The Luckiest People to be Still Alive

Minor controversy yesterday's blog can cause, I already started daydreaming about getting assassinated. I just thought how interesting things can get after one mean, ugly death threat. How will my usual paranoid self get affected? And most importantly when will i get assassinated?



Will i get pollonium in my ıslak burger at marmaris bufe, or just shot dead in the lift to my apartment? Well my apartment doesn't have a lift but nice try fellas.


Bollocks to my psychiatric illnesses let's talk about who are very lucky to be breathing in this day and age; countdown style.

 10 - Margaret Thatcher

The brighton bombings of 1984 solely purposed to kill the iron lady didn't succeed. 5 People died and 31 others injured in this huge event and what was left on the minds was what IRA said afterwards; "Today we were unlucky, but remember we only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always." 

9- Hosni Mubarak

Mr Mubarak was very much likely the most hated head of state by own people. He survived 6 assassination attempts BBC says. 2011 arab uprisings finally showed the end of his 30 years rule no one wanted. 

8- Aung San Suu Kyi
A devoted fighter for burmese human rights, this lady can be considered lucky to be alive right now. Burma (Officially Myanmar) is still one of the most suppressive and abusive regimes in the world although recent efforts try to make it otherwise. Having spent the last 20 years in the house arrest, Aung San recently got released. It is unknown if she will continue her fight from where she left off or will she just enjoy the great outdoors however succesfully survived 65 years with burmese junta, i think she will be ok after now.

7- Orhan Pamuk
One thing history tells us is that assassins don't like nobel prize winners. Arrested for Article 301 of Turkish Penal Code involving "insulting turkishness" Pamuk was one of the most controversial images in the recent turkish history. Funny thing was, having written 12 bestseller books, his so-called insult was in neither of them but in his words to a swiss reporter, stating armenian genocide claims are legit. Recently exposed Ergenekon documents say he is one of the targets, Mr Pamuk is lucky to be alive in god knows where.

6- Pervez Musharraf
Led Pakistan under military rule for nine years, Mr Musharraf resigned recently and happily living in London now. His mention in this list is due to tens of assassination attempts he survived during those years involving car bombs, suicide bombers, machine guns and even anti-aircraft guns. So far still lucky compared to his late friend Benazir Butto, Mr Musharraf vowed to return for the next pakistani election. Some people just can't get enough of action dose.

5- Barack Obama
Although no assassination plot yet revealed, being the president of the world's most hated country always comes with responsibility. And mr obama adds his personal touch to the usual risk, by killing a terrorist organization leader. He will be probably fine, but we can't say he is not lucky to be alive.

4- Julian Assange
 I am still not sure, which anime i saw him the last. This silver haired prince pissed of hundreds of Kings, Queens, Presidents, Ambassadors, Mobsters and Diplomats with the recent history's most important leak scandal. A former us military analyst Daniel Ellsberg recently warned that he is worried for Mr Assange's safety. Julian is of course too clever to reveal his whereabouts. But is it just possible? And when is the next leak?

3- Hamid Karzai 
 Afghanistan's american installed current president are currently very lucky to be alive leading the world's most dangerous country. He survived 4 very serious attempts (one of them involving rocket launch to his helicopter) since his so called election in 2004.

2- Salman Rushdie 
 He pissed off 1 billion muslims across the world, even the translators of satanic verses are killed, yet he is still alive? A fatwa for his death was given in 1989 by Khomeini of Iran, he is still aliiivee. The first assassin that tried to kill him, accidentally exploded himself and given the status "First Martyr to die on a mission to kill Rushdie" I don't know how many more martyr's will it take but Rushdie, given sir prefix by britain, currently in really well state.

1- Fidel Castro
From Femmes Fatales to cigar bombs, from fungal infected scuba suits to mafia shootings, Fidel Castro is by far the best assassination dodger ever. Being such a close and such a small communist country, Cuba always gave american presidents the creeps. CIA was never so owned, never succeeded in killing him. His own words summarizes this whole article: "If there was an olympics branch for surviving assassination attempts, I will have the gold medal every year"