originally posted by: TheBulk
a reply to: Willtell
You don't think its hypocritical to cheer on Russia's wars around the world, but condemn the US for trying to do good in the world?
America does good in the world?
considering THIS AS WELL AS ALL THE WARS
wikispooks.com...
The US has made more than 50 attempts to assassinate political party leaders according to William Blum in "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A.
Interventions since World War II"
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Countries where the US has assassinated or attempted to assassinate a movement leader
2011 Pakistan
Osama Bin Laden. Killing of a captured man. Maybe
2003 Iraq
Saddam Hussein and his two sons. Two killings and a semi-judicial execution. Maybe
2002 Afghanistan
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Islamic leader and warlord Maybe
2001 Afghanistan
Invasion of Afghanistan, followed by an unsuccessful attempt to catch Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora. No
1998 Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden, leading Islamic militant. Cruise missiles followed by a full-scale invasion. Maybe
1993 Somalia
Mohamed Farah Aideed, prominent clan leader. Failed attempt but he died later. Maybe
1991 Iraq
Saddam Hussein, leader. Attempt to kill him? Maybe
1985 Lebanon
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Shiite leader (80 people killed in the attempt) Maybe
1984 Nicaragua
The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate Maybe
1983 Nicaragua
Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister Maybe
1983 Morocco
Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Army commander Maybe
1982 Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini, leader Maybe
1980-
1986 Libya
Muammar Qaddafi, leader, several plots and attempts upon his life Maybe
1976 Jamaica
Michael Manley, Prime Minister Maybe
1976 Chile
exiled Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier is blown up in Washington DC, part of Operation Condor with at least tacit US support ?
1975 Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko, President. Maybe
1972 Panama
General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Intelligence. Captured alive and been imprisoned ever since. Maybe
1970s,
1981 Panama
General Omar Torrijos, leader Maybe
1970 Chile
Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army. Maybe
1970 Chile
Salvador Allende, President unsuccesful US supported coup "Project FUBELT" No
1967 Bolivia
Che Guevara, revolutionary leader. CIA-organized military operation ends in capture and execution by the Bolivian Army. Maybe
1965 -
1956 France
Charles de Gaulle, President Maybe
1965 Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamaño, opposition leader Maybe
1965 Zaire
President overthrown and replaced by Mobutu, see entry for 1961, deposing of Lumumba. No
1960s Cuba
Raúl Castro, high official in government Maybe
1960s -
1970s Cuba
Fidel Castro, President, many attempts on his life including poisoned cigars. No
1963 South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem, President. Successful attempt to replace one puppet leader with another. Maybe
1963 Iraq
The CIA supports the Ba'athists, including Saddam Hussein, in a coup in Iraq against the Qassim government.[1][2][3]
No [4]
1961 Dominican Republic
Gen. Rafael Trujillo, dictator since 1930 shot dead in 1961.[5][6]
Yes
1961 Zaire
In June 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the Congo's first prime minister after independence from Belgium. Calls for the nation's economic liberation and
is branded a communist. Eleven days later, the mineral rich Katanga province, owned by Belgium and prominent Eisenhower administration officials,
seceedes. Lumumba dismissed in September at the instigation of the United States, and in Jan 1961 assassinated at the express request of Dwight
Eisenhower. Several years of civil conflict and chaos end in the CIA backed deposing of President Joseph Kasavubu and the 1965 accession to power of
the CIA linked Mobutu Sese Seko. Mobutu ruled and robbed the country for more than 30 years (a "kleptocracy") while the Zairian people lived in abject
poverty. No
1961 Haiti
Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader Maybe
1950s-
1970s Costa Rica
José Figueres, President, two attempts on his life Maybe
1960 Iraq
Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader Maybe
1959 Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk, leader. And again, 1963, 1969. Maybe
1957 Egypt
Gamal Abdul Nasser, President Maybe
1955 India
Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Maybe
1951 Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister Maybe
1951 North Korea
Kim Il Sung, Premier Maybe
1950s (mid) Philippines
Claro M. Recto, opposition leader Maybe
1950s, 1962 Indonesia
Sukarno, President Maybe
1950s China
Prime minister Chou En-lai, several attempts on his life Maybe
1950s Germany
CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of more than 200 political figures in West Germany to be "put out of the way" in the event of a Soviet invasion Maybe
1949 Korea
Kim Koo, opposition leade