Assassination is an enduring political tool, but how effective is it? - Opinion | Daily Mirror
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What happened
Reply To: Name - Reply Comment The body of Mahatma Gandhi Overall, the weapon assassination is like a double-edged sword - it can cut both ways.
Why it matters
Unless used intelligently and after a careful analysis of the victim to be, it could damage the cause of the assassin, whether the perpetrator is an individual or a State All through history, assassination has been resorted to by the power-hungry and the…
Common ground
It has been used in palace power struggles, as a tool to further a political cause, or to redress a deeply felt grievance.
Perspective signals
No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.
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Claim 1: “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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Claim 2: “The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 triggered World War I.”
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Claim 3: “The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 was a significant setback for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.”
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Claim 4: “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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Claim 5: “There were 42 attempts to kill Hitler fromรก1944, and the 1944 Hitler plot failed.”
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Claim 6: “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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Claim 7: “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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Claim 8: “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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Claim 9: “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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Claim 10: “John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 created an atmosphere of heightened tension and uncertainty.”
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Claim 11: “The Islamic regime in Iran survived because it was a deep-rooted organisation and ideologically strong.”
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Claim 12: “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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Claim 13: “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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Claim 14: “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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Claim 15: “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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Claim 16: “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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Claim 17: “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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Claim 18: “The first well-known historical political assassination was that of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE by Roman senators.”
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Claim 19: “Queen Victoria famously survived seven assassination attempts during her long reign.”
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