Sentence examples for concern over casualties from inspiring English sources

B3 CONCERN OVER CASUALTIES -- Upset by civilian deaths, the head of the United Nations refugee agency called for the United States and Britain to show restraint in bombing.

Gen. Robert H. Scales Jr., the commandant of the Army War College, said this concern over casualties, which badly eroded public support during the first war, has been one of the most striking changes in Russian military doctrine in decades, showing a new sensitivity to the military's need for civilian backing.

As the fighting continues, concern over casualties has risen.

(Additional reporting by Evrim Ergin, Can Sezer and Murad Sezer in Istanbul, Parisa Hafezi in Ankara, Justyna Pawlak in Brussels; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Jon Hemming).

By late 1973, there was a growing awareness among the government and population of the fanaticism, total lack of concern over casualties, and complete rejection of any offer of peace talks which "began to suggest that Khmer Rouge fanaticism and capacity for violence were deeper than anyone had suspected".

In an effort to assuage public concern over civilian casualties in Iraq, President Bush has pledged that America will do its utmost to "spare innocent lives".

Earlier on Tuesday in Cairo, with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt, Ms. Rice backed Israel's right to self-defense, but expressed concern over civilian casualties.

For Gen. David D. McKiernan, the American who commands 65,000 foreign troops from 39 nations in Afghanistan, concern over civilian casualties, especially from aircraft-launched bombs and missiles, has become the issue of the moment.

Concern over civilian casualties makes sense in counterinsurgency, since the local population is the strategic center of gravity.

But now, with the government forces saying victory over the rebels is in sight, international concerns over civilian casualties have increased.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued civilian casualties and disorganization among units in the field.