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| 2011 || {{Cat|Pakistan}} || Osama Bin Laden. Killing of a captured man. || Maybe
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| 2011 || [[Pakistan]] || Osama Bin Laden. Killing of a captured man. || Maybe
 
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| 2003 || {{Cat|Iraq}} || [[Saddam Hussein]] and his two sons. Two killings and a semi-judicial execution. || Maybe
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| 2003 || [[Iraq]] || [[Saddam Hussein]] and his two sons. Two killings and a semi-judicial execution. || Maybe
 
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| 2002 || {{Cat|Afghanistan}} || [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]], Islamic leader and warlord || Maybe
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| 2002 || [[Afghanistan]] || [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]], Islamic leader and warlord || Maybe
 
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| 2001 || {{Cat|Afghanistan}} || Invasion of Afghanistan, followed by an unsuccessful attempt to catch Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora. || No
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| 2001 || [[Afghanistan]] || Invasion of Afghanistan, followed by an unsuccessful attempt to catch Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Tora Bora. || No
 
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| 1998 || {{Cat|Afghanistan}} || Osama bin Laden, leading Islamic militant. Cruise missiles followed by a full-scale invasion. || Maybe
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| 1998 || [[Afghanistan]] || Osama bin Laden, leading Islamic militant. Cruise missiles followed by a full-scale invasion. || Maybe
 
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| 1993 || {{Cat|Somalia}} || Mohamed Farah Aideed, prominent clan leader. Failed attempt but he died later. || Maybe
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| 1993 || [[Somalia]] || Mohamed Farah Aideed, prominent clan leader. Failed attempt but he died later. || Maybe
 
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| 1991 || {{Cat|Iraq}} || Saddam Hussein, leader. Attempt to kill him? || Maybe
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| 1991 || [[Iraq]] || Saddam Hussein, leader. Attempt to kill him? || Maybe
 
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| 1985 || {{Cat|Lebanon}} || Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Shiite leader (80 people killed in the attempt) || Maybe
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| 1985 || [[Lebanon]] || Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Shiite leader (80 people killed in the attempt) || Maybe
 
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| 1984 || {{Cat|Nicaragua}} || The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate || Maybe
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| 1984 || [[Nicaragua]] || The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate || Maybe
 
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| 1983 || {{Cat|Nicaragua}} || Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister || Maybe
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| 1983 || [[Nicaragua]] || Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister || Maybe
 
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| 1983 || {{Cat|Morocco}} || Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Army commander || Maybe
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| 1983 || [[Morocco]] || Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Army commander || Maybe
 
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| 1982 || {{Cat|Iran}} || Ayatollah Khomeini, leader || Maybe
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| 1982 || [[Iran]] || Ayatollah Khomeini, leader || Maybe
 
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| 1980-<br>1986 || {{Cat|Libya}} || Muammar Qaddafi, leader, several plots and attempts upon his life || Maybe
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| 1980-<br>1986 || [[Libya]] || Muammar Qaddafi, leader, several plots and attempts upon his life || Maybe
 
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| 1976 || {{Cat|Jamaica}} || Michael Manley, Prime Minister || Maybe
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| 1976 || [[Jamaica]] || Michael Manley, Prime Minister || Maybe
 
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| 1976 || {{Cat|Chile}} || exiled Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier is blown up in Washington DC, part of Operation Condor with at least tacit US support || ?
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| 1976 || [[Chile]] || exiled Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier is blown up in Washington DC, part of Operation Condor with at least tacit US support || ?
 
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| 1975 || {{Cat|Zaire}} || Mobutu Sese Seko, President. || Maybe
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| 1975 || [[Zaire]] || Mobutu Sese Seko, President. || Maybe
 
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| 1972 || {{Cat|Panama}} || General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Intelligence. Captured alive and been imprisoned ever since. || Maybe
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| 1972 || [[Panama]] || General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Intelligence. Captured alive and been imprisoned ever since. || Maybe
 
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| 1970s,<br>1981 || {{Cat|Panama}} || General Omar Torrijos, leader || Maybe
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| 1970s,<br>1981 || [[Panama]] || General Omar Torrijos, leader || Maybe
 
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| 1970 || {{Cat|Chile}} || Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army. || Maybe
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| 1970 || [[Chile]] || Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army. || Maybe
 
