Sentences with phrase «civilian deaths caused»

Compared with CIVCAS, they attribute nearly three times the number of civilian deaths caused by military forces, only a small portion of which are Afghan national rather than ISAF forces.

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.

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

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.

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.

When a President (Bush) utilizes his military to invade another country (Iraq) and cause the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians all because he believed his god told him it was the right thing to do... yeah, I think we have a right to bash people who take direction from invisible sky fairies.

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.

Killing someone should never be a cause for celebration or joy,» says Rick Halperin Although it seems reasonable to some to celebrate the death of someone who planned the death of over 3000 civilians, I personally think that this is not right since we're stooping down to their level of playing.

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.

In 2009 for instance, former German defence minister Franz Joseph Jung had to step down over an airstrike in Afghanistan which caused the death of more than 100 civilians.

Governor Andrew Cuomo today issued an executive order directing the New York State attorney general «to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute certain matters involving the death of an unarmed civilian... caused by a law enforcement officer.»

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

The district attorney who didn't secure an indictment in the Eric Garner case doesn't want any special prosecutor investigating future deaths of unarmed civilians caused by police.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in December called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to grant his office the interim power to investigate deaths of unarmed civilians caused by police.

Abelove is the first county prosecutor to face charges after Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 approved an executive order that gave Attorney General Eric Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in cases in which a law enforcement officer causes the death of unarmed civilian.

A year before, Governor Andrew Cuomo had empowered Schneiderman to investigate all cases where a law enforcement officer causes the death of an unarmed civilian or where there is a significant question as to whether the civilian was armed and dangerous.

ALBANY — The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York said on Monday that Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to oversee cases of police - involved civilian death was «gravely flawed and will harm the cause of justice.»

«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order No. 147 is gravely flawed and invites serious legal issues regarding how cases involving the «deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement officers» will be properly investigated during the critical, early hours and days after such a tragic incident occur,» the organization said in a statement.

In an email NYC Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James recalled the horror of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Lower Manhattan and the destruction of the World Trade Center causing the deaths of over 3,000 civilians and first responders: «On September -LSB-...]

an executive order appointing the state Attorney General the special prosecutor in the event that law enforcement cause the death of unarmed civilians.

Deji Adeleke, the younger brother to the first civilian Governor of Osun State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, has said the cause of the senator's death is yet to be known.

Ms. Mark - Viverito labeled the 23 - member civilian panel's decision of no reasonable cause for arrest «terribly disappointing» and «not reflective of the events that led to Eric Garner's death.

According to the Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks, in 2010, fireworks caused an estimated 15,500 reported fires, resulting in eight civilian deaths, 60 injuries and $ 36 million in direct property damage.

IED explosions have continued to cause the majority of civilian deaths.

For 2009 and 2010, its data include 5191 civilian deaths, over 70 % of them caused by «antigovernment elements,» 20 % by «pro-government forces,» and the rest undetermined.

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.

The Avengers, while on a mission to stop Crossbones — also known as Brock Rumlow — from stealing a biological weapon in Lagos, Nigeria, accidentally cause civilian deaths.

After another international mission ends - up causing more harm than good, with multiple deaths of innocent civilians, The Avengers are brought - in for an evaluation.

Directed by Nic Mathieu, Spectral is about «a brilliant DARPA scientist [who] embarks on a deadly mission with a Special Ops team of Delta Force soldiers into a battle - scarred, war - torn city, where mysterious phantom aggressors code - named Spectral have been causing inexplicable civilian deaths,» according to Deadline.

Latest news reveal that in June Boko Haram stroke again in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria causing the death of approximately 200 civilians (Deutsche Welle, 2014).

UN Security Council will adopt Resolution 1566 in 2004 and gives a definition of terrorism as «criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act.»

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.

Cluster bombs can explode when they are disturbed, they are notorious in causing injuries and deaths to civilians, especially children.

I've toured a museum of war remnants in Saigon where, among the photographs of death, destruction, and dismemberment caused by bombs and napalm dropped by U.S. forces on civilians, is a display of the horrors of Agent Orange.

These strikes — as «surgical» as they may be — frequently cause collateral deaths to unintended Palestinian targets (this is particularly true in light of a deliberate policy by Hamas and other terrorists to embed their fighters and rockets into civilian institutions such as schools, mosques and hospitals).

If the Nazis had instead built water - tight chambers and drowned the same civilians, that would also be constructing a device to use a chemical to cause mass death.

Terrorism includes criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government of international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act.

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Drunk driving laws are strictly developed for the protection of civilians from injury or death which may be caused by individuals who drive while intoxicated.

Terrorism includes criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provide a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government or international organization to do or to abstain from doing an act.

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