Jason Rogalewski-Slade - Local liaisons

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51 sec
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Department of Veterans' Affairs

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So the local populace weren't too bad. They were a bit sceptical of the UN because of what occurred couple of months earlier with the genocide. But, generally, we were pretty well welcomed. Once we got off the armoured vehicles and we talked to the locals, and talked to kids, and kick a soccer ball or something, it was good. That bit was a good part.

The local army were still forming so they were pretty intimidating, they'd point guns at us every corner just about. I just wave them off and keep driving because I was an armoured vehicle, they weren't...So, general populace all right, local army sort of hated us, which is to be expected. There wasn't much of a link between us and them. And we were pretty sceptical of them as well, the retaliation stuff they'd do.

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