61.   The growing criticism has involved allegations that the bombing violates international law, outrage over civilian deaths and uneasiness at the high cost of the war.

62.   The growing criticism has involved allegations that the bombing violates international law, outrage over civilian deaths, and uneasiness at the high cost of the war.

63.   The Palestinians speak of a massacre, which the Israelis deny, saying that civilian deaths were accidental.

64.   The Pentagon did not provide information on possible civilian casualties, only to say that previous Taliban claims of civilian deaths have been overstated.

65.   The reports of American Special Forces raids in Afghanistan did not inspire any immediate fury, because they were understood as unlikely to add to civilian deaths,

66.   The Pentagon cast doubt on the reports of civilian death, which could not be independently confirmed.

67.   The relatively low number of civilian deaths seems to have kept American concerns to a minimum over the broader costs of the conflict.

68.   The Russians insist they attack only military targets and dismiss claims of civilian casualties, and Russian officials have made no statements of remorse for civilian deaths.

69.   The strategy has kept Russian casualties low, but has raised an international outcry over the toll in civilian deaths and injuries.

70.   The U.S. military routinely reviews the effectiveness of its air raids, but by its own admission it has faced insurmountable difficulty in tracking the toll of civilian deaths.