But the mission to protect civilians was more sensitive, because it involved debate about what exactly are legitimate military targets on the ground.

但是保护平民的任务更加敏感，因为关于哪些才是合法的军事目标仍存在争议。

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In other words, that paragraph authorises the use of force to prevent attacks on towns and cities, whether those attacks are directed at civilians or even at what would be legitimate military targets.

换言之，这一段授权使用武力，防止针对这些城镇的攻击，不管这些攻击以平民为目标，还是有合法的军事目标。

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Pakistan has also demanded that the US cease drone attacks on its tribal area, which have increased over the last year, allegedly killing several "high-value" targets as well as many civilians.

巴基斯坦也要求美方停止使用无人机袭击其部落地区，该袭击行动去年还有所增加，据称已击毙几名“高价值”的目标，同时也杀害了多名平民。

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However, many US supporters of air power have called for precision bombing which would not be aimed directly against civilians but only military and industrial targets.

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The addition to the coalition's armoury this week of American A-10 Thunderbolts and AC-130 gunships, lumbering aircraft equipped with fearsome cannon that can hit targets in built-up areas with less risk than fast jets of killing civilians, could tilt the balance in Misrata and elsewhere.

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