Sentences with phrase «as civilians who»

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Smith has build a successful career as a professional communicator — and realizes that some of the current gaps between American civilian and military life owe to how veterans discuss their experiences, and who they discuss them with.

Steve Ward, who spent seven years as an officer with the Seattle Police Department and six with the city's SWAT team, says he founded Seattle - based VieVu in 2007 to protect officers against unfounded civilian complaints.

Inside one of the fridges, black body bags stacked to the side contain the remains of civilians who were methodically gunned down by Islamic State snipers behind a soft - drinks factory as they fled toward Iraqi security forces in June.

I was a public affairs Marine, yeah, a POG and a short - timer, who somehow got it into his head that four years writing glorified propaganda would land me a job as a civilian journalist.

They are largely incompetent at what they do, and are quickly upstaged by Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear)-- this guy is a genuine superhero, who arrives just in time to save the day and completely upstages the «wannabe» heroes, who are treated as a joke by the police officers, villains, civilians on the scene, and Captain Amazing himself.

-- All terrorist groups that deliberately target civilians and their sympathizers who celebrate when they succeed at such killing, are unequivocally condemned — specifically groups such as Al Qaeda, the Hamas, the Taliban, Hezbollah, Abu Sayyaf or Islamic Jihad.

On the one hand, we see non-state actors, as well as warlords and heads of state who use relatively unsophisticated means to gain their ends by targeting, terrorizing, and killing noncombatants and, as in the destruction of the World Trade Center towers or the bombing of the Madrid trains, intentionally causing lasting property damage, civilian deaths, and widespread fear.

just as a comment on my own personal experience, the next religious conservative i meet who expresses remorse over the loss of sacred but iraqi life, civilian or military, in the iraq war will be the first.

How do we reconcile this with the thousands of civilian children who have been killed as a result of U.S. - led wars?

The movement already has its heroes, such as the civilian costing expert in the Defense Department who was almost cashiered by the bureaucracy before he made himself heard.

«Whilst the government continues to present these cases as a purely administrative matter, the fact remains that the destruction of houses of worship violates all international norms, as does the use of excessive force on civilians who are peaceably exercising their right to worship in communion with others.

At a community meeting last week, the debate between residents heated up when a civilian beat facilitator, who acts as a go - between for police and residents, said gang problems at Haas Park have declined dramatically despite the shooting.

«Aside from our service men and women who are there, we have tons of American civilians who are there as well.»

The Tamils are protesting against the treatment of civilians trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan government's military and the separatist Tamil Tigers, who are fighting their last stand as a 20 - year conflict draws to a close.

A witness, who identified himself as Ayuba Ibrahim, told journalists that seven Civilian - JTF operatives were injured, while all the suicide bombers died.

For it does provide ample opportunities to all those who wield power in Pakistan — security establishment and civilian rulers as well as assertive higher judiciary and vibrant mass media as emerging pillars of influence — to turn the tables against Taliban.

Civilian Complaint Review Board Chairman Richard Emery is being sued by the CCRB's executive director, Mina Malik, who claims she has been retaliated against after complaining that he referred to her and another female attorney as «pu --- s.»

We can only hope that Pakistan's democratization process will move forward; and civilian leaders who assume power after the forthcoming general elections will act as pragmatically as Jinnah and show the due political resolve to institutionalize his secular, progressive ideals of statehood.

DenDekker then turned Turner's own words against him, calling for the businessman to practice the «personal responsibility» that he preaches by removing the «insensitive and embarrassing ad» from the airwaves and apologizing to everyone who lost someone on 9/11 as well as to first responders and civilians who are still struggling to recover from the horrific memories of that fateful day.

Especially for Trump Vs. Syria, you're hitting two birds with one stone: (a) you appease generally - anti-Shia-axis right wing hawks - especially as this also plays against Iran; (b) you appease anyone who doesn't like chemical weapons used against civilians across the spectrum on humanitarian angle.

This is because Obasanjo is one of those who supported Buhari for the presidency as a civilian candidate.

Last week's resignation of the as - yet unnamed leaker, a low - level staffer at the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board, clearly has not placated Lynch, who is also demanding investigators dig into CCRB's practices.

Could it be you, General Muhammadu Buhari, who is intimidating and murdering civilians opposing your regime by way of self - determination as enshrined in the UN charter or the innocent victims themselves?

Di Grazia, a Californian who had last made stops in Kansas City and Missouri's St. Louis County, reached outside the department to bring in free - thinking civilians as some of his top aides and reached deep into the ranks to find ideas for reform.

