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> a member of the plot to murder four exiled opposition leaders in a Berlin restaurant in 1992; and the father of Imad Mughniyeh, the Hezbollah commander believ
by peisistratos 7y ago
> a member of the plot to murder four exiled opposition leaders in a Berlin restaurant in 1992; and the father of Imad Mughniyeh, the Hezbollah commander believed to be responsible for the bombings that killed more than two hundred and fifty Americans in Beirut in 1983. Mughniyeh was assassinated in 2008, purportedly by Israeli agents.
The Iranians killing their enemies is "murder", the Israelis doing the same is "assassination" - OK, got it.
- liuliu 7y agoAssassination: murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assassination https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assassination
- WaxProlix 7y agoAre you implying that there's no difference in connotation or bias implied in these words because the one - by some definition - implies the other?