<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331698387691263806</id><updated>2024-11-01T00:31:53.669-07:00</updated><category term="guiné"/><category term="xitole"/><category term="Alá"/><category term="Deus"/><category term="Fula"/><category term="Mamadú"/><category term="amarela"/><category term="bart 2917"/><category term="branca"/><category term="cart 2716"/><category term="católico"/><category term="colonial"/><category term="dos"/><category term="fulas"/><category term="guerra"/><category term="humana"/><category term="malandro"/><category term="muçulmano"/><category term="negra"/><category term="pescador"/><category term="ponte"/><category term="preconceito"/><category term="preto"/><category term="raça"/><category term="satecuta"/><category term="vermelha"/><title type='text'>AMIGOS DO XITOLE: em nome do passado o Xitole merece ter futuro...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cart2716.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1331698387691263806/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cart2716.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jorge Silva - CART 2716</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16644794250830313791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331698387691263806.post-5032017200706195665</id><published>2013-09-28T16:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-09-30T05:22:17.361-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Alá"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="amarela"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="branca"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="católico"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Deus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fula"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="guiné"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humana"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="malandro"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mamadú"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="muçulmano"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="negra"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pescador"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="preconceito"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="preto"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="raça"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vermelha"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="xitole"/><title type='text'>Em memória do meu amigo Mamadú, pescador do Xitole ..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: maroon; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Em memória do meu amigo Mamadú, pescador
do Xitole …&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;A expressão raças
humanas (branca, negra, etc.) resulta de um conceito antropológico antigo e
ultrapassado, cada vez mais em desuso, embora o racismo continue a ser uma
infeliz e nociva realidade.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Creio que em vez
dessa divisão por raças em função da cor da pele devemos considerar, tão só,
uma única raça: a raça humana.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Claro que há pessoas
com cores de pele branca, negra, amarela e, até, vermelha. Tal como há pessoas que,
apesar da cor da pele ser branca, têm olhos azuis, enquanto outros os têm
verdes, ou castanhos, ou cinzentos, ou pretos... E há outras que sendo
designadas por terem pele branca afinal têm-na muita morena (escura mesmo) e, a
par disso, cabelos muito escuros (mesmo pretos), enquanto também as há de pele nitidamente
branca e com cabelos loiros.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Hitler foi um
verdadeiro e demoníaco “mestre” nestas distinções. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E por isso tornou-se
o primeiro responsável pelo genocídeo de milhares e milhares de seres humanos,
para além das nefastas consequências de uma guerra mundial que prejudicou de
forma irreparável a humanidade.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Hitler não quis ou não
foi capaz de perceber que tal diversidade humana é um dom da natureza e uma
mais valia da humanidade. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E por isso procurou
destruir a obra humana, criada pela própria natureza, cuja diversidade os
homens se encarregaram de ir enriquecendo ao longo de milhares e milhares de
anos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Ao contrário de
Hitler saibamos, pois, aproveitar a riqueza dessa diversidade. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E para tal
ultrapassemos preconceitos com mais informação válida e mais conhecimento, pois
enquanto eles persistirem não seremos capazes de compreender as diversas
realidades, costumes e culturas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Eu tive a sorte de
ter a oportunidade de poder começar a compreender as referidas diferenças a
partir de 1971.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Com 22 anos fui
para a Guiné (Xitole). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Branco, e crescido
no meio de brancos, fui conviver com negros.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Católico fui para o
meio de muçulmanos (de etnia Fula).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Tive lá um amigo
especial - o pescador do Xitole que, na altura teria 40 e tal anos, mas que
quando tinha apenas 15 anos foi levado de Dakar pelos franceses até Paris para,
mesmo sendo menino, ser incorporado no exército francês e ser forçado a participar
na última guerra mundial.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;O pescador (que se
a memória não me falha se chamava Mamadú), era um homem maduro, vivido e culto.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Quando estive
destacado na Ponte dos Fulas, juntamente com o David Guimarães, o pescador acompanhou-nos
e, com excepção dos fins de semana, em que ia para junto da família, permaneceu
connosco cerca de um mês, para lançar as redes no Rio Pulom e capturar o peixe
que nos saciou a fome. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Nas muitas
conversas que tive com o Mamadú, um dia perguntei-lhe porque é que os homens do
Xitole passavam os dias sentados na aldeia enquanto as mulheres se entregavam à
vida dura da agricultura, inclusive com filhos às costas e outros a seu lado.
