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And who’s to say that the image formed by a damaged mirror is not a truer picture of the universe?",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},2578789,"At the forefront of global jihad are technologically savvy, Western-educated terrorists.",4,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[29],{"id":30,"tag":31},5557579,{"id":32,"tag_name":33},80,"education",{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},2578764,"We're already in the middle of a Third World War, in which the Internet is the means used by both sides to get their messages across. 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