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| 1970 || {{Cat|Chile}} || Salvador Allende, President unsuccesful US supported coup "Project FUBELT" || No
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| 1970 || [[Chile]] || Salvador Allende, President unsuccesful US supported coup "Project FUBELT" || No
 
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| 1967 || {{Cat|Bolivia}} || Che Guevara, revolutionary leader. CIA-organized military operation ends in capture and execution by the Bolivian Army. || Maybe
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| 1967 || [[Bolivia]] || Che Guevara, revolutionary leader. CIA-organized military operation ends in capture and execution by the Bolivian Army. || Maybe
 
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| 1965 -<br>1956 || {{Cat|France}} || Charles de Gaulle, President || Maybe
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| 1965 -<br>1956 || [[France]] || Charles de Gaulle, President || Maybe
 
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| 1965 || {{Cat|Dominican Republic}} || Francisco Caamaño, opposition leader || Maybe
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| 1965 || [[Dominican Republic]] || Francisco Caamaño, opposition leader || Maybe
 
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| 1965 || {{Cat|Zaire}} || President overthrown and replaced by Mobutu, see entry for 1961, deposing of Lumumbu. || No
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| 1965 || [[Zaire]] || President overthrown and replaced by Mobutu, see entry for 1961, deposing of Lumumbu. || No
 
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| 1960s || {{Cat|Cuba}} || Raúl Castro, high official in government || Maybe
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| 1960s || [[Cuba]] || Raúl Castro, high official in government || Maybe
 
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| 1960s -<br>1970s || {{Cat|Cuba}} || Fidel Castro, President, many attempts on his life including poisoned cigars.  || Maybe
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| 1960s -<br>1970s || [[Cuba]] || Fidel Castro, President, many attempts on his life including poisoned cigars.  || Maybe
 
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| 1963 || {{Cat|South Vietnam}} || Ngo Dinh Diem, President. Successful attempt to replace one puppet leader with another. || Maybe
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| 1963 || [[South Vietnam]] || Ngo Dinh Diem, President. Successful attempt to replace one puppet leader with another. || Maybe
 
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| 1963 || {{Cat|Iraq}} || The CIA supports the Ba'athists, including Saddam Hussein, in a coup in Iraq against the Qassim government.<ref>[http://readthese.blogspot.com/2003_12_15_readthese_archive.html A Tyrant 40 Years in the Making] New York Times March 14 2003.</ref><ref>''The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq'' Princeton University Press. 1978.</ref><ref>''Iraq Since 1958'' Peter and Marion Sluglett. 1990.</ref> || No <ref name="church">Regarding the CIA's "Health Alteration Committee's work in Iraq, see U.S. Senate's Church Committee Interim Report on Assassination, page 181, Note 1.</ref>
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| 1963 || [[Iraq]] || The CIA supports the Ba'athists, including Saddam Hussein, in a coup in Iraq against the Qassim government.<ref>[http://readthese.blogspot.com/2003_12_15_readthese_archive.html A Tyrant 40 Years in the Making] New York Times March 14 2003.</ref><ref>''The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq'' Princeton University Press. 1978.</ref><ref>''Iraq Since 1958'' Peter and Marion Sluglett. 1990.</ref> || No <ref name="church">Regarding the CIA's "Health Alteration Committee's work in Iraq, see U.S. Senate's Church Committee Interim Report on Assassination, page 181, Note 1.</ref>
 
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| 1961 || {{Cat|Dominican Republic}} || Gen. Rafael Trujillo, dictator since 1930 shot dead in 1961.<ref>[http://history-matters.com/archive/church/reports/ir/contents.htm Report: Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders] History Matters website.</ref><ref>[http://history-matters.com/archive/church/reports/ir/pdf/ChurchIR_3D_Trujillo.pdf Church Committee Report - Trujillo] </ref> || Yes
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| 1961 || [[Dominican Republic]] || Gen. Rafael Trujillo, dictator since 1930 shot dead in 1961.<ref>[http://history-matters.com/archive/church/reports/ir/contents.htm Report: Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders] History Matters website.</ref><ref>[http://history-matters.com/archive/church/reports/ir/pdf/ChurchIR_3D_Trujillo.pdf Church Committee Report - Trujillo] </ref> || Yes
 
