Sentences with phrase «use it against civilian»

Kim also has large quantities of VX, an even deadlier chemical weapon, and has already shown a willingness, and ability, to use it against civilian targets abroad.

At least 20 unarmed men were executed by Syrian troops in Damascus, according to opposition activists, as the government said Monday that the country's chemical weapons were secure and would never be used against civilians.

Insufficient attention to where British arms exports have ended up has been blamed by MPs for their use against civilians in conflict zones.

However, militaries have made and used much lower - grade nerve agents, such as the very poor quality Sarin that Saddam Hussein made and used against both civilian and military targets in the Iran - Iraq war.

Especially for Trump Vs. Syria, you're hitting two birds with one stone: (a) you appease generally - anti-Shia-axis right wing hawks - especially as this also plays against Iran; (b) you appease anyone who doesn't like chemical weapons used against civilians across the spectrum on humanitarian angle.

Not exact matches

The S&P / TSX composite index was up 17.31 points to 12,757.81 as investors wondered if the United States will end up leading a military strike against Syria, which it accuses of using poison gas against its own civilian population.

After four years using VieVu's body cams, the OPD reports a significant reduction in use of force against civilians.

«A responsible source at the Foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's full support for the American military operations on military targets in Syria, which came as a response to the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians,» a statement released by state news agency SPA said on Friday.

So far stocks are up since the United States launched a limited military strike against Syria, over allegations it used poison gas on civilians.

(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

And we are all frightened at the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists against innocent civilian populations.

He became part of a conspiracy against Hitler at the highest levels of the German government, using his role as a civilian agent in military intelligence as a cover for ecumenical contacts that allowed the conspirators to make tentative overtures toward a peace settlement with the British government.

Terrorism is a tactic used by armed men against civilians for political purpose in the anticipation that it will weaken the public's resolve to resist.

War and the memory of war do indeed have an important place in America's history and identity, but war is certainly not our ìaltar.î There have indeed been times when we have used massive and terrible power against terrible enemies; and yet, right now, brave American soldiers endure great risk to themselves in an effort to avoid killing civilians.

Using tanks against unarmed civilians?

The Vietnam war was not only a gross miscalculation, politically and militarily, but a moral wrong inflicted by a massive use of cruel weapons forbidden by international law, mostly against poor and innocent civilians.

Yet several scholarly works state that the British used air attacks against civilian demonstrators.

They're a big deal because they've been used extensively in the past and found to be useless except as a terror weapon against civilians:

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 Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. accused Israeli forces of using «massive firepower» against civilians.

«We condemn in the strongest term the atrocity by the Israeli occupying forces using this massive firepower against civilians who have the right to demonstrate peacefully, and they have been demonstrating peacefully,» Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters outside the U.N. Security Council chambers in New York.

Why it matters: President Buhari is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 30, and both men would likely discuss further U.S. military assistance to Nigeria against the backdrop of serious human rights violations by security forces who use the same weapons to kill civilians.

If the threat is terrorists, how can these weapons help us retaliate against an enemy which moves from country to country, hides among civilians and uses technology to outsmart us?

It was not a mistake for Obama to mention those red lines, because the use of chemical weapons against civilians does send the conflict towards an entirely new level of suffering and death.

surprised no one by applauding the aggressive pushback against Syrian President Bashar Assad's suspected use of poison gas on civilians.

Use of banned weapons against civilian populations should be investigated by the United Nations.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

Even more troubling is the fact that, as long as Buhari is in power, those jets are as likely to be used against innocent and defenceless Nigerian civilians, including women and children, as they are against terrorists.

Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as «the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives» (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).

the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives

«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.»

The Civilian Complaint Review Board in New York City moved to authenticate an excessive force claim against the NYPD officer who used the chokehold that killed Eric Garner.

And more oversight of a department that clears officers of wrongdoing almost every time they are accused of using excessive force against civilians.

I think you should update your question to address what ever mechinism you think should be used by the UN to address Japanese military action against a foriegn military asset.Though knowing china they are civilian drones trying to help build schools for children.

While using rockets against civilians violates the rules of war and international conventions, they wouldn't be a WMD on this criteria taken alone.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, the police watchdog agency investigating the misconduct claim against Pantaleo and others, is also seeking the minutes — not for public use but for private investigative reasons.

For his part, Mr. Skelos said any visit to Gaza would validate Hamas in spite of its Islamist militancy and history of deliberately using rockets and suicide bombers against civilians.

Former President George W. Bush, in an interview, said Obama has a «touch choice to make» on potential U.S. military action against Syrian President Bashar al - Assad, who is accused of using chemical weapons against civilians.

The executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence says the weapon used in the attack, an AR - 15, has no purpose for civilians other than to kill other civilians.

Georgia was reported to have used cluster munitions twice to hit civilians fleeing via the main escape road and admitted using cluster bombs against Russian troops and near the Roki Tunnel.

«So, as they approached the camps, the terrorists opened fire and killed about 15 of the Civilian JTF, while the other nine who were spiritually charmed against gunshots were killed by using their vehicles in crushing them.

Syria's violence against civilians is being matched with online abuses as the government uses hacking and surveillance tools to track its people

That is equally true for the nerve agents, which many nations still stockpile and which were used as recently as last April against civilians and rebel soldiers in Syria.

The team's conclusion: «Chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, also against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale.

One sequence in particular that stands out shows Edward Snowden making love to his girlfriend Lindsay on a bed, also making a point to emphasize the anxiety and uneasiness within his mind as while thrusting, he uses his peripheral vision to notice the webcam of his laptop, a common device that could be used to spy on civilians against their will.

Free Terrorism Term Paper: Terrorist's Attack «The unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives» - FBI Free Terrorism Term Paper: Global War on Terrorism Before you start writing free terrorism term paper, you should determine the meaning of the term.

DDT, a chemical pesticide synthesized by Müller in the late 1930s, was initially used against houseflies, beetles, various farm pests, and typhus - carrying lice on the bodies of World War II soldiers and civilians.

Referring to those who were part of the hundreds of Native tribes, and their many allies, as terrorists, gave the security forces permission to use war - like tactics against civilians.

Indeed, aggressive police raids — where doors are kicked in, machine guns are held to civilians» heads, and houses are completely ransacked — create a backlash against the police and against the legal system in general, especially when these tactics are used against «crimes» as mundane as poker games, checking high school students» lockers for drugs, and even cracking down on unlicensed hairdressers.

In addition, data - mining or harvesting can also be used in the planning or preparation of international crimes, especially those targeting predominantly civilian populations, such as crimes against humanity and genocide.