The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

The attacks Attack resulted in Causation the paralysis of Yugoslav civilian and military command Control and control Control , the widespread Dispersal destruction Destroying of Belgrade 's infrastructure , and many civilian casualties Death .

in the commune of unk , flash floods made damages Damaging of over 700,000 ron following Motion the destruction Destroying of roads , heavy rains flooded Catastrophe 25 households , and 15 people were evacuated Removing from their homes and sheltered Supply in unk cultural house .

Katrina caused Causation extensive destruction Destroying and casualties Catastrophe : overall , at least 1,836 people died Death in the hurricane Catastrophe and subsequent floods , making Causation Katrina the deadliest United States hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane .

over fifty breaches Damaging in surge protection levees surrounding Surrounding the city of new orleans , louisiana was the cause Causation of the majority of the death Death and destruction Destroying during katrina .

The fires Catastrophe resulted in Causation two deaths Death , destroyed Destroying 40 homes and numerous other buildings Building , and caused Causation more than four million dollars ' worth of property damage Damaging , most notably the destruction Destroying of the Governor 's summer residence at Marble Hill .

Just before nightfall the same day , the advanced guard of the Prussian III Corps , having heard Perception_active of the destruction Destroying of Sohr 's detachment , succeeded in recapturing Conquering Rocquencourt and bivouacked there .

In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

Despite Napoleon 's success Achieve in saving Rescuing part of his army from destruction Destroying at Krasnoi , overall the encounter Hostile_encounter was ruinous Catastrophe for the French .

According to Professor Andrzej Rottermund , manager of the Royal Castle in Warsaw , the destruction Destroying of Poland in the deluge Catastrophe was more extensive than the destruction Destroying of the country in World War Hostile_encounter II .

According to Professor Andrzej Rottermund , manager of the Royal Castle in Warsaw , the destruction Destroying of Poland in the deluge Catastrophe was more extensive than the destruction Destroying of the country in World War Hostile_encounter II .

Determined to complete the destruction Destroying of `` Minnesota '' , Catesby ap Roger Jones , acting as captain in Buchanan 's absence Presence , returned Self_motion the ship to the fray the next morning , March 9 .

It incurred Causation the destruction Destroying of virtually all of Korea 's major cities , thousands of massacres by both sides ( including the mass killing Killing of tens of thousands of suspected communists by the South Korean government ) , and the torture Bodily_harm and starvation Killing of prisoners of war Hostile_encounter by the North Korean command Control .

They were characterized Justifying by unprecedented ferocity , wholesale destruction Destroying , mass deportations , and immense loss Earnings_and_losses of life due to combat , starvation , exposure , disease , and massacres .

In September 2013 , Ortega-Hernandez pleaded Legality guilty to one count of property destruction Destroying and one count of discharging a firearm Use_firearm during a crime Committing_crime of violence Violence , thereby avoiding Preventing_or_letting the charge of attempting to assassinate Killing the President .

Threatened with complete destruction Destroying and unable to escape Escaping , the British captain surrendered Surrendering .

though initial protests on july 8 , 2010 , against the jury verdict were peacefully organized Arranging , after dark there were incidents Catastrophe of looting , arson , destruction Destroying of property , and small riots .

The first siege , in August 1707 , resulted in Causation the destruction Destroying of the town , but Fort San Carlos de Austria successfully resisted Defending the onslaught .

Damage Damaging estimates were still being compiled as of late May 2014 , but the County estimated that the fires cost Cost close to $ 60 million ( 2014 USD ) , including $ 29.8 million in destruction Destroying or damage Damaging to private property , and $ 27.9 million in the costs Cost of firefighting , support Supporting , and environmental damage .

Initially , separatists took responsibility for this incident , which they thought Coming_to_believe was a successful destruction Destroying of the Ukrainian roadblock .

He faced court again and was convicted Legal_rulings on the charge of attempted destruction of an aircraft and sentenced Legal_rulings to seven in prison in New South Wales .

On 10 September 2013 , the military intervention was averted Preventing_or_letting when the Syrian government accepted Agree_or_refuse_to_act a US–Russian negotiated deal to turn over `` every single bit '' of its chemical weapons stockpiles Preserving for destruction Destroying and declared Expressing_publicly its intention Aiming to join Becoming_a_member the Chemical Weapons Convention .

The depletion Expend_resource of `` Scharnhorst '' s and `` Gneisenau '' s ammunition at Papeete also contributed Causation to their subsequent destruction Destroying at the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Falklands .

