That is 25 percent of total U.S.casualties in the full eight years of the war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

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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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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American casualties in the nine-year Afghan conflict surpass 1,000.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

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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"This was a hugely significant attack plan. With that number of aircraft, with the types of destination that were being talked about, it is conceivable to think of upwards of 2,000 casualties in the air depending on the point of detonation whether others would have been caught on the ground as well.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

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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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

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

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

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

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

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

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

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

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"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

The result has been some progress on the ground, but also a sharp increase in U.S.casualties, with more than in just the last three months.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The Germans ordered a small fleet of the Heron drones from Israel Aerospace Industries to help prevent civilian casualties and friendly-fire incidents in the rugged Afghan terrain.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Critics say that a growing Taliban insurgency across Afghanistan combined with an increase of thousands of new foreign troops has intensified fighting in Afghanistan leading to more civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"We know that they rely on all sorts of Palestinian sources many of whom have a vested interest in making the numbers of civilian casualties appear higher than they are."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Army Spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that so far, the military has focused on using heavy firepower in more isolated areas to try to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

President Obama has already increased the U.S.troop presence by more than 21,000 to about 68,000, and authorized more aggressive operations against the Taliban, which have resulted in a sharp increase in U.S.casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The incident comes two months after the new commander of the international forces, U.S.General Stanley McChrystal, put in place new measures to prevent civilian casualties that he says undermine an anti-terrorism war in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

But they expect the arrival of hundreds, and eventually thousands, of the vehicles in Afghanistan will help reverse the trend of U.S.casualties, and will enable the troops to travel safely throughout the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

This is clear that this was a mistake,". He added that incidents such as this one are rare, especially after the United States imposed new restrictions on air strikes in an effort to avoid civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

"In order to verify the casualties of civilians we have launched an investigation into this case to make sure how many civilians are killed and to make sure that what these civilians were doing at 2:30 in the morning in that place that is not a residential place.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04