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I want to reiterate that mercenaries are not being considered as combatants and the international humanitarian laws are not valid in their cases. These individuals are stripped of any immunity during the fighting, i strongly recommend that any foreign nationals who came to Ukraine with militaristic purposes immediately leave the territory of the said country. Otherwise nobody will be held responsible for their lives and security. – Daria Morozova	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is yet another example of the illegal, cynical and barbaric acts perpetrated by the Russian armed forces in the context of their reckless and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, we call on the Russian military authorities to Ivan Fedorov immediately and to ensure that Ivan Fedorov health and safety is preserved. We urge the Russian authorities to fully respect the Geneva Conventions on combatants and non-combatant civilians and prisoners of war, as well as all relevant provisions of International Humanitarian Law. – Ukrainian Parliament	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They are attempting to take us by quantity, quantity of combatants, quantity of equipment, they are using terror to break us, to break our faith in our victory and Ukraine. I’m sure they will fail. – Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Stoicism has blessings and curses. If we think we are bullet proof, whether as civilians or soldiers, we are sorely misled and put ourselves in grave psychological danger. At bottom, we become unprepared for loving and losing and being the kinds of object that can be loved or lost, by parents, spouses, and children alike. In war and peacetime, as combatants or noncombatants, we may face unspeakable horrors and life threats and indignities, large and small. But the very numbness that can be so adaptive to survival, can also erect walls that stand in the way of human attachment and trust. I am all for Stoic teachings of empowerment of agency. But we are, as Marcus Aurelius knew well, citizens of the universe, attached to each other, and deeply affected by the social worlds and practices and institutions of which we are a part. To forget our membership and responsibilities in the social world and how that affects our life chances is to forget who we are. – Nancy Sherman	added by AnaDay 2 years ago
We know the area. I grew up there. There were no combatants, the destroyed homes are those of my friends and my family. – Hailu Kebede	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a long-term effort. We are all clear that within the priorities is accompanying ex-combatants for all the time that is necessary for them to finish their transition to legality. – Emilio Archila	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I expect more LCS type ships to operate in the South China Sea, freeing up the large combatants that currently undertake most of the patrols in that region. – Timothy Heath	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We follow the highest standards of accuracy and accountability and always work to avoid harm to civilian non-combatants. – Sonny Leggett	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
A decade ago, soldiers across Colombia lured civilians to remote locations under false pretenses such as with promises of work killed them, placed weapons on their lifeless bodies, and then reported them as enemy combatants killed in action, one cant help wonder if any of the cockades in their uniforms, or the promotions throughout successful careers, corresponds to the murder of innocent civilians committed over a decade ago. – Jos Miguel Vivanco	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It makes us sound very hypocritical in countries where were trying to help them develop the same kinds of moral, ethical military behavior that we try to model, i think in many ways it encourages our enemies, enemy combatants, to behave in a similar form. If we're not abiding by our own self-professed values, then why should they ? – Waitman Wade Beorn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
And so these witnesses who will testify in a very important hearing tomorrow, these unwitting combatants in an undeclared war -- these people are not props for us to make our political points, nor are they to be' demolished like Anita Hill' as was said on conservative media the other night, nor is one them a' proven sex criminal' as has been circulating on the left side of the Internet. – Jeff Flake	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Senator, I did not -- I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants or -- and so I do not have the involvement with that, and with respect to Mr. Haynes' nomination, I've -- I know Jim Haynes, but it was not one of the nominations that I handled. – Brett Kavanaugh	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is clear that this is how Bashar al-Assad operates: with brutal, unabashed barbarism, it is also clear that this horrific conflict, now in its seventh year, demands a genuine ceasefire and the supporters of the armed combatants in the region need to ensure compliance. We call upon Russia and Iran, yet again, to exercise their influence over the Syrian regime and to guarantee that this sort of horrific attack never happens again. As the self-proclaimed guarantors to the ceasefire negotiated in Astana, Russia and Iran also bear great moral responsibility for these deaths. – Rex Tillerson	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The rules of engagement should be coming from the bottom up and not the other way around, to protect them against the scores of non-state combatants and enemies, gitmo is seen as this place of recruitment for jihadists and there are those trying to make us believe that Leavenworth is the same. – Allen West	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Much of society sees demobilized combatants as monsters. They are very strongly affected by stigma. – Joshua Mitrotti	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Indiscriminate bombing where we don't care if we are killing innocents or combatants is just inconsistent with our values. – Sean MacFarland	Found on CNN 8 years ago
By showing that they have state-like powers, that Islamic State fighters are a real army and not mere disorganized combatants, and that Islamic State fighters operate as such, The Islamic State is attempting to impress and instill fear in the populations it targets as its enemies, they are showing that they are a force to be reckoned with. – Veryan Khan	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is a different level, these are non-combatants now being assassinated... This is an innocent child, this is a 9-year-old child, targeted, lured to this spot and murdered. This is different. – Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Since this debate will likely have lower ratings [than the two Republican debates], I'd guess the 'one-liners' and soundbites will carry more weight, but, unlike the R's, the combatants will not have to fight tooth and nail for attention, so maybe we can expect a less frantic, more conversational vibe. – Mark Leibovich	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The (Japanese) government believes there is no denying that some killings of non-combatants and acts of looting took place, but there are various debates on the issue and Japan’s stance is that it is difficult to put a finger on specific numbers. – Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We've moved, over time, a good deal of missile defense capability to the region, ground-based interceptors to Alaska, surface combatants to the Western Pacific, a THAAD battery on Guam, another radar in Japan in order to be ready and vigilant for anything the North Koreans may or may not do. – South Korea Mark Lippert	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality. – Mariane Pearl	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are screening them to make sure they are not combatants, to extract intelligence. – Chris Olukolade	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The major challenge that the Nigerian army faced was that Dikwa served as forward base for Boko Haram and was readily being supplied with resources and combatants from Boko Haram positions along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. – Boko Haram	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I want to reiterate that mercenaries are not being considered as combatants and the international humanitarian laws are not valid in their cases. These individuals are stripped of any immunity during the fighting, i strongly recommend that any foreign nationals who came to Ukraine with militaristic purposes immediately leave the territory of the said country. Otherwise nobody will be held responsible for their lives and security.