The fighting Hostile_encounter resulted in Causation the destruction Destroying of most of the forces Causation of Chechen rebel field commander Ruslan Gelayev .

This situation was exacerbated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by confusing orders Arranging , lack of command Control and control Control , and a well-led and aggressive enemy , which led to Causation the utter rout and destruction Destroying of the bulk of South Vietnamese forces Military_operation in the Central Highlands .

Some 155 aftershocks Catastrophe caused Causation further destruction Destroying and drove Influence away survivors .

The destruction Destroying around the earthquake 's epicenter was , in places , almost total ; this has been attributed to poor construction practices in rural areas , and imparted momentum to a growing movement for changes Change in building codes for earthquake-safe buildings .

A powerful Atlantic tropical cyclone that wrought Bringing destruction Destroying in the Leeward Islands and Bermuda , Gonzalo was the seventh named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe , sixth and final hurricane Catastrophe and only the second major hurricane Catastrophe of the below-average 2014 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season .

From the Polish point of view , while the German defeat constituted a Polish tactical victory , the ensuing destruction of the Polish units by the Soviets resulted in Causation a strategic defeat , especially considering the goals of Operation Tempest .

The attack Attack was in part a retaliation Revenge for the recent American destruction Destroying of Port Dover in Upper Canada .

Several violent clashes Violence with police ensued Coming_to_be , along with the destruction Destroying of police vehicles , a double-decker bus and many homes and businesses , thus rapidly gaining attention from the media .

The searches Scrutiny caused Causation much destruction Destroying , and a large amount of CS gas was fired Use_firearm into the area .

The destruction Destroying was completed Process_end by Whig forces in early February to deny Agree_or_refuse_to_act use Using of even the remnants to the British .

In the following weeks , the revolt quickly expanded Expansion with much more destruction brought upon government property and personnel .

The destruction Destroying of `` Osirak '' has been cited Writing as an example of a preventive strike in contemporary scholarship on international law .

Clean water and sanitation became Becoming a matter of grave concern in many areas due to the earthquake 's destruction Destroying of some $ 7 million to municipal drinking water systems , and tens of thousands of people were living outdoors in spite of the approaching rainy season ( `` invierno '' ) .

While the massacres by Lendu militia ceased Process_end in mid-March 2018 , `` crop destruction , kidnappings , and killings '' continued .

the allies called Request for the unconditional surrender of the imperial japanese armed forces in the potsdam declaration Expressing_publicly on july 26 , 1945 , the alternative Choosing being `` prompt Preventing_or_letting and utter destruction Destroying '' .

General Ne Win prominently illustrated the continuing symbolic power associated with the protests when he referred in his departure speech in 1988 to the destruction Destroying of the RUSU building as `` one of the key episodes '' during his time in power .

After eight years , war-weariness , economic problems , decreased morale , repeated Iranian military failures , recent Iraqi successes , Iraqi use of weapons of mass destruction , lack of international sympathy , and increased U.S.–Iran military tension all led to Causation a ceasefire Process_end brokered by the United Nations .

Many brutal killings Killing and rapes Violence were reported on as well as widespread looting Committing_crime and destruction Destroying of property .

The event is widely perceived Perception_active as the trigger Causation for the Gujarat riots Violence that followed , which resulted in Causation widespread loss Earnings_and_losses of life , destruction Destroying of property and homelessness .

The heaviest destruction Destroying took place Process_start around the towns of Jacmel and Jérémie ; one early report estimated that 1,500 had been killed Killing at the latter .

The destruction was so severe that it prompted Causation the government to relocate inland to a new city , Belmopan .

In the aftermath of the cyclone Catastrophe , convoys delivering Sending aid were hindered Hindering by the destruction Destroying .

With the expansion Expansion of European settlement Statement , large amounts of land was cleared Emptying for farming Manufacturing , which resulted in Causation the destruction Destroying of Aboriginal food sources .

The 28th ( `` Baden '' ) Reserve Division , which held Defending the front from Montauban to Fricourt and Ovillers , was saved Rescuing from destruction Destroying by reinforcements from the 10th Bavarian Division .

Several tornadoes also touched down Arriving in Louisiana , causing Causation the destruction Destroying of 140 homes and 11 farms and other buildings , and major damage Damaging to 231 additional homes and 11 farm and other buildings .

The result of the rebellions was the destruction Destroying of the Desmond dynasty and the subsequent Munster Plantations – the colonisation of Munster with English settlers .

Flooding caused Causation catastrophic destruction Destroying to Ocotillo , and six people drowned Death .