Assassination is an enduring political tool, but how effective is it? - Opinion | Daily Mirror
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“The assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his key lieutenants is a classic example of an assassination that, instead of giving a death blow to Iran, only made it stronger.”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm or refute claims about Khamenei's assassination impact on Iran
“The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1948), Indira Gandhi (1984) and Rajiv Gandhi (1991), people rallied around the assassinated leaders rather than the cause upheld by the assassins.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify Gandhi assassinations' impact on their causes
“Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards to avenge the storming of the main Sikh shrine at Amritsar resulted in the massacre of thousands of Sikhs in Delhi and North India.”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm Sikh massacre following Indira Gandhi's assassination
“Rajiv Gandhi’s killing by the Tamil Tigers led to the alienation of India from their cause in Sri Lanka, grievously injuring their separatist cause.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify India's response to Rajiv Gandhi's assassination
“The assassination of Sri Lankan leaders S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, R. Premadasa, Gamini Dissanayake, Lalith Athulathmudali, Ranjan Wijeratne, Vijaya Kumaratunga and Lakshman Kadirgamar by the Tamil Tigers only increased the resolve of the State to fight the LTTE.”
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— No evidence in archive to assess Tamil Tiger assassinations' impact on Sri Lankan state resolve
“The slaying of moderate Tamil leaders A. Amirthalingam, M. Sivasithambaram and Neelan Tiruchelvam failed to blunt the moderates’ ardour to work for a negotiated solution to the Tamil question.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify effect of moderate Tamil leader assassinations
“The assassination of Abraham Lincoln for his anti-slavery agenda resulted in his successor Andrew Johnson promoting anti-Black policies, though Lincoln’s agenda was eventually accepted by Americans.”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm Andrew Johnson's policies post-Lincoln assassination
“The Islamic regime in Iran survived because it was a deep-rooted organisation and ideologically strong.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify causes of Iranian regime's survival
“The first well-known historical political assassination was that of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE by Roman senators.”
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— No evidence in archive to confirm Julius Caesar assassination as first political assassination
“The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 triggered World War I.”
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— No evidence in archive to verify assassination's role in triggering WWI
“Queen Victoria famously survived seven assassination attempts during her long reign.”
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“The killing of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 was a hallmark of the 19th century for its impact on civil rights in the US.”
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“The Germans planned to assassinate Joseph Stalin, along with British PM Winston Churchill and the US president F.D. Roosevelt, in Yalta in 1943, but failed.”
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“The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, Pakistan Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, Ceylonese Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike in 1959 and Swedish PM Olof Palme in 1986.”
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“US President William McKinley’s 1901 assassination brought Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency, who pursued more progressive domestic policies and an assertive foreign policy.”
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“John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 created an atmosphere of heightened tension and uncertainty.”
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“The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was a significant setback for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.”
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“There were 42 attempts to kill Hitler fromรก1944, and the 1944 Hitler plot failed.”
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“The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was a significant setback for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, demonstrating how the death of a key leader can derail peace efforts.”
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