Sentences with phrase «civilian governments on»

The technique has been used by militaries and civilian governments on and off ever since.

Not exact matches

«By making it known that they are using these technologies they are fundamentally undermining confidence among civilian populaces that our technologically - superior governments can effectively manage threats posed by this terrorist group,» Michael S. Smith, the founder of security firm Kronos Advisory who has advised Congress on terror - related issues, told Business Insider via email.

From 2002 to 2005 I focused on the civilian side, just trying to get everything in place for the government side.

Macron said in February that «France will strike» in the event of lethal chemical attack on civilians by government forces in Syria.

But the rockets keep fear in the Israeli population, and out of this misguided fear, Israelis allow their government to use real weapons — bombs and white phosphorus — on the unarmed Palestinian civilian population.

But this time, with the US considering its response to another attack against civilians blamed on the Syrian government, Russian officials threatened to shoot down US missiles, and potentially the ships that launched them, if they attacked Syria.

The Government of Canada could build on this momentum to develop an expanded MoU on civilian nuclear technology co-operation that includes research in pressurized heavy water reactor technology, nuclear medicine and other areas discussed by the prime ministers.

The latest appropriations fight could have particular impact on Maryland, where some 300,000 people — roughly 10 percent of the state's civilian workforce — work for the federal government.

From an article on this same subject on CNN, it states: «Egypt's military rulers and interim civilian government were losing patience with the protesters and that they «will be the losers if this sit - in continues.»

A disturbing new investigation from the United Nations (UN) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and first reported by Reuters, has determined that Syrian government forces used deadly chlorine gas during attacks on its civilians.

Does being pro-life include the lives of those on death row, enemy combatants / civilians in war, or funding government social programs that support women and children?

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

So in her conclusion she highlights some of the accomplishments of Byzantine civilization: an imperial government built on a trained civilian administration and tax system; a legal structure based on Roman law; a curriculum of secular education that preserved classical learning; theological thought, artistic expression, and spiritual traditions that are still alive in the Orthodox churches; and coronation and court rituals that were adopted by other rulers.

Officials and journalists are being gunned down on the streets, civilian homes are being raided and seized, civilian government is increasingly being taken over by the military — and so far the drug lords have only engaged in selective terrorism.

«Whilst the government continues to present these cases as a purely administrative matter, the fact remains that the destruction of houses of worship violates all international norms, as does the use of excessive force on civilians who are peaceably exercising their right to worship in communion with others.

Also on July 7, bandits suspected to be cattle rustlers had killed two policemen and a civilian in the Maigana District of Soba Local Government Area of the state.

For this peace agreement to have a long - lasting impact, the challenges that all these players face need to be addressed and the two parties must continue to walk the talk on Day 180 +1: The government must meet its promises and the FARC must fully step away from armed activities and hostilities against civilians.

The Syrian government's brutal and indiscriminate attack on its own civilian population in response to pro-democracy demonstrations seems an easy call for the swift application of R2P.

The government - funded Dutch Safety Board (DSB) describes its remit as investigating accidents where «civilians are dependent on the government, companies or organisations for their safety».

If a «Red line» is drawn by the Obama administration over the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, because it is unconventional weapons, why is there no red line drawn for the use of a car bomb that killed 126 civilians in Aleppo Province on Easter Saturday?

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.

In December he wrote to Theresa May condemning «all attacks on civilian targets, including those by Russian and pro-Syrian government forces in Aleppo» — but only after he had been heckled on Syria by Peter Tatchell.

«The groups conducted numerous attacks on government and civilian targets that resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries, widespread destruction, the internal displacement of approximately 1.8 million persons, and external displacement of an estimated 205,000 Nigerian refugees to neighboring countries, principally Cameroon, Chad, and Niger,» the report said.

He attacked «the foul and despicable crimes committed by Isil and by the Assad government, including barrel bombs being dropped on civilian targets», but without mentioning Assad's backer, the supplier of those barrel bombs: Vladimir Putin.

He continued «We are here in court to institute a criminal case against the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and some Fulani herdsmen who instigated attacks on innocent civilians between December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2018 in Guma and Logo local government areas of Benue State.

The ongoing violence in Syria is probably the most prominent example of this - the Assad regime desperately clings to power with no sign of abdicating and, according to the United Nations, 6,200 civilians have been killed by the army on the orders of the government.

