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Anaxagoras -> RE: Who is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientist? (1/22/2012 10:30:52 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Politesub53
Au contraire.
They have a long history of such assassinations going back to the early fifties. Even in the early sixties they were killing foreign scientists working in Egypt.
I would politefully suggest that such operations dating back to just after the State of Israel was founded, makes it as lengthy as one can get, given the relative historical timeline.
As for the US, I cant see Obama sanctioning this, given the situation in the Gulf. Propaganda wise, it would be Irans biggest coup.
I hadn't considered the assassination of two Egyptian military men in 1956 but this was at a time when Egypt was at an outright state of war with Israel, and was openly behind the launching of attacks by the Fedayeen into Israel from Gaza so it would be debated as to whether it is an assassination or what some call a targetted killing of a legitimate enemy military target during what was in essence a period of war. Within a day of Israel's foundation eight Arab countries declared war on it so if there were many killings at that time (I didn't seen any details of killings prior to the 1950's) aimed at these enemies then again it could be argued that it is a legitimate military target unless of course they were civilians.
Your justification for explaining away US involvement seems a little thin. Regardless of what the US do, Iran will always spin propaganda, e.g. drag a nearby yank before the courts as they have done a fair bit. Remember the drone Iran shot down recently? The event has been turned into a video game in Iran where players assemble it to use against the US.
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