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Published: Friday, October 13, 2006 Is it time to consider killing crazy Kim? By Austen Kassinger Since when did assassination of foreign leaders get taken off the table? After years of killing off third-world leaders that threatened American interests, international norms have shifted, Today, the idea of exploding cigars is considered quaint, if not outright passe. But with Pyongyang's announcement late Monday night of a nuclear arms test, perhaps it's time to reconsider. The notion that someone ought to just put a bullet through Kim Jong Il's head tends to elicit disapproving frowns. Apparently, it's too crass a tactic, a...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Newmarket Films set itself an unusual challenge when it decided to release the controversial faux investigative documentary "Death of a President" just six weeks after acquiring the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival last month. But it might face an even more formidable obstacle because several major theater chains are refusing to play the film, which mixes real news footage with dramatized segments depicting the fictional 2007 death of President Bush.

"...he should be flung out of office, tarred, feathered, and kicked in the nuts." "On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance, and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent diety to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr. - where are you now that we need you."

September 18, 2003 Israel's SAS Prepares To Snatch Arafat By Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv AT a military base east of Tel Aviv, some of the Israeli army’s most highly skilled soldiers are in final training for an operation to storm Yasser Arafat’s headquarters, capture the Palestinian leader and expel him. Israel’s security cabinet decided last week to "remove" Arafat, but did not say when. The decision prompted criticism from America and the United Nations Security Council, which warned that expulsion would be "unhelpful". Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, is nevertheless expected to fly this week to the Kfar...

In a radical change in policy, Israel is expected to ratchet up its fight against terrorism by assassinating its enemies on American soil as well as in other friendly countries, according to United Press International. Former Israeli intelligence officials speaking on condition of anonymity say the new plan includes overseas targeted killings – a practice which up until now has been rejected by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Jerusalem's current assassination policy has been primarily confined to the West Bank and Gaza. "What Sharon wants is a much more extensive and tough approach to global terrorism, and this includes greater operational...