The Python threading model doesn't allow one thread to forcibly terminate another. This has been discussed many times before, I think that the short answer is a combination of (a) it's hard to specify what happens in the terminated thread, without the possibility of leaving the program in an unknown state and (b) the threading modules are very lowest-common-denominator, not requiring features that aren't already built into all the targeted OS/threading library combination.
Jeff
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