Civilian casualties have been rising.

The number of civilian casualties is growing.

Often, they fired into villages, causing civilian casualties.

Civilian casualties now constitute a staggering 90 per cent.

UNTAC suffered no casualties, but casualties were reported among the civilian population as well as among the attackers.

If civilian casualties are a problem, cut them to a minimum.

Seventh, the civilian casualties arising from a military strike would be high.

They sustained casualties, both dead and wounded, including among the civilian population.

There has been considerable destruction and many casualties among the civilian population.

The dizzying count of civilian casualties is enough to discredit these videos.

They fear that more troops may only lead to more civilian casualties, antagonizing Afghans.

They have also been involved in ethnic clashes, which have resulted in civilian casualties.

The news about civilian casualties is also less bad than it used to be.

A show of devastating force, with limited Israeli casualties at the price of an unlimited number of Palestinian civilian casualties, is no longer internationally sustainable.

And that will only lead to more civilian and military casualties in Egypt s neglected war.

I continue to be gravely concerned about the increasing number of civilian casualties and serious injuries.

As a result, the number of casualties among the civilian population of Azerbaijan is constantly increasing.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa s government claimed throughout, and still does, that it maintained a zero civilian casualties policy.

Indeed, no one even knows how many civilian casualties there have been in ten years of war.

Iraq provided the symbols, civilian casualties, and recruiting ground that the jihadi extremists had sought in Afghanistan.

Frequent clashes between FARDC troops and armed groups operating in the area have resulted in numerous civilian casualties.

Israeli aircraft continued to pursue civilian cars carrying displaced persons, setting them on fire and causing dozens of casualties.

This timing avoided the military and civilian casualties that would have resulted from a ground assault to seize the facility.

According to a study, civilian casualties made up just 5 per cent of all casualties during the First World War, while in the Second World War that number increased to 50 per cent.

Firstly, there are concerns about the immediate civilian casualties during a cluster munitions attack even when its submunitions explode as intended.

The use of these weapons in armed conflicts over the last 30 years has left a consistent trail of civilian casualties.

Of paramount concern is the high toll of innocent civilian casualties caused by the ongoing violence, including terrorist and insurgent activity.

Apart from Palestinian fighters killed and injured, civilian casualties are mainly caused by the Israeli army's disproportionate use of force.3

Most of the casualties have been civilian peasants who stepped on mines while gathering firewood, harvesting rice, herding animals or fishing.

The heavy fighting and the bombardment of the city by SPLA before the attack resulted in a lot of civilian casualties.

In addition to the heavy civilian casualties, more people were displaced from their homes, thus increasing the need for immediate relief assistance.

Bitter street battles are being waged. Although the greater part of the peaceful population has been evacuated, there are many civilian casualties.

This rule recognizes that civilian casualties and damage to civilian objects may occur during an attack against a military objective but requires that the military advantage anticipated outweigh the incidental impact on civilians.

It will probably also be possible to determine roughly how many of the civilian casualties were caused by some form of sniper fire.

The developments since the latest round of Geneva negotiations, marked by continuous fighting and civilian casualties, especially in Central Bosnia, are deeply disturbing.

Mr. Hansen elaborated on the increase in violent conflicts, which was coupled with an ever higher number of casualties among the civilian population.

3. The dramatic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is also deteriorating, battles are being fought which are resulting in scores of military and civilian casualties, and there are ever more casualties among members of relief organizations and UNPROFOR troops.

In its efforts to ensure its security, Israel should not resort to disproportionate force and extrajudicial killings and must prevent non combatant civilian casualties.

Military incursions, targeted killings and excessive use of force against demonstrators have resulted in a high rate of civilian casualties, including women and children.

Today, 29 July 1993, there has been an increase in the ratio of civilian casualties and in the number of persons fleeing towards Beirut.

The attack caused considerable destruction and claimed casualties among the civilian population, and a number of villages in Agdam and Agjabedi districts were captured.

Thus, even though every civilian killed, maimed, raped, or tortured is one too many, the fact that the number of civilian casualties is clearly lower today than it was a decade ago, is good news.

Thus, even though every civilian killed, maimed, raped, or tortured is one too many, the fact that the number of civilian casualties is clearly lower today than it was a decade ago, is good news.

Are there casualties?

No casualties, sir.