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The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The fact that the coordinates of this detention facility and the knowledge that it housed civilians had been communicated to the parties to the conflict indicates that this attack may -- depending on the precise circumstances -- amount to a war crime. – Michelle Bachelet	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, UAE, and Muscat, Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians. – Joseph Guastella	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Stand up for the proposition that we won't let any allies, just because they're an ally, kill, with impunity, a journalist — something that we cherish under our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of expression under the First Amendment. And stand up for the proposition that we won't let our bombs fall upon innocent civilians and have the moral responsibility which will be a blemish on our history for years to come. – Bob Menendez	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Muscat Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians. – Lucas Tomlinson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The emergency declaration is nothing more than an egregious abuse of power by an Administration that doesn't like being told,' No.' There is no emergency, but there is a conflict in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians with US-made weapons and a Congress that is tired of being complicit, the Trump Administration knows that these sales would not meet that standard, so they decided to declare a fake emergency in order to bypass Congress. The Trump Administration's a tactic they've used before. This legislation sends a strong signal that we will not tolerate the Trump Administration's blatant abuse of power. – Ted Lieu	Found on CNN 5 years ago
As alleged, Ashiqul Alam bought illegal weapons as part of Ashiqul Alam plan to kill law enforcement officers and civilians in a terrorist attack on Times Square, what Ashiqul Alam did not know was that Ashiqul Alam was buying weapons from government agents, who were monitoring Ashiqul Alam plans and intervening to prevent those plans from escalating into deadly violence. – Richard Donoghue	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians, probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. So do I get judged, too ? – Duncan Hunter	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The question today is what you will do to protect civilians in Idlib, the latest example of an entirely known, predictable and preventable humanitarian disaster unfolding before our eyes. – Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Meuller	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A decade ago, soldiers across Colombia lured civilians to remote locations under false pretenses such as with promises of work killed them, placed weapons on their lifeless bodies, and then reported them as enemy combatants killed in action, one cant help wonder if any of the cockades in their uniforms, or the promotions throughout successful careers, corresponds to the murder of innocent civilians committed over a decade ago. – Jos Miguel Vivanco	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The numbers will increase definitely, because the fighting is closing in toward the center, or the more populated area in Tripoli, where then there is a higher likelihood that more and more civilians will be trapped in the cross-fire and there will be more and more civilian casualties. – Syed Jaffar Hussain	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This attack was carried out at a time when there were no civilians near the police. – Abdul Aziz Yousafzai	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They are civilians who were hiding in a bomb shelter, it is terrible. – Maung Thar Phyu	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Bodies were burnt beyond recognition, they were innocent civilians killed by Americans for no reason. They always get away with such horrible mistakes. – Abdiaziz Haji	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I am deeply saddened by this uncivilized act, which goes against humanistic values and took the lives of civilians, we extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims and the people of New Zealand. – Ibrahim Kalin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Doing so bolsters the self-defense capabilities of our partners and reduces the risk of harm to civilians. – John Abizaid	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Before the clashes began, we thought there were 1,000-1,500 terrorists. In the past three days, of course, the terrorists endured casualties and today about 200 terrorists surrendered, so we think the number of terrorists could be around 1,000 give or take, in addition to civilians stuck inside. – Mostafa Bali	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
ISIS fighters have been using suicide vests and car bombs to slow down the SDF offensive and hide from Coalition strikes in the area of Baghouz, they still hold civilians and are lacing the tunnels with IEDs (improvised explosive devices) as well. – Colonel Sean Ryan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There are no civilian casualties in this building. But there may be dead civilians under the collapsed Hilco UK restaurant which is also nearby. – Captain Mohamed	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We won't storm the village and declare it liberated unless we have completely confirmed the departure of civilians, we expect a fierce battle. – Mustafa Bali	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While Juan Guaido builds distribution networks for humanitarian assistance, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks its entry and sends armed criminal gangs to attack the innocent civilians accompanying the convoys. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If we succeed in evacuating all the civilians, at any moment we will take the decision to storm Baghouz or force the terrorists to surrender. – Mustafa Bali	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This week we'll hit another sobering milestone, and that's potential nonpayment to our civilians on Friday. – Karl L. Schultz	Found on CNN 5 years ago
My family can not continue to stay in a place where security operatives are beating up and arresting civilians randomly, they are everywhere in the area, and you don't know what might happen to you if you upset them. – James Chunga	Found on CNN 5 years ago

The United States is very concerned about the conflict's toll on innocent civilians and is working to bring the conflict in Yemen to an end. But we can not end The United States through ill-conceived and time-consuming resolutions that fail to address The United States root causes, rather than expend time and resources on such resolutions, I encourage the Congress to direct its efforts toward supporting our work to achieve peace through a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Yemen.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The fact that the coordinates of this detention facility and the knowledge that it housed civilians had been communicated to the parties to the conflict indicates that this attack may -- depending on the precise circumstances -- amount to a war crime.

