Sentences with phrase «of civilian casualties in»

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Critics of concealed carry say that the presence of armed, but otherwise unprepared and untrained, civilians in an «active shooter» situation would more likely lead to chaos and casualties than a swift resolution.

When robots fight in place of soldiers, will wars have fewer civilian casualties?

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.

These findings are important because they define a potential prophylactic strategy to prevent HO in combat casualties and civilians at high risk of this disabling condition, thereby dramatically improving the function and quality of life of patients at risk.

«The U.S. society and economy are so critically dependent upon the availability of electricity that a significant collapse of the grid precipitated by a major natural or man - made EMP [electro - magnetic pulse] event could result in catastrophic civilian casualties,» Rep. Trent Franks (R - Ariz.)

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.

In response to active shooter and mass casualty incidents such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, the Hartford Consensus and the White House's Stop the Bleed campaign have sought to train civilians in hemorrhage control techniques so that bystanders can serve as immediate responders in the case of uncontrolled hemorrhagIn response to active shooter and mass casualty incidents such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, the Hartford Consensus and the White House's Stop the Bleed campaign have sought to train civilians in hemorrhage control techniques so that bystanders can serve as immediate responders in the case of uncontrolled hemorrhagin 2012, the Hartford Consensus and the White House's Stop the Bleed campaign have sought to train civilians in hemorrhage control techniques so that bystanders can serve as immediate responders in the case of uncontrolled hemorrhagin hemorrhage control techniques so that bystanders can serve as immediate responders in the case of uncontrolled hemorrhagin the case of uncontrolled hemorrhage.

In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

In a series of e-mail exchanges with Science, ISAF officials confirmed that such a tracking system does exist and that its output is an internal database of civilian casualties called CIVCAS.

Although the deaths of coalition soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are available — for example, at www.icasualties.org — an «information vacuum» has surrounded civilian casualties, says Michael Spagat, an economist at Royal Holloway, University of London.

«The civilian casualties reported by the UN have always been higher than those reported by ISAF,» says U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, the director of communications for NATO based in Kabul.

By its reckoning, 2537 civilians were killed and 5594 were wounded over the past 2 years, with 12 % of those casualties attributed to [coalition] forces and the rest to insurgents... In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

Of course, the organization in the best position to directly record civilian casualties is the military itself, with nearly 150,000 observers on the ground witnessing the violence every day.

In January, [military officials] provided Science with a database of civilian casualties called CIVCAS.

In January, ISAF provided Science with a database of civilian casualties called CIVCAS.

As an American, I take a certain amount of pride in the fact that our country is providing him with the greatest trauma care ever afforded a civilian war casualty.

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.

With three months to go before his enlistment period ends and he returns to civilian life, Montgomery is redeployed to the casualty notification team under the formidable command of Captain Tony Stone, played by Woody Harrelson: they will be a two - man outfit whose job is to show up in uniform at the houses of next of kin and inform them that their sons and husbands and wives and daughters have been killed on active service.

In The Messenger (2009), combat veteran Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) may be «a goddamn hero,» in the words of his commanding officer, but in the final months of his enlistment he's assigned to the most challenging mission of his career: casualty notification and the emotional minefield of civilians dealing with the death of a loved -LSB-..In The Messenger (2009), combat veteran Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) may be «a goddamn hero,» in the words of his commanding officer, but in the final months of his enlistment he's assigned to the most challenging mission of his career: casualty notification and the emotional minefield of civilians dealing with the death of a loved -LSB-..in the words of his commanding officer, but in the final months of his enlistment he's assigned to the most challenging mission of his career: casualty notification and the emotional minefield of civilians dealing with the death of a loved -LSB-..in the final months of his enlistment he's assigned to the most challenging mission of his career: casualty notification and the emotional minefield of civilians dealing with the death of a loved -LSB-...]

Like «Avengers: The Age of Ultron,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» and «Iron Man 3,» «Civil War» is simultaneously about the ramifications of US intervention in a post-9 / 11 world; the responsibility of private military contractors (which is basically what the Avengers are here) to defer to their government and the United Nations; the question of whether civilian casualties negate the righteousness of a noble mission; the allure and price of vengeance; and individuals» ongoing, never - finished struggles to understand how their pasts drive their present - tense actions.

No reference to civilian casualties, or even civilian existence, is ever made, so there's no tragedy in the «glassing» of Africa, just the mild satisfaction that comes from having survived it.

The moral quandary at the center of the film may not be an original one — Danish commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) must go to court over a split - second decision made during a firefight in which his actions saved a comrade while unknowingly leading to a number of civilian casualties — but Lindholm takes seemingly ages to get to that point, allowing the audience to soak in the monotony and incessant - if - buried burden of Pedersen's position: serving as ersatz father for his unit while knowing, intuitively, that his family desperately needs him back home.

His violent behavior still seems to be condonable though, as evidenced in the dozens of on - screen and off - screen shootings, hard - hitting hand - to - hand confrontations and car chases — all of which place no value on the lives of innocent background civilians who become collateral casualties amidst the mayhem.

The combined Axis and Soviet casualties are estimated to be in the region of 1.7 to 2 million (combining deaths, injuries and captures, both civilians and soldiers).

Thirty - six barrels of gunpowder were placed in the cellar of the House of Lords, but then several of the conspirators changed their minds, concerned about the potential for very significant civilian casualties.