The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 24th, 2001
Castle of Assassins
Crumbling Syrian fortress was stronghold of mysterious sect
By HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press
Sunday, June 24, 2001
Masyaf, Syria -- They worked in twos or threes, stalking victims with the utmost secrecy, then brazenly striking them down at crowded mosques or markets.
They knew such public slayings made escape impossible and their own executions certain. But with murder their profession, death was an occupational hazard.
The Assassins belonged to a mysterious medieval sect that terrorized Syria at the time of the Crusades. Now, more than 700 years after they were va...
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