Civilians

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to America and Western countries, but also to human rights.

Some civilians were killed.

Four soldiers and twelve civilians were killed.

Huge numbers of soldiers and civilians were killed.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians were dying.

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 and the continued efforts of these extremists to engage in violence against civilians has led some in my country to view Islam as inevitably hostile not only to the United States and Western countries, but also to human rights.

The army use civilians as human shields.

Generally, special forces don't have much contact with civilians.

White phosphorus was used against civilians.

The United States bombed civilians in Japan with nuclear weapons. Nowadays, some US officials are considering the idea of doing it again in other countries. They are just trying to find a justification for that.