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• n  an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
• n  murder of a public figure by surprise attack

• The assassination of the charismatic politician plunges Pakistan into uncertainty, and possibly more instability.
• Pakistani soldiers patrol the streets of Karachi the day after the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, December 28, 2007 Many leading Pakistanis believe that the .

• character assassination
• blackwash

News & Articles

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• Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say that the governor of Iraq's northern Sunni-dominated province of Ninevah has escaped an assassination attempt that left two people killed and three others wounded.
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi officials say that the governor of Iraq's northern Sunni-dominated province of Ninevah has escaped an assassination attempt that left two people killed and three others wounded.
  June 13, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig
• Westmont's JFK exhibit hosts assassination program
  WESTMONT – Phil Singer is hosting a program about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The speech, which is free to the public, will be in the JFK exhibit at the Gregg House Museum, 115 S. Linden Ave.
  June 13, 2013 - Huntley Farmside

Quotes

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• Manmohan Singh in Daily Times
  The people of Pakistan have suffered a grievous blow,Singh said and added he was "deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the heinous assassination of Benazir."
• President Felipe Calderón in Hindustan Times
  Today has proven that organized crime is a permanent threat and that we should close ranks to confront it and avoid more actions like the cowardly assassination that today has shaken the country,Calderon said in a televised speech. "We...
• Javed Iqbal in Reuters
  We have intelligence intercepts indicating that al Qaeda leader Baitullah Mehsud is behind her assassination,ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema told a news conference.