Sentences with phrase «saying civilian casualties»

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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.

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.

The Central Command statement said US forces «took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties.»

The Labour leader said: «Whether it's the lack of a strategy worth the name, the absence of credible ground troops, the missing diplomatic plan for a Syrian settlement, the failure to address the impact on the terrorist threat, or the refugee crisis and civilian casualties, it's become increasingly clear that the prime minister's proposals for military action simply do not stack up.»

He said that a team from the Police Explosive Ordinance Department was promptly drafted to the scene to restore law and order, adding that there was no civilian casualty.

«I also strongly urge Israel to do their utmost to reduce tension, avoid civilian casualties and increase the prospects for both sides to live in peace,» he said.

Blair said handing over the anti-terrorism operation to the military would make it easier for the U.S. government to discuss targeting procedures and precautions taken to avoid civilian casualties, sometimes referred to as collateral damage.

Giving the figures on 2017 attacks and its casualties, the lawmaker said: «357 civilians were killed during 55 attacks.»

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.

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.

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.

Humanitarian agencies say Iraq's hospitals are reaching breaking point, as the battle for Baghdad causes the number of civilian casualties to rise rapidly.

When one character attempts to mention the widespread civilian casualties in Iraq in order to gain the upper hand in an argument, Lady Bird shuts him down by saying, «Different things can be sad.