Reports from Jakarta said up to 40 military and civilian observers would be sent to the area.

And that's why I insisted you come along as our honorary civilian observer.

There were quite a few civilian observers around, keeping an eye on everything, waving incomprehensible but official documentation at anyone who queried their presence.

In Peru, military court proceedings are closed to all civilian observers - journalists, diplomats, human rights workers and relatives of the victims.

Well, the away team and the civilian observer.

No protective gear was provided to them, or to the civilian observers.

A military aircraft on a flight to test secret electronic equipment crashed, and certain civilian observers aboard were killed.

The aircraft had taken flight for the purpose of testing secret electronic equipment, with four civilian observers aboard.

Six of the nine crew members, and three of the four civilian observers were killed in the crash.

Military and civilian observers from every major power closely followed the course of the war.