Our responsibility for the civilian casualties and the human costs of the war."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

That's a high casualty rate and many a military unit will break if they have that many casualties.

这个比率相当高,在如此之高的伤亡率下,许多军事单位会因此而瓦解

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I think almost 20,000 on that day died, and in the Battle of the Somme, as it unfolded, there were a million casualties.

在那一天我想大概有两万名士兵死去，并且在索姆河战役中，据显示，有一百万死者。

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and NATO forces relate to the Afghan people, who are distrustful of repeated incidents of civilian casualties during military operations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Now, another issue that emerges in discussion of these kinds of battles is the casualties.

此类战争中的另一个问题,是伤亡人数

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B'Tselem's director, Jessica Montell, tells VOA her group's figures suggest the army has underreported the number of civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

He eventually switched; his New York this happened in many regiments in the Civil War it took so many casualties it ceased to exist and he switched to a Connecticut regiment and he served that Connecticut regiment through the summer of 1864.

他最终换了军队,内战期这很平常,他所在的纽约军队伤亡惨重,全军覆灭,他来到康乃狄格军队,他一直在此服役,度过了1865年夏

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But while the military releases daily updates for soldier and Taliban casualties, it has not released such figures for civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

If you multiply her, then you want to have as much depth to fill in behind to close that hole as you can, so that that would make your phalanx more sturdy, because you could take more casualties without breaking, that seems reasonable to me.

如果再多一些,你就需要在后面增加足够的排数,尽可能地填补缺口,这会使你的方阵固若金汤,即使伤亡惨重也不影响阵容的坚固,这在我看来是合理的

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Still,Morrell says while the investigation faults the bomber's crew for violating procedures, there is no proof that resulted in civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

For a long, long time the general wisdom was there were not heavy casualties in hoplite battles -- people calculating on what I was just talking about.

长期以来的共识是,方阵战不会造成大规模的伤亡,人们相信这一点

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But he said the number of civilian casualties was "greatly outnumbered" by the number of Taliban fighters killed in the incident.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Another tangible way of understanding who won the battle and who didn't, is we winners, because we own the field, we can pick up the casualties, take care of those who can be saved, bury the ones who have been killed; we don't have to ask anybody's permission.

还有一种显而易见的,判断谁胜谁败的方法,我们占领了战场,我们就是胜方,我们清理战场,处置死伤者,医治能救活的人,埋葬阵亡的人,我们不需要征求任何人的同意

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Eyewitnesses say that Saturday's bomb attack struck a local market and that the casualties include many women and children.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

With U.S.casualties in Afghanistan on the increase, the president is considering requests from his military commanders for more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The Obama administration is considering an increase in troop levels to counter increased military casualties from improvised explosive devices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The U.S.commander made the prevention of civilian casualties and protection of Afghans the centerpiece of his new military strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

Secretary Gates notes that the current and former Afghanistan commanders have both limited offensive air strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Secretary Gates has indicated that casualties weigh heavily on him, along with the strategic importance of these decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

District Police Officer Iqbal Marwat says nearby civilians were wounded, but most of the casualties were police officers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

American casualties have jumped from fewer than 40 per month until June of this year, to 70 or more every month since then.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

But they say an investigation into civilian casualties is under way with the help of Afghan authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Two previous military offensives in Swat failed largely because civilian casualties eroded local support for military intervention.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Taliban insurgents have frequently been firing such projectiles into the city but casualties have been rare.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Mullen also said he was impressed by how quickly the new directive on avoiding civilian casualties has been adopted by U.S.troops at all levels.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

"I am sure that we have all been affected by events in Afghanistan and saddened by the casualties suffered by our forces serving there,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Morrell acknowledges the troop deployment decision is particularly difficult because of the sharp increase in casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"Wearing the suit, and being quick on your feet, and helping the people, and reassuring casualties, if they're conscious, and lifting and moving them."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Although he is a U.S.ally, Mr.Karzai has made civilian casualties from U.S.air strikes a campaign issue.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03