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In delivering the verdict on Soldier F, Judge Patrick Lynch said members of the Parachute Regiment had shot unarmed civilians as they ran away, adding that those responsible "should hang their head in shame".

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The guards—who could be armed or unarmed depending on the community’s preference—are seen as a deterrent to potential thieves.

He said troops had "lost all sense of military discipline", as they shot unarmed civilians "in the back…as they were fleeing from them, on the streets of a British city".

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This is “we’re in a technological arms race with China and we just realized we showed up unarmed.”

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Security guards rushed to the site, but they were unarmed in accordance with regulations, museum officials said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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