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Article: Israel planned daring 1992 assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein
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- December 16, 2003
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MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-16-2003
Dateline: TEL AVIV, Israel
The Israeli military planned a daring assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in 1992 by landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.
The attempt was called off after an accident in a training exercise for the mission ended in the deaths of five soldiers.
The Maariv daily reported that with the capture of Saddam, Israeli military censorship lifted its ban on publication of the full story. Israeli officials were not immediately available for comment.
The Israeli military put together the plan to kill Saddam in retaliation ...