Sentence examples for fear of friendly from inspiring English sources

Government air strikes were limited by a fear of friendly fire.

Although fear of friendly fire forced the 8th Ministry of Defense and Aviation Brigade to pull back the following morning, Coalition aircraft successfully hindered Iraqi attempts to move more soldiers down to Khafji and caused large numbers of Iraqi troops to surrender to Saudi forces.

"C" Company's advance on Basly was even further hindered by the proximity of the combat; the fighting occurred at such close range that the 14th Field Artillery would not provide fire support for fear of friendly-fire casualties.

One reason why France rejected Europe's constitution costing Mr Raffarin his job was fear of a more business-friendly Europe that could threaten the country's social benefits.

Both China and Russia say that "in principle" they support the sending of UN peacekeepers to Darfur, yet both abstained from voting for last week's UN resolution for fear of offending Mr al-Bashir.A friendly wordAll should be bending Mr Al-Bashir's ear to encourage him to let the new peacekeepers in.

9. Putin's Kleptocracy by Karen Dawisha Published in the US but not in Britain – for fear of the UK's tyrant-friendly libel laws – American academic Karen Dawisha's book provides a dispassionate, extensively researched account of Putin's early criminality and the descent of the Russian government into an engine of organised crime.

One Conservative source told VICE in the run-up to the announcement that the government had a fear of "overreacting,"and scaring-off otherwise-friendly investors.

A history of friendly fire.

Exchange plenty of friendly insults.

Sunni terror groups, who feed off Sunni fears of the Iranian-friendly Shia government, and power vacuums.

This led to unwarranted fear of all Native Americans in the area, even those friendly to the settlers' cause.