But coalition commanders insist that their targeting policy and the rules of engagement are unchanged and that the sortie rate has been maintained.

但是联军指挥官坚称，他们的轰炸目标政策和战斗准则皆未改变，战机出击比率也一直维持。

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The general said he has already started working more closely with Afghan forces, by integrating some of their commanders into his headquarters, along with other coalition partners.

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U.S.officials have long said they believe al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his top commanders shifted their base of operation from Afghanistan to Pakistan's largely autonomous tribal regions after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.

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This time, coalition commanders have been surprised by the tenacity of irregular Iraqi units.

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Negotiations stretched out for months over the transfer of those detainees deemed especially dangerous by coalition commanders.

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Coalition commanders have calculated that such skirmishes are a price worth paying for arriving on Mr Hussein's Baghdad doorstep swiftly.

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