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| 1961 || {{Cat|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
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| 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
 
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| 1961 || {{Cat|Haiti}} || Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader || Maybe
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| 1961 || [[Haiti]] || Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader || Maybe
 
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| 1950s-<br>1970s || {{Cat|Costa Rica}} || José Figueres, President, two attempts on his life || Maybe
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| 1950s-<br>1970s || [[Costa Rica]] || José Figueres, President, two attempts on his life || Maybe
 
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| 1960 || {{Cat|Iraq}} || Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader || Maybe
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| 1960 || [[Iraq]] || Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader || Maybe
 
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| 1959 || {{Cat|Cambodia}} || Norodom Sihanouk, leader. And again, 1963, 1969. || Maybe
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| 1959 || [[Cambodia]] || Norodom Sihanouk, leader. And again, 1963, 1969. || Maybe
 
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| 1957 || {{Cat|Egypt}} || Gamal Abdul Nasser, President || Maybe
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| 1957 || [[Egypt]] || Gamal Abdul Nasser, President || Maybe
 
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| 1955 || {{Cat|India}} || Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister || Maybe
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| 1955 || [[India]] || Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister || Maybe
 
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| 1951 || {{Cat|Iran}} || Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister || Maybe
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| 1951 || [[Iran]] || Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister || Maybe
 
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| 1951 || {{Cat|North Korea}} || Kim Il Sung, Premier || Maybe
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| 1951 || [[North Korea]] || Kim Il Sung, Premier || Maybe
 
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| 1950s (mid) || {{Cat|Philippines}} || Claro M. Recto, opposition leader || Maybe
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| 1950s (mid) || [[Philippines]] || Claro M. Recto, opposition leader || Maybe
 
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| 1950s, 1962 || {{Cat|Indonesia}} || Sukarno, President || Maybe
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| 1950s, 1962 || [[Indonesia]] || Sukarno, President || Maybe
 
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| 1950s || {{Cat|China}} || Prime minister Chou En-lai, several attempts on his life || Maybe
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| 1950s || [[China]] || Prime minister Chou En-lai, several attempts on his life || Maybe
 
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| 1950s || {{Cat|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
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| 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
 
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| 1949 || {{Cat|Korea}} || Kim Koo, opposition leader || No
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| 1949 || [[Korea]] || Kim Koo, opposition leader || No
 
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Revision as of 06:41, 22 August 2015

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PerpetratorsUS

Countries where the US has assassinated or attempted to assassinate a movement leader

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", 2003. Noam Chomsky called this book "Far and away the best book on the topic.". Former CIA officer John Stockwell called the same book "The single most useful summary of CIA history."

All such operations are illegal and almost all such killings are aimed at geopolitical objectives. In almost no cases can any clear humanitarian benefit be identified, even if the target is/was indeed tyrannical.

While bombings with aircraft leave evidence in many cases, covert operations may be difficult to prove.

Date Country Details Disputed?
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 Lumumbu. No
1960s Cuba Raúl Castro, high official in government Maybe
1960s -
1970s		 Cuba Fidel Castro, President, many attempts on his life including poisoned cigars. Maybe
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 leader No

Recent Developments

The CIA has long had a policy of assassinating individuals for a mixture of reasons. Formerly, these attacks were covert, but increasingly, the US government is open about assassinating anyone whom it pleases. The official narrative, however, avoids the word assassination, preferring the euphemism "targetted killing". Attacks are being made on individuals or leaders of quite small groups who are post hoc designated "terrorists". Since 2011 there have been killings of nuclear technicians in Iran. Drones are proving increasingly effective at killing targets, and are even being programmed to make autonomous decisions about whom to kill.

See also

 

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References

  1. ↑ A Tyrant 40 Years in the Making New York Times March 14 2003.
  2. ↑ The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq Princeton University Press. 1978.
  3. ↑ Iraq Since 1958 Peter and Marion Sluglett. 1990.
  4. ↑ Regarding the CIA's "Health Alteration Committee's work in Iraq, see U.S. Senate's Church Committee Interim Report on Assassination, page 181, Note 1.
  5. ↑ Report: Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders History Matters website.
  6. ↑ Church Committee Report - Trujillo
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