As someone who was a part of corrections for over thirty years I can definitely say that the Dept. of Corrections does need to be cleaned up of all those officers and civilians that collect checks for doing nothing but sitting on their butts and creating the unsafe conditions that they constantly complaint about in order to instill fear in the hearts of the taxpayer.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

The Governor who described May 29 as a child of June 12, argued that, it was the unrelenting pursuit of the actualization of June 12 with the sweat and blood of patriots and nationalists that led to military disengagement and civilian rule on May 29.

Civilian Army staff, who could also be affected, would likely be reduced through attrition as well, Wright added.

The other nominees are: Michael Diedreich, an attorney from Rockland County; Jose Fernandez, a former assistant secretary of State in the Obama administration who current practices at Gibson Dunn; Nicole Gueron, whose experience includes a stint as deputy trial counsel in the attorney general's office during Cuomo's tenure in the post; Doris Ling - Cohan, a state Supreme Court judge in New York County; former New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board executive director Mina Quinto Malik; Buffalo attorney Jennifer Stergion; and Alex Zapesochny, who appears to be the founder of a Rochester biotech company.

But the relationship between the former colleagues cooled as Mr Buhari's coup ousted a civilian government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo.

The Civilian JTF who noted that the Boko Haram kingpin, popularly called Bashir Sarkin Yanka, which in Hausa means «Bashir the King of Slaughter» had been the terrorist acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.

The local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State claimed that it had arrested a notorious Boko Haram Kingpin, named Bashir who had been acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.

«Senator Adeleke was a leader who left giant footprints and lasting legacies as the first civilian governor of Osun State,» he stated.

To help announce an executive order about investigating civilian deaths in police custody, Cuomo was joined by the state's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, a progressive with whom he has clashed — and who swore in de Blasio as mayor in a midnight ceremony in front of his Park Slope home.

The Defence Humanists (formerly known as the UK Armed Forces Humanist Association) is a growing body of servicemen and women, their Families, Veterans and civilian members of the Ministry of Defence who seek to represent the interests of all those who subscribe to non-religious beliefs.

«In our thinking, people who could kill 11 soldiers in a single attack are no longer civilians while those who provide cover and logistics to such killer groups are as involved as the murderers.

Monguno Local Government Area of Borno state is reported to have been attack by suspected members of the Boko Haram insurgents, who targeted particularly the volunteer youths known as civilian JTF.

«So, as they approached the camps, the terrorists opened fire and killed about 15 of the Civilian JTF, while the other nine who were spiritually charmed against gunshots were killed by using their vehicles in crushing them.

Two Boko Haram suspects, who had disguised as women to escape the wrath of the vigilante youths, popularly called «Civilian JTF» were on Friday arrested in Jimtilo ward...

As a travel destination, it's a must - see for aviation buffs and for people like me who are simply curious about the history and future of the country's military and civilian aerospace programs.

To assess the reliability of reading a soldier's nonverbal cues, Rizzo asked civilians and veterans who had been diagnosed with ptsd and depression to answer questions about their symptoms, such as disturbing thoughts or nightmares.

As injured veterans recover and reintegrate into civilian life, many are aided by the support and assistance of nonprofessional or informal caregivers, individuals who provide a broad range of care and assistance with activities of daily living.

Training the animals is very similar to training a dog to chase a ball, explained Chris Harris, a civilian Navy employee who works as a trainer at the San Diego facility.

Those who would so readily crown WW II era Americans as «the greatest generation» can contemplate the little discussed fire bombing and burning of dozens of Japanese cities and tens of thousands of civilian women and children.

This is the latter, as it often is when he works with Brad Peyton, who also directed the morally repugnant San Andreas, in which Johnson's rescue pilot forsakes civilians to save his wife and daughter.

This can not be dismissed as one of the usual horrors women who report rape, in the military or in the civilian world, face, the suggestion that they weren't really raped and are merely «misinterpreting» a consensual encounter or are being cattily vindictive after the fact for some bizarre reason that exists only in the minds of people looking to ignore rape.

Along with a few other members of the foreign community including doctors and missionaries who remained in the city, and driven by simple humanitarian concerns, shock at the appalling behaviour of Germany's Asian ally, and a love for the country and people among whom he had worked for so long, he created a safety zone in which a quarter of a million civilians survived what was later to go down in history as the «Nanking Massacre.»

Eventually, a full - blown firefight breaks out among the gridlock, and Villeneuve somehow manages to make it appear at once surgical (from the perspective of hitman - for - hire Benicio Del Toro) and chaotic (as experienced by Kate, who can't believe this is happening in a sea of innocent civilians).

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