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Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
My aunt and uncle are clearly civilians.
No, the United States does not target civilians.
I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.
Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.
Israel never targets civilians deliberately, period.
There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.
Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.
Could anything justify the extermination of civilians on such a scale?
The longer the war drags on, more and more civilians are getting killed.
The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.
I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?
We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.
In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel.
We need to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians and accept our fair share of refugees.
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.
Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life . . .
Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.
Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.
If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.
I remain troubled by the deliberate killing of civilians, whether by the United States or by its enemies.
Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.
When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those.
On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians.
All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.
Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'
For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line.
No military contractors should have a 'shoot first' culture that puts civilians or our brave military service members in danger.
Can a nation use the methods of terrorism? Can it harm innocent civilians in the process? What are the costs? Where is the line?
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.
Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it.
Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or 'the people,' constitute the great majority of those affected.
Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.
You don't need any indictment in order to arrest someone; probable cause is sufficient to arrest civilians, so it must be enough to arrest police.
If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.
It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used.
You don't torture people. You don't indiscriminately attack civilians. You protect as good as you can the impact of your warfare on women and children.
The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.