There are no civilians in a war. Only enemies
No Hawg there are civilians in war.
I will try and keep it simple in case you are a product of the Missisppi Public Education System.
From the American Heritage Dictionary: ci·vil·ian- n.
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group.
You see we have combatants (soliders, Marines, ect..) , and non-combatants (civilians) in a war.
The combatants fight (they shoot, they blow up things, they make things go boom).
The civilians don't fight (the try to live, they try and go to work, they try to live through the madness of any war that happens to break out around them).
Sometimes, and I am hesitant to bring this up as it might blow you mind (if at this point in the reading you are starting to feel dizzy or have a headache go lay down and watch a Dukes of Hazzard reruns until you feel better).
Sometimes civilians are called allies. People who are friendly to one side or the other of the war makers (combatants).
Some of the Iraqs (that is people living in Iraq right now) are friendly and helpful to the United States Armed Forces.
Hopefully that clears some things up Hawg.