Nawaf Ghazaleh ( ar, نواف غزالة; 1927 – November 21, 2005) was a Syrian Druze who assassinated the overthrown Syrian president

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Assassination of Shishakli

The assassination took place on September 27, 1964, in Brazil, where Shishkhali was in exile. Ghazaleh approached Shishkhali while he was crossing a bridge between the cities

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and

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, and exchanged a few words with him before shooting him five times with a pistol. It was revenge for Shishakli's military campaign in Jabal al-Druze. The Ghazaleh clan had taken some of the largest casualties during the assault.

Legacy

During a speech in 2006, Lebanese

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leader

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called for the killing of Syrian president

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by referring to Nawaf Ghazaleh: "A (Nawaf) must emerge one day - and if the international court proves futile, we are (Nawafs) and we are all Salma Seyour and we are all Jamal Saab. No matter how long it takes, one of us will emerge and take revenge for all the martyrs, starting from

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, who I hope is the last."

References

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