The Guardian: Israel planned raid to kill Saddam

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They only called it off because they ****ed up and killed 5 of themselves during training, or at least that was the impression given by the story I read a few days ago.

Yes that's true. But don't forget that the training didn't employ the unique weapon, but a usual anti-tank weapon.

BTW, when was the last time a country assassinated another country's leader (that we have actual evidence of, please)?

It's hard to find an attempt that was both against a leader and successful.

A paldestinian group assassinated an Israeli right-wing minister.

Previous to that, Saddam attempted (and failed) to assassinate G. Bush senior.

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
They only called it off because they ****ed up and killed 5 of themselves during training, or at least that was the impression given by the story I read a few days ago.

you obviously lack an understanding of the system.
They were training for the mission. the training was cancelled. But they say that it wouldn't have been approved by the political rank, anyway.


examples of attempted assassinations are well known: US vs. Qadaffi, for example.