联军空袭在伊拉克和叙利亚造成64名平民死亡

 　　The United States military said Wednesday its airstrike campaign targeting Islamic State militants¹ in Iraq and Syria killed 64 civilians³ and injured 8 others during the past year.

　　美国军方星期三说，过去一年来，针对伊拉克和叙利亚的“伊斯兰国”激进分子发动的空袭行动造成64名平民丧生，八人受伤。

　　The new numbers released by U.S. Central Command bring the official total number of civilians killed since the operation began in August 2014 to 119 with another 37 injured.

　　最新数字由美军中央司令部发布。自2014年8月空袭行动开始以来，官方统计的总平民死亡数为119人，37人受伤。

　　Rights groups and monitors say the real number is much higher. Amnesty International reported in October that airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition⁴ appeared to have killed more than 300 people in Syria alone during the past two years.

　　人权组织和观察机构表示，实际数字要高得多。国际特赦组织10月说，过去两年中，美国领导的联军发动的空袭仅在叙利亚就造成了300多人丧生。

　　Pentagon data shows U.S. forces are responsible for about two-thirds of all coalition airstrikes.

　　五角大楼的数据显示，美军的行动在联军发动的所有空袭中占约三分之二。

　　Wednesday's new casualty figures do not include an airstrike in July in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, where residents and rights groups said more than 50 civilians were killed. The U.S. military is still investigating that attack.

　　星期三披露的最新伤亡数字不包括7月在叙利亚北部城市曼比杰发动的一次空袭。当地居民和人权组织称，空袭造成50多名平民遇难。美国军方仍在对那次袭击进行调查。

　　Central Command spokesman Col. John Thomas said there are teams that work to prevent "unintended civilian² casualties."

　　中央司令部发言人约翰·托马斯上校说，有专门的团队负责防止“误伤平民”的事件发生。

　　"Sometimes civilians bear the brunt of military action but we do all we can to minimize those occurrences even at the cost of sometimes missing the chance to strike valid⁵ targets in real time," he said in a statement.

　　他在一份声明中说：“有时军事行动会殃及平民，但我们尽可能将这种情况发生的几率降到最低，即使这样做会让我们失去打击目标的机会。”

　　Since the airstrikes began -- first in Iraq in August 2014, then in Syria a month later -- there have been more than 16,000 by the coalition at a cost of about $12 million per day. In October, the coalition reported an average of about 10 airstrikes each day in both Iraq and Syria.

　　自从对伊拉克和叙利亚的空袭分别于2014年8月和9月开始以来，联军总共发动了一万六千余次空袭，平均每天花费约120万美元。 今年10月，联军的报告称，在伊拉克和叙利亚平均每天发动大约十次空袭。

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？