Lt Gen Sir Nick Parker, who will take over shortly as Britain's senior commander in Afghanistan, said: "I hope we don't make strategic decisions on the basis of this low-level, terrible action."

即将成为英军驻阿富汗最高统帅的尼克·帕克将军说：“我希望我们不会在如此的低点上进行战略决策，这是很恐怖的。”

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The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.

这次行动被看作是对一名高级军官被杀所作出的快速还击。

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The senior US officer in the China-Burma-India Theater, General Joseph Stilwell, was no help, but in the 14th Air Force commander, General Claire Chennault, Donovan found an ally.

在中缅印战区的高级美国军官，约瑟夫·史迪威将军（Genral Joseph Stilwell）毫无贡献，但是在第14空军指挥官，克莱尔·陈纳德（Claire Chennault）那里，多诺万找到一个盟友。

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He says his group believes Somali parliament member Abdullahi Isse Abtidoon, who was killed near his home in northern Mogadishu Wednesday, and senior Islamic Courts commander Sharif Mohamud "Karey,"

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And he also says the dire assessment of the security situation by General Stanley McChrystal, the new U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has presented senior officials with an issue they did not expect.

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One is the report by Army General David Petraeus, our senior commander in Iraq.

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Prominent Iranian politicians and clerics have led mourners at a funeral for a senior commander of the country's Revolutionary Guards.

BBC: Funeral for Iranian senior Revolutionary Guard leader

Shrapnel tore through his helmet, and he was forced to become the senior commander on the ground because his top three commanders were felled by the blast.

CNN: Pressing on at war when 'good men' die