Potential Assassins
The co-operation between Bull and Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat to Iran and Israel as Iran had endured an eight year long war with Iraq, and Israel have had previous military engagements with Iraq during the Arab-Israeli war. Watching development of the gun Israel feared it could be used to launch nuclear weapons, but the re-designed SCUD missiles were of greater concern at that moment. As for Iran it was under threat from both Bull's super-gun and his re-designed SCUD missiles.
Although it was in Iran and Israel's immediate interest that Bull would discontinue his co-operation with Saddam Hussein, he had worked for many different parties in many critical defense projects that he became an asset and a liability for several powerful groups at the same time. It has been speculated that besides Iran or Israel, the CIA, MI6, Chilean, Iraqi, or South African governments could have been behind the assassination due to Bull's past ventures.
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