PRE FIRST CERTIFICATE A- Citizenship Today
Human rights at war
Rojo, Inés.
political ideas since we were children. Do you remember when dad taught us how to shoot? We both became very good at shooting and hitting targets at long distance.
I know you were against violence, but we both joined opposite parties and became professional snipers.
Our different thoughts and ideologies made us take different ways, he became a Free State sniper and I joined the Republican Army.
I decided to become a Republican sniper, just because, as you know, I am so patriotic that I prefer fighting for my nation, for a terrorist army like the IRA.
As Free Stater John was so skillful with his rifle, that he soon became one of the best snipers, the same as me. This was how we became enemies in the same position.
Last Thursday evening, I was assigned to a mission in the centre of the city, where I had to defend our zone of a possible enemy attack.
I was very scared because that was the first time I had to shoot a target all by myself. I had to be stationed on the roof of a building in Dublin.
I looked around the place for hours searching for some enemy movement, but there was nothing. It was quiet, silent …