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The resistance was fierce and they were firing with everything they've got, mortars, rockets and rifles, they fear that if they lose more ground they will be defeated. – Abdalla Binrasali	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Increasingly, communities that take a stand are finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers, for every killing we document, many others go unreported. – Billy Kyte	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
A major reason behind the big jump in killings is impunity, people know they can get away with these crimes, increasingly, communities that take a stand are finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers. – Billy Kyte	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Police did not like that idea and started assaulting the students, punching them, hitting them with the gun butts, before firing shots at them, the students were running for cover in all directions, but I saw some people badly wounded. – Noel Anjo	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield. – Douglas Barrie	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of meters, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield. – Douglas Barrie	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The stove … burns husks directly to produce thermal energy for cooking and heating water and the solar panel provides light while firing the blower, we have tested the stove for emissions and have seen that it has very low emissions, making it ideal to use in the home. – Sali Atanga Ndindeng	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Declaring the area a firing zone is just an excuse. – Robert Piper	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Of particular concern to us is the sharp increase in violations of the ceasefire and firing on the contact line that we have seen since the new year but which have accelerated quite a bit in the last few weeks, unless and until we can get true quiet on the line and get full OSCE access it is going to be hard to move onto other aspects of Minsk. – The State Department official	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Officers involved in this used incredible restraint because they were cognizant of the fact there were homes behind Michael as he was firing at them. – Henry Stawinski	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When we know 307,000 veterans have died waiting for health care and the VA gave out $142 million in bonuses for superb performance, I’m going to start by firing 400 senior executives at the VA. – Carly Fiorina	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I do worry about a conservative circular firing squad. All that does is play into the hands of the left, and give them the election victory by default that they're looking for. – Hugh Hewitt	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Most of the students and staff were in classes when the firing began, i have no idea about what's going on but I heard one security official talking on the phone to someone and said many people had been killed and injured. – Shabir Khan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think this is quite a dangerous situation, there could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly. – Bonnie Glaser of the Center	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly, there's always a danger that things could escalate on the Korean Peninsula, lives being lost. – Bonnie Glaser of the Center	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There was a terrorist attack yesterday, in the city of Philadelphia. A terrorist attack, he walks up to the car and starts firing shots. They arrest him, he tells them, he confesses, 'I did it in the name of ISIS,'. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Any rational person responds to a change in circumstances. What's changed? We've seen a whole number of employers abusing the program, no. 1, bringing in people who are not high-skilled, bringing in medium- and low-skilled (information technology) workers and then firing American workers and, adding insult to injury, forcing the American workers to train their foreign replacements. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There were three soldiers. One soldier signaled for the man to come forward, a soldier was on the edge of the road and he tried to move backward when he slipped. The second soldier opened fire, firing four bullets at the man, after that they tried to give him first aid. – Jamil Dawoud	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The government calls it a 'go bag,' it was a backpack. There were no firearms in the house capable of firing that ammunition. – Lori Ulrich	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When McDonald got to within 12 to 15 feet of the officers, Van Dyke swung the knife toward the officers in an aggressive manner, van Dyke opened fire with Van Dyke handgun and McDonald fell to the ground. Van Dyke continued firing Van Dyke weapon at McDonald as McDonald continued moving on the ground, attempting to get up while still armed with the knife. – Van Dyke partner	Found on CNN 8 years ago
With the rand getting battered like this, firing Nene is not the right move, i've been an ANC supporter because of the older generation who were running the party. But this guy is leading the country to disaster. He's allowed too much corruption. – Dominic Ratau	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
One protester, an Indian national, who was attacking the police post with the petrol bomb was killed in the firing. – Raju Babu Shrestha	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Everything seemed to be normal while I was driving back, but then I heard gun shots again, they sounded a lot closer. I began to realize the soldiers were following me. I thought they were following the truck that I had seen speeding. I think they got confused and thought my truck was the one they were first chasing. They started firing at us. – La Torre	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There could be no justification for firing at these unarmed people, and no excuse for failing to hold those suspected of criminal responsibility to account. – Francois Patuel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

The resistance was fierce and they were firing with everything they've got, mortars, rockets and rifles, they fear that if they lose more ground they will be defeated.

