure, Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister Indira, One, Sikh

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