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Keywords: civilian, schmucks, hapless, guantanamo, osama

A military term meaning incidental or unintended harm to persons or property in close proximity to a legitimate military target. The rationalization of prenatal child-killing on the basis of so-called hard cases results in rates of collateral damage in excess of 97%, rates that would be morally horrendous if produced by the military.

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(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations

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A military term used to describe people, animals or property that are harmed unintentionally, either because they are close to the intended target or because they were struck instead of the intended target.

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obs. The hapless schmucks that happen to be in the way when the U.S. bombs civilian facilities or residential neighborhoods. When they do it to us, it is called terrorism. No longer commonly used; such deaths are now ignored entirely. Other obsolete words and phrases include "Osama bin Laden," "Afghanistan," "budget surplus," "economy," "environment," "corporate scandals," "education," "civil liberties," "Constitution," "Guantanamo Bay," and "the end of the war."

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Incidental damage as a consequence of military operations that is beyond the necessary damage to accomplish a desired effect to meet military objectives or accomplish a mission.

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obs. The hapless schmucks that happen to bein the way when the U.S. bombs civilian facilities or residentialneighborhoods. When they do it to us, it is called terrorism. Nolonger commonly used; such deaths are now ignored entirely. Other obsoletewords and phrases include "Osama bin Laden," "Afghanistan," "budgetsurplus," "economy," "environment," "corporate scandals," "education," "civilliberties," "Constitution," "Guantanamo Bay," and "the end of thewar."

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refers mostly to casualties among Hezbollahâ€(tm)s human shields; it can never be used to describe civilian deaths inside Israel, because everything there is by intent a target.

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Collateral damage is a U.S. Military term for unintended or damage during a military operation. The term started as a euphemism during the Vietnam War, and can refer to friendly fire or the destruction of civilians and their property.http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6007/is_56/ai_n14700122/pg_16 Air Force Law Review, Wntr, 2005 by Jefferson D.

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Keywords: bianchi, heroclix, schwarzenegger, anika, wiz

Collateral Damage is a 2002 action film which tells the story of a Los Angeles firefighter Gordy Brewer (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) who looks to avenge his son's and wife's deaths at the hands of a guerrilla commando, by traveling to Colombia and facing his son's killers.

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Collateral Damage is the sixth DC Heroclix set produced by Wiz Kids released February 2006.

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"Collateral Damage" is the second episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally aired on June 8, 2003.

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