Talk:Assassination of Qasem Soleimani

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Change article name to "Killing of Qasem Soleimani"
The word assassination connotes illegality and wrongdoing, but General Soleimani was justly targeted by the U.S. military due to his involvement in the IRGC and leadership of the Quds Force, as well as his support of various terrorist groups around the Middle East, targeting Israel and the United States. The word "killing" on the other hand is more neutral and has been used for similar events, for example the "Killing of Osama Bin Laden," who was killed in a U.S. military operation, the same as Soleimani. 2601:246:C100:6450:F091:6D8D:6AC6:DD77 (talk) 18:41, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree. Killing of Qasem Soleimani is better. -- Valjean (talk) ( PING me ) 19:55, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose Current title describes the subject accurately. The proposed one is ambiguous in that in he might have been unintentionally killed.--95.12.119.26 (talk) 20:02, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * OpposeThis was an illegal targeted killing of an individual for political reasons. It fulfils every possible nuance of the word Assassination. Killing is unnecessarily ambiguous.Boynamedsue (talk) 22:38, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * No, current title is better, for reasons outlined in the prior RM. -sche (talk) 20:44, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Strongest oppose. It wasn't some "killing", it was assassination in its dictionary meaning. — kashmīrī  TALK  21:52, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * For your information, since you brought up the subject's alleged wrongdoings, another term for such acts is extrajudicial execution. I won't object renaming to Extrajudicial execution of Qasem Soleimani. — kashmīrī  TALK  21:55, 23 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose This was a targeted assassination. Dimadick (talk) 21:58, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Killing a politically prominent person by sudden or secret attack is assassination. Call it simply a "killing" is not WP:PRECISE. NickCT (talk) 01:29, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose Kind of late to the discussion, nevertheless, the subject was targeted. "Assassination" is the correct word. Keivan.f  Talk 03:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree. Per NPOV as per "Killing of Osama Bin Laden.” XavierItzm (talk) 16:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree. Assassination refers only to unlawful targeted killing, and the United States’ position is that it was lawful. Therefore, NPOV should forbid the use of “assassination” in the title. —&hairsp;Wulf (talk) 23:58, 2 May 2024 (UTC)