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Description
Mr. Bojalil provides his opinion on rules of engagement and the difficulty of knowing who was firing at you during times of fire.
Transcription
When it came to rules of engagement, well, I think the rules when we were in Sarajevo were being written because it was a totally new, a totally new situation for the United Nations that I mean since Korea this was the first time that United Nations peacekeeping soldiers were coming under fire so you could fire if you could see who’s firing at you. But it was difficult because you couldn’t see who was firing at you because a lot of the fire that was coming in was mostly sniper fire. So when you were doing your patrolling or your protection escort, when we were there everything was torn to pieces and burnt and it was difficult to see who was in the buildings firing at you because snipers would take positions and try to do business so that’s a little bit frustrating but nevertheless you carry on and you stay up and you don’t even duck down because you know you have to do your job.