The military toll has been compounded by civilian suffering.

Several of the most powerful militant leaders who now hold seats in Parliament have been blamed for causing civilian suffering during the civil war of the 1990s.

The civilian suffering and deaths are inevitable; the lessons less so.

Russian officials also warned the United States that any retaliation that caused civilian suffering would only provoke a greater terrorist response.

The oil-for-food program was started in 1996 to ease civilian suffering under sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

The leaders said they were doing everything they could to minimize civilian suffering.

Its current methods are causing great civilian suffering and unnecessary humiliation.

Would we have won the last war had the allies decided that it wouldn't bomb German cities and cause incredible civilian suffering?

The hospital is a catalog of civilian suffering.

Mr President, escalating violence in Gaza only increases civilian suffering and fuels extremism.

"But we must also make sure our civilians do not suffer."

That civilians will suffer their loss, there is no doubt.

It is also an environment in which innocent civilians will suffer and sometimes die.

Innocent civilians have already suffered tremendously since the war began.

Military actions by both sides have meant that mainly civilians suffer, unfortunately.

Can the Council use its good offices to ensure that civilians do not suffer from lack of medical assistance?

Amnesty International reported last year that civilians in the oil region had suffered violent abuses.

Four other civilians suffered gunshot wounds in the episode, which took place on Sept. 4, 2005.

And it is not the first time that pro-Gaddafi civilians have suffered reprisals.

Little has been discovered of civilian casualties, although certainly the civilians also suffered from starvation and diseases.