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Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] (102–44 B.C.) murdered by conspirators. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar] king killed by the people, who were horrified at his murderous family. [Br. Legend and Lit.: Benét, 410] assassinated Hipparchus, brother of the tyrant Hippias. [Gk. Hist.: EB (1963) XI, 198] Caesar killed by opposing factions (44 B.C.). [Rom. Hist.: EB, 3: 575–580] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He and his family or senior cronies are responsible for political murder and the dispatch of terrorists into Iraq. Iraq cannot survive if Iraqi politicians feel safe only in the fortified confines of the Green Zone and if the Baghdad morgue fills up each day with the victims of political murder. Terrorists have declared war on civilisation, and states like Iran, Iraq and Syria are inspiring and financing a culture of political murder and suicide bombing. |
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