– Daria Morozova

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is yet another example of the illegal, cynical and barbaric acts perpetrated by the Russian armed forces in the context of their reckless and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, we call on the Russian military authorities to Ivan Fedorov immediately and to ensure that Ivan Fedorov health and safety is preserved. We urge the Russian authorities to fully respect the Geneva Conventions on combatants and non-combatant civilians and prisoners of war, as well as all relevant provisions of International Humanitarian Law.

– Ukrainian Parliament

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They are attempting to take us by quantity, quantity of combatants, quantity of equipment, they are using terror to break us, to break our faith in our victory and Ukraine. I’m sure they will fail.

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Stoicism has blessings and curses. If we think we are bullet proof, whether as civilians or soldiers, we are sorely misled and put ourselves in grave psychological danger. At bottom, we become unprepared for loving and losing and being the kinds of object that can be loved or lost, by parents, spouses, and children alike. In war and peacetime, as combatants or noncombatants, we may face unspeakable horrors and life threats and indignities, large and small. But the very numbness that can be so adaptive to survival, can also erect walls that stand in the way of human attachment and trust. I am all for Stoic teachings of empowerment of agency. But we are, as Marcus Aurelius knew well, citizens of the universe, attached to each other, and deeply affected by the social worlds and practices and institutions of which we are a part. To forget our membership and responsibilities in the social world and how that affects our life chances is to forget who we are.

– Nancy Sherman

added by AnaDay
2 years ago

We know the area. I grew up there. There were no combatants, the destroyed homes are those of my friends and my family.

– Hailu Kebede

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a long-term effort. We are all clear that within the priorities is accompanying ex-combatants for all the time that is necessary for them to finish their transition to legality.

– Emilio Archila

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I expect more LCS type ships to operate in the South China Sea, freeing up the large combatants that currently undertake most of the patrols in that region.

– Timothy Heath

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We follow the highest standards of accuracy and accountability and always work to avoid harm to civilian non-combatants.

