Sentences with phrase «human shields against»

Similar protective associations have also been documented in moose in living in Yellowstone, that give birth near roads to keep predatory traffic - averse brown bears away from their offspring, and mountain nyala in Ethiopia that use human shields against their spotted hyena predators.

Since the beginning of last week, ISIS has taken thousands of people hostage from the outskirts of Mosul into the main parts of the city, and United Nations officials fear that the plan is «to use them as human shields against the Iraqi forces advance on Mosul.»

«Once, it seemed everyone agreed that the State should provide decent public services and social security as a human shield against boom - bust capitalism.

A man grabs his girlfriend and uses her as a human shield against gunfire, which does not hit anyone.

Not exact matches

The United Nations reports that ISIS killed at least 232 people on Wednesday alone, in addition to using thousands of people as human shields to defend themselves against the Iraqi militia.

Is this despair perhaps a shield against a deeper possibility of becoming human before another?

Instead, many farmers are pleased to learn it has taken up residence because it shields their crops against a substance that threatens human health.

Ripping a page from the Star Trek script, specialized cells of the barrier that lines the inside of the intestines and airways of humans have invoked a biological version of Captain Kirk's famous command «shields up» as a first defense against invading microbes.

Furthermore, the liposome's nutrient «shield» makes turmeric nutrients more resistant to digestive juices, alkaline solutions, and salts found in the human body, thereby protecting them against oxidation and degradation.

«It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that I would be talking about how to fight back against the attacks on public education in Puerto Rico and that educators want to act as a human shield to protect public schools and their students just as they've done in West Virginia and Oklahoma,» Weingarten told the Washington Free Beacon.

Human - grade garlic granules pressed into a chewable tablet, flavored with real beef liver, for a safe and effective 24 - hour shield against fleas, ticks, flies, mosquitoes, etc..

Human - grade garlic granules provide a safe and effective 24 - hour shield against fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, gnats, flies, and other biting insects.

human shields can be used against enemy shooting ranges.

Axii can calm animals and stun enemies, which is particularly useful against human enemies using shields.