translate English to French: Because of his positioning and employment in the mission, if Cpl Klick had seen a hostile act, he would have had almost no other option but to use deadly force.65 In fact, the chances of the Recce patrol apprehending infiltrators inside the compound without using their weapons was minimal, as no patrol members were placed inside the compound where they would have had a chance of apprehending someone.66 The way Capt Rainville deployed the three detachments effectively covered the specific purpose of engaging an infiltrator attempting to penetrate the south end of the Engineers compound.67 However, if we accept the stated goal of the mission as being to guard the Helicopter compound against sabotage and to capture infiltrators, the deployment of the Recce patrol is highly suspect.
Le cpl Klick a affirmé que « M. Abdi a été blessé du côté ouest du complexe du génie » et qu'il se trouvait hors de son arc de tir (Transcriptions, vol.