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History often moves slowly, almost imperceptibly. But sometimes, the world is changed forever by a single, brutal act of violence. ASSASSINS tells the stories of these moments of chaos and fire.
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The Mossad assassination of Ghassan Kanafani (opens the original)
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Nine days after a massacre at an Israeli airport, Mossad assassinates one of the Arab world's most celebrated writers in Beirut. Ghassan Kanafani never carried a gun. But his words had power and influence, and he was a spokesperson for the group who carried out the bloody airport attack. The first part in our special series about Israel and Palestine in the 1970s is about the life and death of writer Ghassan Kanafani. Host: Aslan Pahari Producer: Hannah Jose Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Emrys
Hit Em Up: The assassination of Tupac Shakur [UPDATE] (opens the original)
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UPDATE: On August 31st 2026, Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis was found guilty of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors argued that Davis supplied the weapon, and ordered the shooting – but did not pull the trigger himself. Davis maintains his innocence and says he will appeal the conviction.
1990s Cabramatta: Australia’s heroin capital (opens the original)
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Cabramatta was the epicentre of Australia's worst heroin epidemic. It was also the electorate of John Newman, the state MP gunned down outside his own home in 1994. This week we look beyond the assassination and into the epidemic itself, with Don Weatherburn, a professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW.
Who killed the Australian politician John Newman? (opens the original)
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John Newman, the Australian politician, was shot dead in his driveway while he was still in office. The gunman has never been found. Newman was the State MP for the south-western Sydney electorate of Cabramatta. At the time of his death, the suburb was in the throes of a massive heroin epidemic. Host: Aslan Pahari Producer: Hannah Jose Audio Engineer: Tegan Nicholls, Emrys Cronin Video Producers: Tejas Bhat, Dylan Behan Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research Supervising Producer: K
How an Al Qaeda propagandist fell for a long-con (opens the original)
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When Anwar al-Awlaki joined Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, he knew he could be jailed or killed by the US government. What he didn’t know was that his death would come at the hands of a person he trusted with his life.
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