Communication with non combatants and members of factions present in the area are essential for success.

与非战斗人员以及小集团的成员的交流是成功的根本。

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Such forces are clearly distinguished from non-combatants by their uniforms and the fact that they bear arms.

这种武装人员从他们的制服及携带武器可以清楚的区分出非参战人员。

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Officials said the mission was designed to minimize collateral damage and risk to non-combatants in the compound and to Pakistani civilians in the area.

美国官员说，这次行动是要最低限度地造成附加破坏，不要伤害建筑物中的非战斗人员，不危及当地巴基斯坦平民。

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A statement on the website of the president's office says the army will undertake a humanitarian exercise to free non-combatants.

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But he says that extensive losses and damage to non-combatants in aerial strikes by international forces have seriously undermined NATO's credibility among ordinary Afghans.

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"General McChrystal and the NATO investigators should bear this fact in mind that regardless of the support to the Taliban, those killed were non-combatants and their killing was a violation of the tactical order General McChrystal issued a few while ago in order to prevent such incidents,".

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The truth is that when you go into a confined space where there are a potential mixture of combatants and non-combatants, the process each US soldier will have to do is discernment, discrimination and engagement.

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