– Sonny Leggett

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A decade ago, soldiers across Colombia lured civilians to remote locations under false pretenses such as with promises of work killed them, placed weapons on their lifeless bodies, and then reported them as enemy combatants killed in action, one cant help wonder if any of the cockades in their uniforms, or the promotions throughout successful careers, corresponds to the murder of innocent civilians committed over a decade ago.

– Jos Miguel Vivanco

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It makes us sound very hypocritical in countries where were trying to help them develop the same kinds of moral, ethical military behavior that we try to model, i think in many ways it encourages our enemies, enemy combatants, to behave in a similar form. If we're not abiding by our own self-professed values, then why should they ?

– Waitman Wade Beorn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

And so these witnesses who will testify in a very important hearing tomorrow, these unwitting combatants in an undeclared war -- these people are not props for us to make our political points, nor are they to be' demolished like Anita Hill' as was said on conservative media the other night, nor is one them a' proven sex criminal' as has been circulating on the left side of the Internet.

– Jeff Flake

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Senator, I did not -- I was not involved and am not involved in the questions about the rules governing detention of combatants or -- and so I do not have the involvement with that, and with respect to Mr. Haynes' nomination, I've -- I know Jim Haynes, but it was not one of the nominations that I handled.

– Brett Kavanaugh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is clear that this is how Bashar al-Assad operates: with brutal, unabashed barbarism, it is also clear that this horrific conflict, now in its seventh year, demands a genuine ceasefire and the supporters of the armed combatants in the region need to ensure compliance. We call upon Russia and Iran, yet again, to exercise their influence over the Syrian regime and to guarantee that this sort of horrific attack never happens again. As the self-proclaimed guarantors to the ceasefire negotiated in Astana, Russia and Iran also bear great moral responsibility for these deaths.

– Rex Tillerson

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The rules of engagement should be coming from the bottom up and not the other way around, to protect them against the scores of non-state combatants and enemies, gitmo is seen as this place of recruitment for jihadists and there are those trying to make us believe that Leavenworth is the same.

– Allen West

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Much of society sees demobilized combatants as monsters. They are very strongly affected by stigma.

– Joshua Mitrotti

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Indiscriminate bombing where we don't care if we are killing innocents or combatants is just inconsistent with our values.

– Sean MacFarland

Found on CNN
8 years ago

By showing that they have state-like powers, that Islamic State fighters are a real army and not mere disorganized combatants, and that Islamic State fighters operate as such, The Islamic State is attempting to impress and instill fear in the populations it targets as its enemies, they are showing that they are a force to be reckoned with.

– Veryan Khan

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

This is a different level, these are non-combatants now being assassinated... This is an innocent child, this is a 9-year-old child, targeted, lured to this spot and murdered. This is different.

– Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Since this debate will likely have lower ratings [than the two Republican debates], I'd guess the 'one-liners' and soundbites will carry more weight, but, unlike the R's, the combatants will not have to fight tooth and nail for attention, so maybe we can expect a less frantic, more conversational vibe.

– Mark Leibovich

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The (Japanese) government believes there is no denying that some killings of non-combatants and acts of looting took place, but there are various debates on the issue and Japan’s stance is that it is difficult to put a finger on specific numbers.

– Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've moved, over time, a good deal of missile defense capability to the region, ground-based interceptors to Alaska, surface combatants to the Western Pacific, a THAAD battery on Guam, another radar in Japan in order to be ready and vigilant for anything the North Koreans may or may not do.

– South Korea Mark Lippert

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In 2014, impunity in journalism murder cases reached a staggering 96 percent and the remaining 4 percent obtained only partial justice, we have become targets. Insurgent groups no longer use reporters to transmit news, but instead kidnap them to make news. They treat us as enemy combatants and spies. This is our everyday reality.

– Mariane Pearl

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are screening them to make sure they are not combatants, to extract intelligence.

– Chris Olukolade

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The major challenge that the Nigerian army faced was that Dikwa served as forward base for Boko Haram and was readily being supplied with resources and combatants from Boko Haram positions along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

– Boko Haram

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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