It takes eight minutes to drive to the airstrip, start the Chinook helicopter's two engines, put on body armour and weapons and make a final equipment check.

车开了8分钟到达飞机跑道，支努干直升机的两个发动机开始发动，穿上防弹衣带上武器，并最后对设备进行检查。

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Around a dozen rebels at the western gate could be seen wearing new, black body armour supplied by Qatar and made by well-known Colombian manufacturer Miguel Caballero.

在西大门，大约十几名反抗军军人穿着崭新的黑色防护装，这正是由卡塔尔提供的，出自哥伦比亚著名生产商米盖尔·卡巴雷若(Miguel Caballero)。

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He did not see the stone fly like a bullet towards him. He did not feel the stone strike him on his forehead, the one part of his body which was not covered by armour.

他没有看到石头像一颗子弹一样朝他飞过来，他也没有意识到石头会打到他的前额上，那是他身体上没有被盔甲包裹的地方。

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