– Abdalla Binrasali

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Increasingly, communities that take a stand are finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers, for every killing we document, many others go unreported.

– Billy Kyte

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A major reason behind the big jump in killings is impunity, people know they can get away with these crimes, increasingly, communities that take a stand are finding themselves in the firing line of companies' private security, state forces and a thriving market for contract killers.

– Billy Kyte

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Police did not like that idea and started assaulting the students, punching them, hitting them with the gun butts, before firing shots at them, the students were running for cover in all directions, but I saw some people badly wounded.

– Noel Anjo

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield.

– Douglas Barrie

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of meters, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield.

– Douglas Barrie

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The stove … burns husks directly to produce thermal energy for cooking and heating water and the solar panel provides light while firing the blower, we have tested the stove for emissions and have seen that it has very low emissions, making it ideal to use in the home.

– Sali Atanga Ndindeng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Declaring the area a firing zone is just an excuse.

– Robert Piper

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Of particular concern to us is the sharp increase in violations of the ceasefire and firing on the contact line that we have seen since the new year but which have accelerated quite a bit in the last few weeks, unless and until we can get true quiet on the line and get full OSCE access it is going to be hard to move onto other aspects of Minsk.

– The State Department official

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Officers involved in this used incredible restraint because they were cognizant of the fact there were homes behind Michael as he was firing at them.

– Henry Stawinski

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When we know 307,000 veterans have died waiting for health care and the VA gave out $142 million in bonuses for superb performance, I’m going to start by firing 400 senior executives at the VA.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I do worry about a conservative circular firing squad. All that does is play into the hands of the left, and give them the election victory by default that they're looking for.

– Hugh Hewitt

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Most of the students and staff were in classes when the firing began, i have no idea about what's going on but I heard one security official talking on the phone to someone and said many people had been killed and injured.

– Shabir Khan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think this is quite a dangerous situation, there could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly.

– Bonnie Glaser of the Center

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly, there's always a danger that things could escalate on the Korean Peninsula, lives being lost.

– Bonnie Glaser of the Center

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There was a terrorist attack yesterday, in the city of Philadelphia. A terrorist attack, he walks up to the car and starts firing shots. They arrest him, he tells them, he confesses, 'I did it in the name of ISIS,'.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Any rational person responds to a change in circumstances. What's changed? We've seen a whole number of employers abusing the program, no. 1, bringing in people who are not high-skilled, bringing in medium- and low-skilled (information technology) workers and then firing American workers and, adding insult to injury, forcing the American workers to train their foreign replacements.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There were three soldiers. One soldier signaled for the man to come forward, a soldier was on the edge of the road and he tried to move backward when he slipped. The second soldier opened fire, firing four bullets at the man, after that they tried to give him first aid.

– Jamil Dawoud

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The government calls it a 'go bag,' it was a backpack. There were no firearms in the house capable of firing that ammunition.

– Lori Ulrich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When McDonald got to within 12 to 15 feet of the officers, Van Dyke swung the knife toward the officers in an aggressive manner, van Dyke opened fire with Van Dyke handgun and McDonald fell to the ground. Van Dyke continued firing Van Dyke weapon at McDonald as McDonald continued moving on the ground, attempting to get up while still armed with the knife.

– Van Dyke partner

Found on CNN
8 years ago

With the rand getting battered like this, firing Nene is not the right move, i've been an ANC supporter because of the older generation who were running the party. But this guy is leading the country to disaster. He's allowed too much corruption.

– Dominic Ratau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

One protester, an Indian national, who was attacking the police post with the petrol bomb was killed in the firing.

– Raju Babu Shrestha

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Everything seemed to be normal while I was driving back, but then I heard gun shots again, they sounded a lot closer. I began to realize the soldiers were following me. I thought they were following the truck that I had seen speeding. I think they got confused and thought my truck was the one they were first chasing. They started firing at us.

– La Torre

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There could be no justification for firing at these unarmed people, and no excuse for failing to hold those suspected of criminal responsibility to account.

– Francois Patuel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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