Sentences with phrase «civilian casualties in»

There have been more civilian casualties in the back of Ted Kennedy's car than there have from radioactivity in US nuclear power plant accidents.

It is O.K. to have thousands of incidental civilian casualties in the name of promoting democracy and fighting terrorist.

He decided against it because he was worried about the possibility of a few dozen civilian casualties in the missile strike.

This includes data visualizations from civilian casualties in the drone war, video documentation from acts of terrorism, tracking the impact of invasive species on local ecosystems and crime scene studies from mass shootings.

When one character attempts to mention the widespread civilian casualties in Iraq in order to gain the upper hand in an argument, Lady Bird shuts him down by saying, «Different things can be sad.

A few independent organizations, including the United Nations, have published their own reports on civilian casualties in Afghanistan, but only for illustrating broad trends.

John Bohannon's freely available story in this week's Science contains new data on civilian casualties in Afghanistan that were provided exclusively to the magazine:

One current challenge his team is working on is, «How do you take a lot of reporting on civilian casualties in a certain area and then make it into a map - based Web site that both provides a lot of information and is actually a research tool — but doesn't do it in such a way that you basically scare people away from the issue» because it's too complicated or horrific, Bromley says.

His stories range from civilian casualties in Afghanistan, where he embedded with NATO forces in 2010, to the first experimental test of people's ability to distinguish paté from dog food.

The capital Kabul is now the most dangerous province for civilians - 19 % of civilian casualties in the country in 2016 were in the region.

William Hague has decided to expel five Libyan diplomats from their embassy in London following civilian casualties in the north African country.

UNHCR reported in 2015 there estimates of civilian casualties in the Syrian conflict but didn't specify who killed them

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.

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.

Not exact matches

The increase in air strikes has led to concerns over civilian casualties, particularly after the United Nations reported a spike in deaths caused by air strikes last year.

Multiple clashes between ISIS - K and the Taliban were reported in April and May, resulting in multiple civilian, Taliban and ISIS casualties.

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.

The Pentagon is currently uncertain as to whether or not the airstrike was successful in eliminating the senior leader, although it noted that there was no sign of civilian casualties.

«The warning will probably suffice in dissuading the Assad regime from conducting another mass terror, mass casualty attack on civilians using chemical weapons,» Hof wrote on Tuesday.

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.

Since that shift, there's been a significant spike in both civilian casualties and insider attacks; on Oct. 19, the increasingly - emboldened Taliban virtually wiped out a 60 - man Afghan National Army unit like it was nothing.

Civilian deaths under Trump peaked in March, with nearly 700 confirmed or likely casualties.

Transitioning into civilian life, Ryan is making a career promoting startups that develop the powerful and specialized software he wishes he'd had as an intelligence officer in Iraq — programs that can map and visualize useful information like casualties from IEDs, the market price of flour at a local bazaar, or the tribal affiliations of local townspeople.

The crown prince is also due to meet with members of the U.S. Congress, some of whom have been critical of the Saudi campaign in Yemen, particularly the humanitarian situation and civilian casualties.

Some of these launching pits are located in areas near hospitals and schools in the heart of populated areas and institutions attended by a large number of people, making them difficult to attack because of the risk of civilian casualties.

If you can't name him right away, check Google... for reliability use Google to find out a report made public by the Johns Hopkins Universiity Blloomberg School of Public Health about the estimated figures on civilian casualties during the Iraq invasion... Just so you be aware that we too in America have our «Hitler», so publicly paraded in San Francisco, Rome and other places in the world during the height of the Iraqi invasion and make your own conclusion...

3) The 24/7 Sunni - Shiite centuries - old blood feud currently being carried out in Iraq, US Troops killed in action, 3,481 and 924 died in non-combat, 97,172 — 106,047 Iraqi civilians killed, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/ and defenselink.mil / news / casualty.

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.

Yes, there is colateral damage, and there are civilian casualties, but fewer than with other methods, and those hazards exists in all forms of war (hence why I would understand religion protesting war in general).

«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.»

According to Airwars — a non-profit that attempts to keep track of the number of civilian deaths caused by coalition airstrikes in the Middle East — there has been a spike in casualties under President Trump.

The strikes raise questions about rules of engagement, and whether some of the laws put in place to minimize civilian casualties have been relaxed under President Donald Trump.

Probably, but just ask General Westmoreland about civilian (and US troop) casualties in Vietnam and you'll get a number about 20 % of the real thing... as usual.

3) The 24/7 Sunni - Shiite centuries - old blood feud currently being carried out in Iraq, US Troops killed in action, 3,481 and 924 died in non-combat98, 691 — 107,707 Iraqi civilians killed as of 11/9/2010, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/ and defenselink.mil / news / casualty.

But more importantly, we only lost about 130 soldiers in this war, and were at the same time able to keep civilian Iraqi casualties to a minimum.

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.

Mr Miliband's visit is the latest in a line of measures taken by the government to try and limit casualties to civilians in the region including a visit by international development minister Mike Foster and a pledge by Gordon Brown of # 2.5 million in humanitarian aid.

For certain critics, even one civilian casualty incurred in a campaign designed to save lives will be viewed as too many.

One could of course make the argument that limited civilian casualties would be tolerable (assuming adherence to the principles of discrimination and proportionality) to the extent that the air campaign proves successful in forestalling widespread and systematic attacks on civilians.

And, as is often the case in this kind of war, most of the casualties are civilian bystanders.

Civilian deaths caused by the Taliban and other anti-government elements totalled 1,271 in this period, while there were 1,997 casualties.

The Justice Department's core argument is that the U.S. is likely to have only «a limited window of opportunity within which to defend Americans in a manner that has both a likelihood of success and sufficiently reduces the probabilities of civilian casualties.»

In sum, the definition of imminence that the Obama administration is promoting is extraordinarily broad, opening the door to killings in cases where there is no evidence of a specific attack being planned in the immediate future, and — by implication (since more attacks would be made possible)-- to a higher risk of civilian casualtieIn sum, the definition of imminence that the Obama administration is promoting is extraordinarily broad, opening the door to killings in cases where there is no evidence of a specific attack being planned in the immediate future, and — by implication (since more attacks would be made possible)-- to a higher risk of civilian casualtiein cases where there is no evidence of a specific attack being planned in the immediate future, and — by implication (since more attacks would be made possible)-- to a higher risk of civilian casualtiein the immediate future, and — by implication (since more attacks would be made possible)-- to a higher risk of civilian casualties.

While parts of this logic make sense in the abstract, and do make an attempt to come to grips with the unusual nature of the threat posed by terrorism, the rationale conforms neither to the experience with drone attacks to date (which have incurred heavy civilian casualties) or to the efforts of other countries, such as Israel (more on this below), to respect the imminence restraint.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

There is broad consensus that civilian casualties must be minimised in warfare and they can not be legitimate military targets (See Geneva Convention (I), § 50; Rome Statute, § 8 (2)(b), Walzer, 152 - 9).

Allowing so called «rebels» to leave certain territory in order to avoid civilian casualties and further destruction became a norm in Syrian civil war, at least on SAA and Russian side.

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 missioIn 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 missioin Westminster about the extent of international support for the mission.

«I also strongly urge Israel to do their utmost to reduce tension, avoid civilian casualties and increase the prospects for both sides to live in peace,» he said.