The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat…

Salman Rushdie
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality. ✨ Terror Is Glamour. Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality. ✨ Terror Is Glamour. Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

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