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Licence to kill - Definition and Overview |
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This article is about the concept. For the James Bond movie, see Licence to Kill.
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A license to kill is the concept of a form of official licence that gives permission to kill in dire situations, normally used by FBI or agents. More recently, granted to the CIA [1] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,578501,00.html) [2] (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/31396861.cms), armed forces of Israel and the United States in cases of suspected terrorist targets.
For the parallel concept in a military situation, see rules of engagement.
See also
- Licence to Kill, a James Bond film and computer game
- A 2000 BBC television documentrary by Olenka Fenkiel, also shown on ABC, about murder of women in Pakistan in situations involving divorce or adultery. [3] (http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/s225735.htm)
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