Sentences with phrase «civilian deaths»

In fact, 92 percent of civilian deaths in structure fires happen in homes.

Left on the table from last session is a law establishing a permanent special prosecutor for cases involving civilian deaths at the hands of police.

This growth has been accompanied by growing criticism over civilian deaths.

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.

In spite of a troop surge and the launch of new operations against the Taliban last year, the data provided by the UN show a 26 % drop in civilian deaths caused by military forces.

If the estimates are confirmed, it would be among the highest civilian death tolls since the war started in 2003, and one of the highest civilian body counts caused by the U.S. military since the Vietnam War.

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.

Cuomo had proposed allowing district attorneys to release grand jury information or a report in the case of civilian deaths at the hands of the police.

The International Red Cross has warned of hundreds of civilian deaths since the Sri Lankan government moved into the endgame of its war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

Trump said the U.S. - Saudi relationship had improved from the days of the Obama administration, which halted some arms sales to Saudi Arabia over concerns about civilian deaths in Yemen.

The Assembly leader reiterated Israeli arguments that Hamas is to blame for the heavy civilian death toll, as the group stores its armaments in densely populated areas.

Last year, Cuomo signed an executive order to appoint state Attorney General as special prosecutor over cases involving unarmed civilian deaths by police.

Mr. Cuomo's operation pointed to his track record for the black community, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and issuing an executive order naming the state attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related civilian deaths.

The film follows a brilliant DARPA scientist who goes on a deadly mission with a Special Ops team of Delta Force soldiers into a war - torn city where mysterious phantom aggressors code - named Spectral have been causing inexplicable civilians deaths.

I neglected to include the 3,000 US civilian deaths resulting from the 9/11 attacks... who knows what the economic (and social) impact was on this country but they certainly were not trivial.

Hanan pointed to the many civilian deaths that resulted from the bombings in Iraq and said that, «this theme dehumanizes the victims in Iraq by trivializing their deaths.»

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

The use of a range of estimated civilian deaths underscored the fact that the government often does not know for sure the affiliations of those killed.

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).»

My reference was to all coalition forces not to one country and if you can quote official figures that more accurately convey the number Iraqi civilian deaths at the hands of the west then I will defer to that, gladly.

@ Kalid, I would advise you to remember that when jets are flown into buildings by Muslim fanatics & cause thousands of civilian deaths there will be a domino effect called war that was declared first by Osama on his public video about his guilt.

The collateral damage, a.k.a., civilian death ratio since the mid 20th century was 10:1 according to the International Red Cross.

The number of civilian deaths as a result of Al Shabaab activity nearly doubled between July and August 2013.

An estimated ten million soldiers died during the First World War, in addition to one million direct civilian deaths and a further six million deaths from famine and disease, the motion notes.

But today's figures showed the tactical directive introduced last year, changing the rules for when ground forces are allowed to call in airstrikes, has led to a reduction in civilian deaths attributed to pro-government forces.

Generally civilian deaths and injuries are supposed to be minimised.

A sense of sacrifice or of «shedding blood to change the world» can also motivate civilian deaths, a prominent theme within Christianity.

Aerial bombings, shelling, mortar attacks and car bombing in populated areas have all caused further large - scale civilian deaths, spreading yet more terror and forcing yet more people from their homes.

A tragic military error with a hideous civilian death - toll, a disastrously corrupt election, and the resignation of a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the MoD, the auguries for Gordon Brown's speech on Friday could barely have been worse.

It is estimated that 6,200 civilians have been killed, and politicians in Europe and the US are beginning to call for a Libyan - style intervention to prevent further civilian deaths in the country.

Casualty is first civilian death the MoD has admitted responsibility for since airstrikes in region began four years ago

In January 2016 an estimated number of 2000 Turkish academics from more than 90 Turkish Universities signed a petition criticizing the Turkish military for the operations that resulted in civilian deaths among the Kurdish population in the southeast of the country.

M.I.C. Joseph Zimmer (Jake Abel), who also works on the team, argues with her worldview — noting that terrorists don't think about civilian deaths when they are targeting our citizens.

The innumerable civilian deaths and collateral damage that always follow the Avengers» spectacular city - pulverising showdowns have become impossible to ignore — and now the Avengers are faced with having to submit to UN political oversight and control.

(Paragraph four of the essay) The U.S. and UK forces managed to topple the government and capture the key cities of a large nation in only 21 days, taking minimal losses while also trying to avoid large civilian deaths and even high numbers of dead Iraqi military forces.

No gameplay footage shown, but the trailer does show Agents taking down a bad guy by hitting him in the face with an entire skyscraper, probably causing untold civilian deaths in the process.

You can ziptie people to act as hostages and even move them around the level, which forces any cops to go after them first, although you do have to be careful because civilian deaths incur a cleanup cost.

Only, 62 involve civilian death penalties imposed in federal courts (mostly in states that have the death penalty) and another 6 involve death penalties imposed in military courts (mostly in states that allow the death penalty or abroad).

The use of armed drones in conflict situations is increasing, causing far too many collateral civilian deaths.

LA PAZ (Reuters)-- A U.S. jury on Tuesday found former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and his defense minister responsible for civilian deaths during 2003 street protests in Bolivia,...

Critics questioned the independence of county prosecutors, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to propose granting New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the power to investigate civilian deaths at the hands of police.

Interest in tagging technology has been driven in part by growing pressure on the White House over civilian deaths in US drone attacks.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will investigate cases of police involved civilian deaths, as part of a tentative «framework» deal between Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders that was announced Tuesday.

Assemblyman Tom Abinanti is taking state AG Eric Schneiderman's call for temporary power to investigate unarmed civilian deaths at the hands of police officers one step further.

But according to Haley, Russia maintains that «the hospitals are full of terrorists, the schools are full of terrorists,» while outside monitors report heavy civilian deaths.