:::I agree with Ravpapa. The term "assassination" is further both 
 :::* what is used by the sources (since people have been so sensitive to what the sources say exactly recently) 
 :::* what is used by the Israeli press (see Haaretz, Jerusalem Post, YNet, etc...) 
 :::Even Alan Dershowitz uses the term nonchalantly . This term is nothing to be ashamed of and definitely not non-neutral and, most importantly as Ravpapa points out, it is better that the far less precise term "killing". 
 :::Cheers, ' - ' - 11.11.2008 07:30