"Civilian casualties" refers to the innocent people who are harmed or killed during a conflict or war. They are non-combatants, such as men, women, and children who are not involved in fighting or military activities.
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The resignation of the Foreign Office minister will be a huge embarrassment for Cameron, who was warned recently that centrist Tories were uncomfortable with his unwavering support for Israel despite the extent
of civilian casualties in Gaza.
UNHCR reported in 2015 there estimates of
civilian casualties in the Syrian conflict but didn't specify who killed them
Agha's torture is one of many such cases recorded by Mariner for a recent report
on civilian casualties of war.
Sofge, who stressed coalition forces» efforts to
avoid civilian casualties, said the actual process likely takes less time to complete than it does to describe, in part because of the experience they have doing it and because parts of it happen concurrently.
According to Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, «the [Saudi - led] Coalition is responsible for twice as many
civilian casualties as all other forces put together, virtually all as a result of airstrikes».
In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own
civilian casualty data to Science.
«He also expressed concern over the risk of the conflict escalating further and the danger of
further civilian casualties on both sides.»
However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of
civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.
Additionally, Iraqi forces have opted to use slower tactics focused on cordoning off and clearing one neighborhood at a time in order to
minimize civilian casualties.
In the UK prior to the bombing all except one poll, which asked the question, showed a majority against bombing if it
caused civilian casualties.
The vote does not compel EU member states to act but it does increase pressure on Riyadh, in the wake of criticism from the UN and growing international alarm
over civilian casualties in Yemen.
As the number of
Iraqi civilian casualties skyrockets, academics in general and scientists in particular are emerging as an unlikely group of targets.
In a series of e-mail exchanges with Science, ISAF officials confirmed that such a tracking system does exist and that its output is an internal database of
civilian casualties called CIVCAS.
As reports of
civilian casualties mount, we see that, just as Jesus warned, human attempts to «root out evil» on our own, by force, result in the destruction of innocent lives.
There is too much we simply do not know about the war and the conduct of the war, or even how
many civilian casualties there have been.
The shadow foreign secretary has issued an immediate appeal to the Sri Lankan government to
minimise civilian casualties in its ongoing struggle with the Tamil Tigers.
On April 7th, a chemical weapon attack inflicted
heavy civilian casualties in the town of Douma, the last rebel - held stronghold in the Eastern Ghouta region of Syria.
[28][29] Five days later, he defected to the Liberal Democrats on 10 December 2001, citing his disagreements with Labour whips over his opposition to military action in Afghanistan and the
resulting civilian casualties.
By its reckoning, 2537 civilians were killed and 5594 were wounded over the past 2 years, with 12 % of those casualties attributed to [coalition] forces and the rest to insurgents... In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their
own civilian casualty data to Science.
In our times,
when civilian casualties can (for good reason) become political liabilities, which politician would want to have machines take life - and - death decisions?
Successfully combatted two high - visibility NATO Special Operations Component Command (NSOCC)
civilian casualty allegations and ensured ISAF message reached 10 million influencers.
General Westmoreland (particularly as time went by) was conducting carpet bombing and large - unit movements that
made civilian casualties more probable while failing to address the insidious rifle - to - rifle guerilla warfare that was arousing the fears of ordinary Vietnamese villagers and peasants.
Between some 245,000 to 415,000 South Korean civilian deaths were also suggested, and the
total civilian casualties during the war were estimated as 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 (most sources estimate some 2,000,000 casualties).»
«We know that that's
driving civilian casualties and death, so this is not the time to resign ourselves toward the inevitable but to recognise our own responsibility in it.»
What makes this war tactic even more controversial is that U.S. officials rarely
mention civilian casualties as a result of drone strikes.
An interesting question to discuss here would have been whether callous targeting that brings about
multiple civilian casualties may blur this distinction.
One of the driving forces behind the gulf states» war in Yemen, a conflict which has led to
mass civilian casualties and a disastrous humanitarian crisis, Mohammed has also pushed aggressive rhetoric on Iran and helped engineer the economic blockade of Qatar over supposed links to terrorism.
In the lead up to the vote, Arab League secretary - general Amr Moussa's outspoken attack over
alleged civilian casualties raised concerns in Westminster about the extent of international support for the mission.
William Hague has decided to expel five Libyan diplomats from their embassy in London
following civilian casualties in the north African country.
Amnesty International reiterated its urgent demands for a ceasefire today, with the group's Middle East and north Africa programme director Malcolm Smart
saying civilian casualties are on «an unprecedented scale».
According to the Commissioner of Police Borno state, Mr. Damian Chuckwu while addressing newsmen at the scene of the blasts in Maiduguri on Friday, said no record of
civilian casualties except the bombers.
«The U.S. society and economy are so critically dependent upon the availability of electricity that a significant collapse of the grid precipitated by a major natural or man - made EMP [electro - magnetic pulse] event could result in
catastrophic civilian casualties,» Rep. Trent Franks (R - Ariz.)