Sentence examples for the objective of the attack from inspiring English sources

International law authorizes killings of civilians if the objective of the attack is military, and the means are proportional to the advantage gained.

Roni Bar-On, an Israeli cabinet minister, said the objective of the attack on Mr Haniyeh's office was to "compromise the Hamas government's ability to rule".

Many believed the objective of the attack was not to kill Khodorkovsky but to disfigure him.

It is reasonable to assume the objective of the attack is propaganda - to spread the message that hardline factions allied to al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane are still strong, cohesive and capable of striking their domestic and external enemies.

His assailant was a 23-year-old cellmate called Kuchma who was now being held in solitary confinement, according to a Russian media report, who believed the objective of the attack was not to kill Khodorkovsky but probably to disfigure him.

The objective of the attack was to improve the strategic situation in that area, as it targeted the city airport and the Maslenica Bridge, the last entirely overland link between Zagreb and the city of Zadar until the bridge area was captured in September 1991.

These defences became the objectives of the attacks by the 161st and 163rd Brigades of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, supported by four tanksincluding the two which had passed through the El Arish redoubt.

The objective of this attack is to obstruct SUs from accessing the spectrum.

"The objective of these attacks was to instill fear and panic in our country," Mr Harper told MPs. "Canadians will not be intimidated.

"The objective of these attacks was to instill fear and panic in our country," Harper said.

If America took military action, Mr Zawahiri argued, "the battle will turn into clear-cut jihad against the infidels," which Muslims were bound to support.Seen in this light, one of the objectives of the September 11th attacks was to provoke the Americans into invading Muslim lands.