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The lead engineer, Gerald Bull, sounds like a real piece of work. He just really really wanted to make big guns!

• typeofhuman 4y ago
  And for that he paid with his life. It's believed he was killed by the Israelis.
  • kjellsbells 4y ago
    Unsurprisingly, that seems extremely murky to me. If the Israelis had a problem with Bull, why didn't they take it up with Canada or even the US, who would have given them a friendly hearing and been able to find ways to stop Bull without assassination? I mean, a few mill in the bank and a cushy ballistics research job at Lockheed would seem to be reasonable. What am I missing?
    • Yeahsureok 4y ago
      Their extrajudicial killings are about sending a message, not stopping one particular person. This is a half century old policy at this point.
      • kjellsbells 4y ago
        Im not stating any pro or anti statement on Israeli policy here, but if your policy is to send a message by assassination and you spend half a century doing it, perhaps the message is not getting through.
        • Pomelolo 4y ago
          Count Folke Bernadotte