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War, Terrorism, and Public Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Kill one person, and it is considered murder.

Kill ten thousand person, and it is considered foreign policy.

-Anonymous

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2003

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