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I think carpet bombing is an absolutely tremendous idea if the enemy accommodates you by laying himself out like a carpet in the middle of the desert without any civilians or infrastructure around him. Sadly, the Islamic State has learned that that is a losing proposition and does not accommodate us in that way.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Absolutely Accommodate Any Around Bombing Carpet Civilians Desert Does Enemy Him Himself Idea Infrastructure Islamic Laying Learned Like Losing Middle Out Proposition Sadly State Think Tremendous Us Way Without You I Think

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I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear about those.

~David Spade

Topics: About Civilians Hear Lot Relationships Sell Stories Those Wants

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No, the United States does not target civilians.

~Douglas Feith

Topics: Civilians Does States Target United United States

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If the president of the United States says that attacks on civilians, starvation, and denial of religious freedom in Sudan are important international issues, they become so.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Attacks Become Civilians Denial Freedom Important International Issues President Religious Religious Freedom Says Starvation States Sudan United United States

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All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.

~Fatos Nano

Topics: Air Artillery Carry Civilians Firing Kosovo Means Nato Out Rockets Should Sort Strikes Tank Then Units

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The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: Bomb Bombed Christians Civilians Dropped Hiroshima Innocent Islamic Method Military Neither Nuclear Nuclear Bomb Targets Waging War Were Which Who World World War World War Ii

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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: Agenda Any Civilians Individual Organization Political Political Agenda Targets Terrorist Them

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What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: About Also Bank Branches Brilliant Central Central Bank Civilians Executive Government Independence Independent Judicial Legislative Media Military Only Power Press Separation States System United United States

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Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'

~Feisal Abdul Rauf

Topics: Against Any Civilians Clearly Collateral Damage Deliberate Islamic Kind Law Similar Terrorism

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The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Action Adopted Always Any Civilians Could Cuban Jeopardize Known Life Opposed Revolution Stand Traditional Well Well Known Which

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