Sentences with phrase «assault on civilians»

It «will either be a one - time, one - off, fire - and - forget retaliation for a heinous chemical - weapons assault on civilians, or it will serve as a signal to the Assad regime and its allies that the free ride for mass murder in Syria is now over,» Hof said.

Deliberate assaults on civilians, the murder of religious figures, indiscriminate bombings in markets and buildings, hijacking and ramming planes full of civilians into buildings occupied by civilians, attacks on and destruction of churches and mosques — all carried out by al - Qaeda, IS, and Boko Haram — violate the clear limits set in Islamic law for the conduct of a jihad.

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There are also awkward gaps in the history it archives, such as the dearth of footage documenting one of the largest massacres of civilian protesters in modern world history — the infamous assault on a Muslim Brotherhood — led sit - in shortly after the military coup of 2013, which killed more than 800 civilians.

As law enforcement officers descended on the town of 21,000 equipped with armored trucks, body armor, camouflage, and assault rifles, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protesters during the last two weeks, civilians and politicians are making call to rein in the weapons arsenals cops have been amassing.

Lets just say there are 3 million to stay on the low side; what you suggest is to ban a weapon owned by over 3 million law abiding citizens, because it is used by criminals.008 % of the time??? Also, no civilian without a CLASS III federal license owns a real «assault weapon».

None of these civilians has been apprehended after the assault, even though it was all captured on video.»

Sharing some thoughts on post-election lawlessness in Ghana after the 2016 elections with the Daily Graphic yesterday, Dr Nyaho - Tamakloe expressed dismay that «none of these civilians was apprehended during the assault, even though the compound is guarded.

Evidently, additional support in the form of ground forces would go some way towards bolstering the mandate of 1973 to protect civilians, particularly as Gaddafi's forces continue their assault on the cities of Misratah and Ajdabiya.

These comments were made by the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, in reaction to the brutal assault meted out by officers of the Ghana Police Service against unarmed civilians who embarked on a demonstration, organised by some pressure groups in Accra, on Wednesday, September 16.

Each of the missions also carries a random objective, which can be either to kill a boss, get rid of all the zombies in the city, resist to a zombie assault, carry a rescue and escort mission or attempting an antidote prototype on infected civilians.

Our government continues to radically ramp up its all out assault on the environment and thus on civilian populations.

Most petitions address more serious concerns, like calling for a civilian ban on the AR - 15 assault rifle in light of mass shootings.

«We want laws changed so it's harder to get guns and assault rifles on civilian streets,» one person said.

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