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The compassionate assassin

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A Belmont, NH, man, Richard P. Pavlik, drove to Palm Beach, FL, on Dec 11, 1960, with the intention of killing Pres-elect John Kennedy by driving into his car and exploding dynamite. He was in position to do so when he saw that Kennedy was with his wife and child, he later told authorities.

Author: Chenoweth, James
Publisher: Yankee Publishing, Inc.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 1996
Cases, Crimes against, Kennedy, John F., Assassins, 1960 AD, Offenses against heads of state, Pavlik, Richard P.

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Compassionate killing

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US foreign policy has focused heavily on supposedly humanitarian military campaigns since the 1990's, but US interventions are self-interested and designed to demonstrate US military strength, says Noam Chomsky in 'The New Military Humanism.'

Author: Kelley, Kevin
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 2000
Military aspects, Military policy, Criticism and interpretation, Chomsky, Noam, The New Military Humanism (Book), Humanitarian aid

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America the hun

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The US has inspired and supported many criminal regimes throughout the world, including the Duvalier dictatorships in Haiti. The US government also destroyed the progressive Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

Author: Pinter, Harold
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
United States

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