1.   Having a base of operations in the south will substantially improve their ability to strike before the enemy escapes, without unduly harming civilians.

2.   He said the Israeli army is under strict orders not to harm innocent civilians.

3.   Hezbollah would accuse Israel of having broken its agreement not to harm civilians and would with Katyushas.

4.   The army said later said that it had no interest in harming civilians and cautioned noncombatants to stay away from the firing zone.

5.   The sanctions have harmed innocent civilians by halting the flow of essential medicine and food, Fiorenza said.

6.   The statement, which was circulated by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass, relied on Bosnian Serb assertions that the NATO attacks are harming civilians.

7.   The United Nations and human rights groups have long protested the use of the cluster bombs because the bomblets often fail to explode and later harm civilians.

8.   The US military took special care not to harm innocent civilians in the bombing raids on Afghan cities and other Taliban redoubts.

9.   Turkish officials dismissed criticism from human rights groups that the operation would harm innocent civilians.

10.   Arab officials repeatedly have said they fear that any attack would harm Iraqi civilians, who are already suffering under U.N. economic sanctions.