«We are building on recent military and civilian gains, the result of joint efforts by the Afghan government and the international community, to ensure progress towards a more stable and secure Afghanistan in 2011,» Mr Hague added.

«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 causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's 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.»

In continuation of the offensive against remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 7 Division Garrison and 112 Battalion, assisted by some Civilian JTF, on Wednesday conducted clearing operations at Menari, Bulamari, Zangebe, Maafa, Mijigine, Baale and Kaltaram villages in Mafa Local Government Area.

The local security volunteer group, known as Civilian JTF in Konduga local government Area of Borno State claimed that it had arrested a notorious Boko Haram Kingpin, named Bashir who had been acting as Abubakar Shekau in some videos on the social media.

Five members of the civilian JTF were reportedly killed, and scores of others injured at a checkpoint in Konduha local government area of Borno state, northeast, Nigeria on Tuesday following a suicide attack.

Two suspected Boko Haram spies were on Wednesday intercepted by the Civilian JTF at the Borno state deputy governor's office where the state government is...

The naked truth is that the federal government decided to suppress the Islamic Movement on the behest of Saudi Arabia, an agent and ally of the West, killing over a thousand civilian souls and destroying properties worth billions of Naira in its wreak.

«She has been outspoken on issues ranging from holding Syria accountable for failing to support the peace process, condemning attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah on soldiers and civilians, furthering aid to Israel, calling on the U.N. to take to task the Iranian government for threats targeting Israel and reaffirming the right of Israel to defend itself.»

Four gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko terrorist, on Tuesday, shot dead six members of vigilante youths known as civilian JTF in Damasak, Mobar Local Government Area of Borno State.

Not trumpeted by campaign literature, however, are the implications of these policies for civilian labs, both university - based and government - run, that will depend on shrinking nondefense federal spending.

NGOs in Burma provided AAAS with information concerning attacks on civilians in Karen State carried out by government forces in 2006/2007 and then again in 2009.

Known as a strong backer of India's nuclear establishment, Singh in 2008 staked the future of his government on passage of the landmark Indo - U.S. civilian nuclear agreement, which allows India, once ostracized over its nuclear weapons program, to buy civilian nuclear technology.

The devices are not illegal, but are now being exploited by the Syrian authorities to block messages about protests and government attacks on civilians.

Following on from the several civilian casualties during a mission in Nigeria, the ethics of the Avengers is put into question, and they're posed with the idea of being Government run, to cut down on the collateral.

Homecoming is based on a fictional podcast series of the same name about employees at a secret government agency who are eager to re-enter civilian life.

Based on the hugely popular Dead Rising video game franchise by Capcom, which has sold over 9.1 million copies worldwide, DEAD RISING: ENDGAME drops us into the zombie - infested quarantined zone of East Mission City where investigative reporter Chase Carter must stop a secret government conspiracy which, though seemingly aimed at ending the country's zombie epidemic, will also kill millions of innocent civilians.

Director Steven Soderbergh's big - budget thriller about the global spread of a mysterious illness stumbles by focusing too much on public policy and science and to little on the human drama as civilians and government officials race to stop the deadly outbreak.

Fueled by paranoia that an out of control government was intent on harming civilians — an irrational fear that has never gone away — The Andromeda Strain may have been a product of its time, drug - induced climax and all, but remains interesting viewing today.

The show is based on Gimlet Media's popular, fictional podcast and is a psychological thriller that centers on Heidi (Roberts), a caseworker at a secret government facility, and a soldier (Stephan James) eager to rejoin civilian life.

Aim of this paper is not only to condemn Boko Haram's attacks against civilians but also to put pressure on the Nigerian government in order to take substantial measures to deal with terrorism.

Seeing the terrorist group expanding its ruthless acts of violence across the Nigerian borders and the government of Nigeria still being unable to take proper action on the issue, new concerns have risen not only about the fate of Nigerian civilians but also about all African citizens.

Impact Aid provides critical funding to over 1,200 public school districts nationwide that educate military children, children residing on Indian lands, children living in federal low - rent housing facilities, children of civilian employees of the federal government, and the children in school districts with significant tax - exempt federal property.

This was a victory for truth, but the struggle for the truth in the face of denial has been a reality on many fronts throughout history from the Herodotus» justifications of Greek atrocities to the Turkish official denial of the Armenian genocide of 1915 to the American government's denial of torturing civilian detainees in the Middle East.

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