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“They say behind every great man is a better woman but try telling bin laden that, in his case in front of every man is a worthy human shield. #humanshield” (Twitter May 2011).
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Ortbals, C.D., Poloni-Staudinger, L.M. (2018). Introduction. In: Gender and Political Violence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73628-0_1
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