* Main achitect of pyramid in Egypt was buried together in it(bad that I can't find link to that)
* Quite interesting story of Denis Papin (http://radian.org/notebook/boatmen-and-cyberlaw)
* Here is list in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Murdered_scientists (while not all of them were killed because of their work)
That said, DEBKAfile is a dubious source of educated speculation - at best. It is not considered a news source, and it does not operate by any standard. They publish mere theories which are loosely backed by hard facts.
It does make a good read, though - I'll give them that.
Of course, it's possible that the Israelis want everyone to know about their capabilities (the line about the attacks coming 12 hours after the Wikileaks cables release was interesting), but Debka's writing might not be extremely accurate.
That's highly unlikely. Here in Israel, the original Debka File (http://www.debka.co.il/) is considered a speculation site at best, a hoax at worst. Most people consider it just a hangout of conspirators and paranoids, and it's almost never treated seriously.
So don't read too much into it :)
Many blogs republished the report (of course) but no other source has emerged, and no paper of record has suggested it was true.
full disclosure: I am not a fan of wars in the middle east either.
Debka (IIRC) is probably akin to a cross between the Onion and Fox :)
