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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] |
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These apparently do not include, however, Israel's wall, checkpoints, settlements, arrests, incursions, home demolitions and targeted assassinations. It immediately sent a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin asking his government "to voice its opposition to (the killings) and to all targeted assassinations. Another screening focused on the Middle East conflict, documenting targeted assassinations by the Israeli services and the massacre of Palestinian civilians by Lebanese militia in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. |
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