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- ↑ "Vancouver man in jail for threatening to kill former Oregon lawmaker Eileen Qutub". 10 August 2012.
- ↑ https://www.c-span.org/person/?89216/EileenQutub
- ↑ Hillyard, Daniel; Dombrink, John (June 2002). Dying Right: The Death with Dignity Movement. ISBN 9781135957681.