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Why the Rumored Idea of Assassinating Kim Jung-un Could Backfire Spectacularly

Al Jazeera
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Alexander Gillespie
22 October 2017

The idea of assassinating a public figure or a high profile enemy, so as to remove a problem, has a dangerously simplistic logic to it. It is believed that once a leader is eliminated, his or her followers, and problems that they cause, will also dissolve. But h istory abounds with examples of political assassinations that…

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