“We must avoid the trap of winning tactical victories—but suffering strategic defeats—by causing civilian casualties or excessive damage and thus alienating the people,” he says.

他说：“我们必须避免那种困境，即战术上获胜——却在战略上失败——由于造成了平民伤亡或过度的破坏而与民众产生隔阂”。

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During and around last year’s Beijing Olympic Games, they launched 4 attacks in Xinjiang, causing 49 casualties.

去年北京奥运会期间，就在新疆制造了4起恐怖事件，造成49人伤亡。

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Q: it's reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 rattled the Indonesian island of Sumatra, causing hundreds of casualties. Do you have any comment?

问：据报道，印尼苏门答腊海域发生7.2级地震，已造成数百人伤亡，中方对此有何评论？

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This had forced him to slow down his offensive for fear of causing casualties among non-combatants.

ECONOMIST: Sri Lanka

This month the two countries agreed to start the second phase of a joint programme to remove the huge amounts of wartime bombs and landmines that litter Vietnam, causing casualties even now.

ECONOMIST: Vietnam and America

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been highly critical of Nato strikes causing civilian casualties in the past.

BBC: Nato air strike in Ghazni 'kills Afghanistan police'