11.   He acknowledged that NATO considered bridges military targets, but insisted NATO did not deliberately target civilians.

12.   He targets civilians, not soldiers.

13.   Human rights monitors say that Muslim rebels have also targeted civilians and engaged in brutality.

14.   If we truly want Moscow to stop targeting civilians, we should set the example.

15.   In fact, no Israeli civilians were targeted, let alone hurt, and all the Israeli soldiers who died were inside their occupation zone in Lebanon.

16.   In fact, humanity is on the move worldwide, fleeing impoverishment, religious and ethnic intolerance and high-intensity local warfare that targets civilians.

17.   Indian officers say they would never target civilians, and blame Pakistani soldiers and militants for killing their own civilians to sway Kashmiri opinion against peace talks.

18.   Iraq says the missiles also targeted civilians in colleges, post offices, dormitories, a museum and an oil refinery.

19.   It is a basic tenet of international law that civilians cannot be targeted in a conflict.

20.   Iraq says allied attacks have killed and wounded civilians, but Washington says the planes never target civilians.