Sweden Democrat MEP Charlie Weimers wants Sweden to start conducting extrajudicial assassinations in Iran.
– The gangs will not be deterred until we co-operate with the US and Israel to liquidate gang leaders safely in third countries, he argues.
According to unconfirmed information from the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the notorious and internationally wanted gang leader Rawa Majid (Kurdish Fox) is now working for the Iranian state and is also alleged to have ordered two attacks on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on their behalf, although no injuries were caused.
Charlie Weimers believes that Sweden must now retaliate against Majid and that the best way to do so is to join Israel and the US in assassinating him in Iran. As an example worth following, the MEP highlights how the US killed US citizen and terrorist Anwar al-Awlak in Yemen through a drone strike.
– Let’s do the same with Rawa Majid, he says.
If Swedish leaders decide to adopt the Israeli and US strategy of assassinating enemies and undesirables of various kinds, even on the territory of other states, Mr Weimers believes this is a method that could be widely used in the future.
– If the principle is established, I am sure it can be put to good use.
Rawa Majid har utfört terrorhandlingar å mullornas vägnar på svensk mark.
För att stoppa fientliga stater från att använda gängen som legosoldater mot våra medborgare krävs att Sverige svarar med full kraft.
Barack Obamas beslut att likvidera den amerikansk-jemenitiske… https://t.co/avjFJ7mOIh
— Charlie Weimers MEP (@weimers) October 23, 2024
‘Do not liquidate people’
The Sweden Democrats’ press officer, Oscar Cavalli-Björkman, says that they are now officially in favour of imprisoning criminals hiding in other countries, not assassinating them – but he still thinks that Weimer’s position is natural.
– Weimer’s opinion on this issue is understandable on an emotional level, given the damage the Kurdish fox has caused both individuals and society at large.
– Swedish authorities do not liquidate people. That has no place in a state governed by the rule of law, commented Caroline Opsahl, press secretary to the Minister of Justice, Gunnar Strömmer, on the Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
Long history of assassination
Even before the founding of the modern state of Israel, Jewish militant groups frequently used assassination as a method to achieve their political goals – with two high-profile victims in the 1940s being UN peace envoy Folke Bernadotte and British minister Walter Guinness.
Since then, Israeli assassination campaigns have continued over the decades, targeting not only military targets but also unwanted politicians, scientists, activists and individuals deemed in various ways to have been involved in the persecution of Jews in the Third Reich.
According to whistleblowers and leaked documents, the United States also has a long history of both successful and unsuccessful assassinations, and has reportedly planned to assassinate a number of leaders of other sovereign states over the years – including former leaders of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, South Vietnam, Libya, Iraq and Indonesia.
