Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1981-10-7
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Reference number: MC2806-763
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Scope and Content
This cartoon of silhouetted targets draws the conclusion that the rash of assassination attempts, the wounding of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, and the killing of Egptian President Anwar Sadat, demonstrate public figures are very fulnerable and no one knows who will be next.
Title
Sitting Targets
Note
Published in "Cartoons", Saint John, NB: Telegraph-Journal, c1981
Persons
Anwar Sadat
- Born Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat December 25, 1918
- Died October 6, 1981
- Egyptian politician
- President of Egypt, September 28, 1970, until his assassination in 1981
- Known for negotiations with Israel and crackdown on Muslim and Coptic organizations
- Omar Abdel-Rahman issued a fatwa approving his assassination
- Assassinated during a parade in Cairo, October 6, 1981