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The killing in Canada in June of this year of Hardep Sing Nijar, a Sikh separatist activist, has caused a sharp diplomatic clash between Canada and India. But it has also highlighted the ease with which states carry out the elimination of their opponents who live in migration.
Assassinations of dissidents and terrorists, and political or military figures, are phenomena as old as politics itself, but the frequency of their occurrence may be increasing. Ukraine and Russia are following and aiming to kill each other's leadership.
Beyond the war in Europe, a new group of rising powers, including Saudi Arabia and India, are projecting their strength abroad, and are unhappy with what they see as Western double standards for state-sponsored killings.
New technologies, including advanced drones, are making it easier than ever for governments to kill people remotely. However, even as assassinations are becoming easier and perhaps more frequent, accountability for them remains weaker than ever before. For this, it is enough to see the reaction of the West to such murders. The murder in 206 in Britain by Russia of the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, caused strong reactions and sanctions against Moscow.
After the gruesome killing in 2018 of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist living in exile in the US, Joe Biden said that Saudi Arabia should be treated as a dictatorial state. However, last year he met the Saudi Crown Prince and the country's de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, and is trying to convince him to reach peace with Israel.
Meanwhile, India also denies its involvement in Nijar's murder, and can avoid any serious consequences related to this event. Because the most populous country in the world today is very important for the West, as an economic partner and as a geopolitical counterweight to China.
These inconsistencies reflect a long moral and legal maze over state-sponsored killings. The Bible may praise the Israelite Ehud for killing Eglon, the oppressive and "very obese" Moabite king. But it also commands obedience to authority, "because rulers are not terrible for good deeds but for bad ones".
Assassination, in the sense of killing a prominent person for a political motive, and without a proper judicial process, carries a very negative connotation. Dante placed the murderers of Julius Caesar in the deepest circle of Hell, along with Judas, with their bodies constantly tortured by Lucifer (the Devil).
Megjithatë, shtetet i vrasin për arsye të ndryshme dhe me metoda të ndryshme armiqtë e tyre më të shquar që jetojnë jashtë vendit. Një studim i vitit 2016 nga Uarner dhe Xhonatan Shiling listoi 14 objektiva të mundshëm, nga hakmarrja, dobësimi i një armiku dhe deri shkatërrimi i një shteti rival.
Gjatë viteve 1875-2004, janë raportuar rreth 298 tentativa për vrasje ndaj liderëve kombëtarë. Që nga viti 1950, një udhëheqës kombëtar është vrarë çdo 2-3vjet. “Vrasja nuk e ka ndryshuar kurrë historinë e botës”- deklaroi dikur politikani britanik Benxhamin Disraeli, pas vrasjes së presidenti amerikan Abraham Linkoln.
Megjithatë, disa vrasje mund të kenë një ndikim dramatik. E shtëna e një nacionalisti serb që vrau arkidukën e Austrisë Franz Ferdinand në qershorin e vitit 1914, solli fillimin e Luftës së Parë Botërore. Pastaj ky akt nxit hakmarrjen. Si Majk Pompeo ashtu edhe Xhon Bolton, përkatësisht ish-Sekretar Shteti dhe këshilltar për sigurinë kombëtare, dyshohet se kanë qenë objektiva të një komploti nga ana e iranianëve.
Shërbimi i inteligjencës së brendshme të Britanisë, MI5, thotë se Irani ka “ambicie për të rrëmbyer apo edhe vrarë njerëz që jetojnë në Britani, dhe që perceptohen si armiq të regjimit”. Ndërkohë kur flitet për metodat, Rusisë i pëlqen helmi. Agjentët e saj vranë Litvinenkon duke përdorur poloniumin radioaktiv.
Dhe në vitin 2018 për pak sa nuk vranë një dezertor tjetër, Sergei Skripal, dhe vajzën e tij Julia, me agjentin nervor Noviçok. Edhe Koreja e Veriut preferon helmin. Në vitin 2017, ajo vrau Kim Jong Nam, gjysmë-vëllain e liderit të vendit, Kim Jong Un, duke e spërkatur atë me VX, një agjent tjetër nervor, në aeroportin ndërkombëtar të Kuala Lumpurit.
Ndërkohë SHBA-ja preferon bombat dhe plumbat. Në vitin 20111, forcat e saj speciale bastisën një bazë sekrete në Pakistan dhe vranë Osama bin Laden, udhëheqësin e Al-Kaedës. Një sulm me dron vitin e kaluar vrau pasardhësin e tij, Ajman Al-Zauahiri në Kabul. Një sulm tjetër më dron në aeroportin e Bagdadit në vitin 2020 eleminoi Kasëm Suleimanin, kreun e QUDS, njësia speciale iraniane që kryen operacione në vende të tjera.
The UN Charter orders all members to "refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state". But at the same time, it recognizes "the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs."
International lawyers say that in times of peace, assassinations and murders are illegal. In wartime they may be permitted, subject to compliance with the laws of war. But the US and many other countries have sought greater legal leeway. According to this approach "military action is permissible when a state is unable to prevent acts of terrorism". "The Economist"/ Adapted from CNA
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