- TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) --
The Israeli military planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam
Hussein in 1992 -- a plot that would have involved landing commandos in
Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral, an Israeli
newspaper reported today.
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- The attempt was reportedly called off after an accident
during a training exercise for the mission ended in the deaths of five
soldiers.
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- The Maariv daily reported that with the capture of Saddam,
Israeli military censors lifted a ban on publication of the full story.
Israeli officials were not immediately available for comment.
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- The Israeli military put together the plan to kill Saddam
in retaliation for Iraq firing 39 Scud missiles at Israel during the 1991
Persian Gulf War.
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