1.   The PEPES had vowed to attack Escobar and his family each time the Medellin cartel boss plants a bomb or attacks innocent civilians.

2.   Reverting to attack civilians in such a wanton and callous fashion on a Saturday afternoon is no great surprise.

3.   Arguably, this space is more critical than ever, given the character of modern warfare, in which many armies intentionally attack civilians.

4.   Armed groups have overwhelmingly attacked civilians rather than each other in this conflict.

5.   After the Serbs charged NATO had attacked civilians, NATO confirmed that a civilian vehicle had been destroyed in the attacks.

6.   But there is also a long and lamentable history of U.S. weapons exports to insurgencies that have attacked civilians and violated human rights.

7.   Dole said his visit convinced him that the Serbs were brutally attacking civilians in Kosovo.

8.   For weeks, Tutsi-led army and militia units have been attacking Hutu civilians, killing scores, even hundreds at a time.

9.   He accused the Palestinians of preferring to attack Israeli civilians.

10.   He also carried a letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair and, he said, he bluntly warned Milosevic that unless he stopped attacking civilians, NATO might intervene.