That is good enough for Britain to accelerate its withdrawal, drawing the number of troops down from 4, 500 to 2, 500 next spring.

这对于英军来说再好不过了，他们加快了撤退的速度，打算明年春天把驻伊英军的人数从4,500人减少到2,500人。

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I recommend not so many troops knocking down doors every night, but instead to sit down and drink tea, discuss what the people need, and bring them closer to the coalition.

我不认同那种友军用过的每天晚上挨家挨户敲门盘查的做法。我认为我们应该坐下来喝点茶，讨论一下阿富汗人民需要什么，拉近他们和盟军之间的距离。

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Months before the war began, the Russians had shot down Georgian drones, dropped bombs on Georgian territory and brought troops into Abkhazia to reinforce its railway line.

格俄开战数月前，俄军就开始击落格军飞机、轰炸格鲁吉亚领土、进军阿布·哈兹以保证其铁路线的安全。

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Saturday's protest took a more confrontational stance as Red Shirt protesters demanded troops stationed close to the rally site in central Bangkok to stand down.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

The counterterrorism operation in Chechnya was instituted in 1999, when Russia sent troops for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union to put down a local separatist movement.

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Robert Gates, the defence secretary, at first said he hoped to bring the figure down to 100, 000 troops by the end of the year.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

The President made very clear when he announced his strategy in Afghanistan in December of 2009 what the objectives were, what they were not, and his timeframe for surging troops and beginning to draw down troops, and the benchmarks for -- that needed to be met as we transferred security lead over to the Afghans bit by bit.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Whilst Nay Pyi Taw puts the fighting down to troops reacting to local incidents, the broader question remains on how a lasting peace can be achieved with both ceasefire and non-ceasefire groups.

BBC: Viewpoint: Change in Burma - one step at a time