1.   But allied officials said the pilot had no way of knowing the vehicles might have been tractors or that civilians might have been in the area.

2.   But since civilians had no global observation network to watch for such fiery impacts, the estimates remained largely speculative.

3.   But when Seacrest appeared before the court of inquiry, testifying under a grant of immunity, he said the civilians had no effect on his task.

4.   Civilians will have to wait a while, however, before going on their own training missions.

5.   Even civilians have a hard time collecting on sexual assault claims because of an exemption in federal law.

6.   Every civilian has an opinion, a plan.

7.   In order to address these concerns, the Pentagon insists that civilians would have control of any active duty troops sent to a crisis zone.

8.   The military is hoarding its own supply of gasoline, but the civilians have to buy theirs on the market.

9.   Very few people get through to Ingushetia from Chechnya because of numerous military checkpoints where civilians have to pay bribes to Russian soldiers.

10.   Also, new mine fields have been planted over the past year and many civilians have no identification documents.