There also appears to be a different attitude to civilian casualties within today's uncertain administration. |
The city has been affected by after effects of the quake, with over 200 casualties reported by police and hospital sources. |
When you compare it to previous wars, the Second World War, the Vietnam War, a jillion other wars, civilian casualties were very low. |
There are also some questions over the validity of the Lancet study in the case of measuring casualties in Iraq. |
In this operation I would be acutely aware of the need to minimise civilian casualties. |
The casualties came as police tried to control rioting mobs who rampaged through the city, burning and looting shops and stoning vehicles. |