Sentence examples for combatant casualties from inspiring English sources

— And how is this not justified enemy combatant casualties inflicted during an in-progress criminal invasion (act of war) against U.S. sovereign territory?

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an official count for the number of civilian and combatant casualties from airstrikes outside of war zones from 2009 to 2015.

The figures of civilian and combatant casualties could not be independently confirmed.

It'd be nice to be able to say the military has embraced this pinpointing technology because it could theoretically reduce civilian and combatant casualties, neutralize inbound projectile threats to our citizens and soldiers, and turn war into a game of equipment stoppage rather than messy, indiscriminate carnage.

"Furthermore, in the event of allegations, we take all reports of non-combatant casualties seriously and assess all incidents as thoroughly as possible".

The question of the exact cause, and exact number, of non-combatant casualties in Libya has been put into sharp focus.

But Prof Arkin claimed killer robots could help reduce non-combatant casualties and may be more effective at determining when not to engage with a target than humans are.

"The United States goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid non-combatant casualties in lethal operations, providing protections as a matter of policy that go beyond those required by the law of armed conflict," he said.

His answer is simple: "We need to put technology to use to address the issues of reducing non-combatant casualties in the battle-space".

Prof Arkin from the Georgia Institute of Technology told the BBC he hoped killer robots would be able to significantly reduce non-combatant casualties but feared they would be rushed into battle before this was accomplished.

He says that to ban such robots outright, without doing the research to understand whether they can lower non-combatant casualties, is to do "a disservice to those who are, unfortunately, slaughtered in warfare by human soldiers".