Sentences with phrase «against military targets»

«The Sri Lankan security forces must still make sure that their actions are directed against military targets and not civilians,» the Amnesty expert said.

Whitehall sources told The Daily Telegraph that Britain was «doing everything necessary» to be able to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles from nuclear - powered submarines against military targets in Syria.

Therefore, the US can nuke an SLBM launch platform (i.e., an enemy nuclear submarine carrying missiles) without it being a weapon of mass destruction because it's used against a military target.

Not exact matches

On being called a traitor: «I did not reveal any U.S. operations against legitimate military targets.

«Rather, Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen to pursue a military course, inconsistent with the Cessation of Hostilities, as demonstrated by their intensified attacks against civilian areas, targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need,» the statement said.

For the US, bombing would focus on daytime raids against strategically valuable targets — factories, ports, military bases, and other infrastructure involved in the war effort.

Since launching airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq last month, Obama has stressed his military operations against the group are «targeted.»

Lawmakers have urged targeted financial sanctions against Pakistani intelligence officials linked to militants, and for Pakistan to lose its «non-NATO ally» status that offers preferential access to U.S. military technology.

The military has carried out numerous operations in Syria against ISIS and other targets, according to the Department of Defense, and members of the US Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Army are active in the country.

«A responsible source at the Foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's full support for the American military operations on military targets in Syria, which came as a response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians,» a statement released by state news agency SPA said on Friday.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

A further feature of empirical contemporary warfare is that it involves face - to - face uses of military power by the participants against one another, not the remote destruction of distant, unseen, and often abstract targets.

Taliban spokesmen have said that the brutal attacks — which target innocent civilians — are revenge for military offensive campaigns against militants in the country...

Ironically, this international military campaign is playing into al - Qaeda's hands in several ways: by targeting al - Qaeda's own domestic enemies; by employing sectarian rhetoric that plays up Sunni - Shi» ite fault lines previously insignificant in Yemen; by destroying Yemen's military hardware that had been used against al - Qaeda; and by enabling al - Qaeda to exploit the lawless war - torn environment to expand its influence and build alliances among southern and eastern tribes to combat the mutual Houthi foe.

However, militaries have made and used much lower - grade nerve agents, such as the very poor quality Sarin that Saddam Hussein made and used against both civilian and military targets in the Iran - Iraq war.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

So the president may take any military action of any magnitude against any target so long as he informs congress within 48 hours and does not take longer than 60 days?

In these circumstances constraints against targeting civilians or minimising civilian causalities when attacking military targets are relaxed.

First, ISIS doesn't do all the attacks (it just claims to do so) and not mainly for inflicting fear on its targets or anything because, as your question presumes well, against NATO - like military organisations, no movement - no matter how well equipped it is - can resist and though it is unreasonable, ISIS knows this for a fact and thus it tries to become a symbol.

The British military had major gaps in its equipment, particularly on protecting troops against IEDs, as well as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance and helicopter support.

Michael Fallon has met around 75 MPs as the Conservatives push for British military strikes against jihadi targets in Syria.

Earlier the Saudi state news agency reported a coalition spokesman saying cluster bombs were only used against «legitimate military targets».

Some argue that carefully targeted strikes against the regime's military assets — air defences, command and control centres, and bases of Assad's elite Republican Guards — could weaken the regime sufficiently to engage in meaningful talks aimed at a political settlement.

In a statement by its Director of Public Relations & Information, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the Force says, «It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.»

The Executive Secretary of Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), Air Commodore Anas recently disclosed that there is nothing wrong in imposing targets on the military but due to the asymmetric warfare which Boko Haram is prosecuting against civilian «soft targets» the December deadline is unrealistic.

«It is instructive to note that with the recent successes recorded by the military in the North East against the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT), intelligence reports revealed that due to the fierce attack on the sect, the BHT elements are presently in disarray and looking for soft targets to strike especially military installations.

By Frank V. Vernuccio [On Friday night, US and European allies launched airstrikes against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al - Assad for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.

This time the governor permits the drone to fire on the convoy, but only after first weighing the military value of the target against potential damage to civilian structures.

The V - 2 Over 3,000 V - 2s were launched as military rockets by the German Wehrmacht against Allied targets during the war, mostly London and later Antwerp.

While not every game will have enemy fighters are iconic as what's found in the Gradius or Darius series, Zoom's adherence to creating a more grounded set of military targets to blow away works against the generally colorful nature of the game.