| In this operation I would be acutely aware of the need to minimise civilian casualties. |
| The main objective of air defense is to prevent casualties and losses among friendly forces from disabling air strikes. |
| When you compare it to previous wars, the Second World War, the Vietnam War, a jillion other wars, civilian casualties were very low. |
| The calculation of casualties presents military historians with real problems. |
| There are also some questions over the validity of the Lancet study in the case of measuring casualties in Iraq. |
| We have had some accidental deaths, but no direct no casualties from direct fighting. |
