assassination incidents

So far we have seen 2 attempts, and the first one was almost successful. So I wonder, if there is a dramatically increased likehood of another attempt, considering how divisive and potentially dangerous he is. What's your opinion on this, is it lower, higher or just average, and why do you think so?

Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was killed overnight in a "coordinated, multi-person" attack on his home in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The acting Haiti Prime Minister, Claude Joseph, has declared a "State Of Siege" (a level between "State of Emergency" and "State of War") closing the...

Well this could get fun. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/turkey-russian-ambassador-shot/index.html?adkey=bn How will President Putin respond? Will he give up control of the US to Donald Trump for a week?

I'm confused as to why there isn't a thread for this. I'm at work and can't discuss. http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/1877364/report-narendra-dabholkar-murder-suspect-s-sketch-released

Yasser Arafat died in 2004 at age 75. According to some sources, he had been in reasonably good health, when he abruptly took a turn for the worse and died. Rumors circulated that Arafat had met with foul play. Suspicion quickly fell upon Israel, perhaps due to certain government sources...

let's not forget american nastiness on another sept 11... http://ilovechile.cl/2011/09/09/sept-11-chile-history-expect/30715 Since Salvador Allende became the first democratically-elected Marxist leader in Chile on Sept. 4, 1970 with 36.6 percent of the vote, years of investments in the economy...

UN report today. Early reports are that it was ordered by Khamenei because he was too close to the Saudis. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4013827,00.html http://lawhawk.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-wonder-hizbullah-brought-down.html

The Pakistani lawyer's association, which figured so prominently in the mostly-secular protests against Musharrif's regime, is apparently turning in a more fundamentalist direction: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/14/132924332/Pakistani-Lawyers-Make-Governors-Assassin-A-Hero NPR's Morning Edition...

Reported by NBC now, wow Pakistan is screwed. Long list of suspects in this one, including Musharref.

It was just announced that Pierre Gemayel, a Christian cabinet minister, was shot and killed in Lebanon. Some in the Lebanese government are accusing Syria of being behind it. More to come... :wackyno:

No, not Yasser. His cousin Moussa. Link. I got an idea! Let's give them a state!

Hariri and 20 others were killed by a massive bomb in Beirut on Feb. 14th, 2005 (emphasis mine)... I believe Syria did assasinate Hariri because he was anti-Syrian and one of the most powerful men in Lebanon. The UN Security Council even went so far as to issue a statement calling on all...

The governor of Baghdad province was assassinated Tuesday morning in the Iraqi capital, an Iraq Interior Ministry official said. It's been almost two years now since the US and a handful of allies invaded Iraq in order to bring stability to the region. (At least, that's the most recent story...