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Exclusive: US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

I wonder if that would have been discovered had trump still been president.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Discovered? Maybe.

Foiled? No.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Discovered? Maybe.

He'd probably volunteer to have our people assist.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I mean, Trump's misadministration couldn't have helped Russia if they didn't know about the plot, so...

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Id argue he could only help by not knowing about it, at least until after it happend and then he'd be the cover up guy. If he knew about it before hand it would have probably gone as bad as the coup he tried in Bolivia in 2020. Even Putin know Dons mouth is too damn big.

[-] GarrulousBrevity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Or if the plot had been to assassinate a journalist

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They would have found his body and then Trump would have claimed that Ukraine had him killed. Sure, that doesn't make sense but when does Trump ever make sense.

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[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Does Putin give half a shit about international law?

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

I think probably not, they're still a civilian.

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[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

We had civilians driving supply trucks for the US military in Iraq. I'd consider them legitimate military targets. "Civilian" is a pretty nebulous concept when you're performing integral work supplying an enemy in wartime. If it's legit to target a weapons factory of an enemy nation, it seems just as legit to target the guy running it. You can't hack the rules of war by privatizing your military.

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[-] Makhno@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Location, role in the company, I don’t know.

CEO should be the first person you're allowed to target. They're paid the most, so they should take the risk

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, we're all contributing to some extent so "civilian" is meaningless if you go too far. But whatever the cutoff is, it should start from the top down. The receptionist at the weapons plant is a lot less culpable for the war effort than the CEO. But I'd also say if the receptionist got offed in a missile strike it wouldn't be a deplorable civilian casualty. They knew where they were working and that their business is death.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

The difference is that the receptionist isn't being targeted, the factory is. I think that holds true for the CEO also. If they're collateral damage it isn't a warcrime, if they're specifically targeted it is.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough, though there are some employees whose death would meaningfully impact arms production, like a star engineer or a tech with hard to replace skills. A CEO's death would also likely meaningfully impact arms production.

And frankly, I think anyone directly involved in making weapons that are killing your people is fair game. The army also has receptionists who don't participate in combat operations, but they know what they're involved in.

[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Wow this was actually pretty brazen of Russia. Which is wild to say given they are invading a country.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Nah. They’re banking on their orange bitch’s rise to power.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

EXCLUSIVE!

Ya, I just read this on politico.eu. So much for exclusive, CNN.

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