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Is assasination a legitimate way to conduct foreign policy and/or police operations? As everyone knows, the state of Isreal has been carrying out assasinations of alleged terrorists ( I say alleged only (and precisely) because none of these men were tried before execution). In none of these cases did Israeli authorities attempt to apprehend the target before terminating him.
Is it legitimate for a state to kill someone who threatens its interests? What's the difference between targeting a specific someone vs. a collective enemy, such as the army of another nation? Is there a difference between a state targeting "foreign" nationals vs. citizens of the state?
Here are some article about the current wave of assasinations:
Israel Hunts Terrorists Amid Controversey- obviously slanted towards Israel, but provides a unique window into how the assasinations are planned and carried out.
Particularly interesting is the paragraph towards the end of the article, which I will quote below:
quote:Last November, undercover agents planted a bomb in the driver's side headrest of a 1996 Subaru. It belonged to a 24-year-old Palestinian informant named Allan Bani Odeh, of the West Bank town of Nablus. Agents urged Bani Odeh to lend the car to his cousin, Ibrahim, a 31-year-old Hamas activist.
Two days later, on Nov. 23, Bani Odeh called his Shin Bet handler and told him his cousin would be in his car at 10 a.m. At 10:12 a.m., Israeli security officials detonated the explosive by remote control, blowing off the Hamas leader's head. Palestinian police arrested the cousin who collaborated with the Israelis and executed him by firing squad on Jan. 13 in Nablus.
Looks like Israel hangs its friends out to die.
Account of a Helicopter Assasination |
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