During his tenure, Davis shepherded the organization into an agency targeting political terrorists and organized crime.

"We are targeting terrorists, we are targeting armed forces of the Palestinian Authority."

The government continues to insist it is targeting "terrorists" within the red-shirt group, rather than civilians.

The Syrian government claims it is targeting "armed gangs" and "terrorists" in the area.

"Because they haven't targeted terrorists, but innocent people, and this isn't going to finish it."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack also stated that his country is aware of the difficulty of targeting terrorists without civilian casualties.

It is designed to target terrorists.

American and allied forces in Afghanistan "follow stringent rules of engagement to specifically avoid this type of incident while continuing to target terrorists," the statement said.

The first court of appeal confirmed the lower court's judgment on the ground that the cartoons targeted only terrorists or fundamentalists--not the whole Muslim community.

The authorities say they are targeting "terrorists" who have infiltrated the protesters' ranks, but TV footage has shown unarmed protesters being shot in the streets.