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Coverage of Israel’s killing of three more senior Iranian political leaders this past week followed a familiar pattern - awe at the Israeli intelligence operation’s ‘sophistication’ and little scrutiny of the legality of the actions. @meenakshirv reports on how these killings have been reported.
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