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		rmk on Feb 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces I do not think the US does political assassinations (I may be utterly wrong here, if so, please post examples!) It does use assassinations against terrorists or quasi-political figures such as Qasem Soleimani, but I doubt that eliminating Putin is even being contemplated here.

markvdb on Feb 25, 2022 [–]

Fidel Castro is an obvious example. There were at least 638 (!) failed CIA political assination attempts against him. [0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fide...

rmk on Feb 25, 2022 | [–]

Lol. Taking out mob hits on Castro, that's just epic!

I totally forgot the "Communist Stooges" category that America had a special loathing for. I'm sure they were a no-holds-barred category!

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