– Michelle Bachelet

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, UAE, and Muscat, Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians.

– Joseph Guastella

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Stand up for the proposition that we won't let any allies, just because they're an ally, kill, with impunity, a journalist — something that we cherish under our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of expression under the First Amendment. And stand up for the proposition that we won't let our bombs fall upon innocent civilians and have the moral responsibility which will be a blemish on our history for years to come.

– Bob Menendez

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Muscat Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians.

– Lucas Tomlinson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The emergency declaration is nothing more than an egregious abuse of power by an Administration that doesn't like being told,' No.' There is no emergency, but there is a conflict in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians with US-made weapons and a Congress that is tired of being complicit, the Trump Administration knows that these sales would not meet that standard, so they decided to declare a fake emergency in order to bypass Congress. The Trump Administration's a tactic they've used before. This legislation sends a strong signal that we will not tolerate the Trump Administration's blatant abuse of power.

– Ted Lieu

Found on CNN
5 years ago

As alleged, Ashiqul Alam bought illegal weapons as part of Ashiqul Alam plan to kill law enforcement officers and civilians in a terrorist attack on Times Square, what Ashiqul Alam did not know was that Ashiqul Alam was buying weapons from government agents, who were monitoring Ashiqul Alam plans and intervening to prevent those plans from escalating into deadly violence.

– Richard Donoghue

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians, probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. So do I get judged, too ?

– Duncan Hunter

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The question today is what you will do to protect civilians in Idlib, the latest example of an entirely known, predictable and preventable humanitarian disaster unfolding before our eyes.

– Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Meuller

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A decade ago, soldiers across Colombia lured civilians to remote locations under false pretenses such as with promises of work killed them, placed weapons on their lifeless bodies, and then reported them as enemy combatants killed in action, one cant help wonder if any of the cockades in their uniforms, or the promotions throughout successful careers, corresponds to the murder of innocent civilians committed over a decade ago.

– Jos Miguel Vivanco

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The numbers will increase definitely, because the fighting is closing in toward the center, or the more populated area in Tripoli, where then there is a higher likelihood that more and more civilians will be trapped in the cross-fire and there will be more and more civilian casualties.

– Syed Jaffar Hussain

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This attack was carried out at a time when there were no civilians near the police.

– Abdul Aziz Yousafzai

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They are civilians who were hiding in a bomb shelter, it is terrible.

– Maung Thar Phyu

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Bodies were burnt beyond recognition, they were innocent civilians killed by Americans for no reason. They always get away with such horrible mistakes.

– Abdiaziz Haji

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I am deeply saddened by this uncivilized act, which goes against humanistic values and took the lives of civilians, we extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims and the people of New Zealand.

– Ibrahim Kalin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Doing so bolsters the self-defense capabilities of our partners and reduces the risk of harm to civilians.

– John Abizaid

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Before the clashes began, we thought there were 1,000-1,500 terrorists. In the past three days, of course, the terrorists endured casualties and today about 200 terrorists surrendered, so we think the number of terrorists could be around 1,000 give or take, in addition to civilians stuck inside.

– Mostafa Bali

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

ISIS fighters have been using suicide vests and car bombs to slow down the SDF offensive and hide from Coalition strikes in the area of Baghouz, they still hold civilians and are lacing the tunnels with IEDs (improvised explosive devices) as well.

– Colonel Sean Ryan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There are no civilian casualties in this building. But there may be dead civilians under the collapsed Hilco UK restaurant which is also nearby.

– Captain Mohamed

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We won't storm the village and declare it liberated unless we have completely confirmed the departure of civilians, we expect a fierce battle.

– Mustafa Bali

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

While Juan Guaido builds distribution networks for humanitarian assistance, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks its entry and sends armed criminal gangs to attack the innocent civilians accompanying the convoys.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If we succeed in evacuating all the civilians, at any moment we will take the decision to storm Baghouz or force the terrorists to surrender.

– Mustafa Bali

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This week we'll hit another sobering milestone, and that's potential nonpayment to our civilians on Friday.

– Karl L. Schultz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

My family can not continue to stay in a place where security operatives are beating up and arresting civilians randomly, they are everywhere in the area, and you don't know what might happen to you if you upset them.

– James Chunga

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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