E, soltando o que me ia na mente, perguntei-lhe porque é que tais homens não
ajudavam as mulheres nos trabalhos agrícolas e, ainda de forma mais directa, se
tal se deveria ao facto de esses homens não gostarem de trabalhar? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;O meu amigo
pescador captou-me o preconceito e com imensa calma, feita de muita sabedoria, o
Mamadú perguntou-me se na minha terra (Porto) eu encerava o chão, lavava a
louça, lavava a roupa à mão, estendia a roupa para secar, passava a roupa a
ferro, etc., etc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Estávamos em 1972
e, também por preconceitos, tudo isso era, inquestionavelmente, trabalho de
mulher. De tal modo que qualquer homem que assumisse a realização dessas
tarefas seria alvo de epítetos nada abonatórios nem desejáveis. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Naturalmente
respondi-lhe que não, o que correspondia à verdade. Mas mesmo que assim não
fosse ter-lhe-ia dito na mesma que não.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Com um sorriso amigo
e de compreensão ele explicou-me que lá no Xitole as coisas também funcionavam
de idêntico modo, pois trabalhar a terra era serviço exclusivo de mulher, pelo
que se algum homem fosse ajudar a mulher a trabalhar a terra perderia a
consideração e o respeito da aldeia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E, completando a
lição, o Mamadú explicou-me que os Fulas eram comerciantes por natureza, pelo que
estavam sentados à espera que a guerra acabasse para, sem correrem perigos,
poderem trilhar as matas, de aldeia em aldeia com a mercadoria às costas, para
comercializarem os seus produtos e sustentarem a família.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Percebi, então, que
esses amigos Fulas do Xitole não eram malandros. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;A guerra é que o
era. De tal forma que nem sequer os deixava trabalhar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Aprendi, então, que
não devia avaliar os outros à luz da minha cultura e dos meus valores e muito
menos com a mente envenenada por preconceitos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;O meu amigo Mamadú,
pescador do Xitole, ensinou-me isso e muitas coisas mais. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E com isso ajudou-me
a crescer e a ser homem.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Há pouco tempo
informaram-me que ele já teria falecido, o que muito lamento.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Evoco-o deste modo,
cumprindo uma obrigação que tinha para com esse amigo, já que deixei passar a
oportunidade de, olhos nos olhos, lhe agradecer o quanto me ensinou, com uma
paciência, uma maturidade e uma humildade difíceis de igualar, a atestar que
tive o ensejo de ter estado diante de um homem culto e bom de pele negra.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Obrigado Mamadú, velho
pescador do Xitole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;E apesar de ser
católico desejo que Alá te guarde.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #660000;&quot;&gt;Passeio “turístico” ao acampamento &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #660000;&quot;&gt;do PAIGC em Satecuta – Guiné/1971&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Sumário:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;01. Na Guiné fui uma espécie de militar fantasma&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;02. Adiamento de 2 dias terá comprometido operação a Satecuta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;03. O efeito surpresa e as vantagens naturais do PAIGC &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;04. O início da operação a Satecuta ocorreu num domingo &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;05. Os mistérios nocturnos e insondáveis da mata&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;06. A unidade faz a força &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;07. A chegada às imediações de Satecuta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;08. A penosa progressão para Satecuta &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;09. A primeira emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;10. A eterna espera pela evacuação de dois feridos &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;11. A pior faceta da guerra de guerilha &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;12. A segunda emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;13. A ordem de retirada e os 3 feridos das tropas de Mansambo &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;14. A terceira emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;15. Só com o apoio do helicanhão conseguimos chegar ao Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 18.0pt; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Notas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 35.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;No que toca a datas e factos militares este relato baseou-se no registo da operação “Quadrilha Sagaz”, a Satecuta, que consta do livro do BART-2917.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 35.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;Como os “turistas” que fizeram parte desta “excursão” se &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;esqueceram&lt;/i&gt; de levar consigo máquinas fotográficas ou de filmar, não disponho de imagens para ilustrar a generalidade dos acontecimentos aqui relatados. Como alternativa, recorri a algumas imagens que, nada tendo a ver com as situações descritas, poderão ajudar a animar o relato.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 35.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Eventuais passagens sugeridas por terceiros serão assinaladas com &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;(**)&lt;/b&gt; e o nome de quem as tenha proposto aparecerá &lt;u&gt;sublinhado&lt;/u&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 35.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apelo à participação dos protagonistas desta operação para que contribuam para enriquecer este relato, através do email: &lt;u&gt;jorgesilva2716@gmail.com&lt;/u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; style=&quot;mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: always;&quot; /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #660000; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Passeio “turístico” ao acampamento&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #660000; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;do PAIGC em Satecuta – Guiné/1971&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;01. Na Guiné fui uma espécie de militar fantasma&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em 01/05/1971, enquanto o barco misto Carvalho da Silva atracava em Bissau, comecei a ouvir a voz de um furriel que estava no cais a gritar pelo meu nome. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quando pus os pés em terra esse camarada abraçou-me e segredou-me que já me esperava há mais de 2 meses em Bolama para poder, finalmente, regressar à sua terra.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como 4º classificado na especialidade de atirador de artilharia tive o privilégio de levar comigo uma guia de marcha (devidamente autenticada) para me apresentar em Bolama, no C.I.M. (Centro de Instrução Militar), para o substituir nas suas funções de instrutor militar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Seguimos juntos até ao Quartel General, para me apresentar. Aí chegados, um Capitão chamou pelo meu nome e anunciou que o meu destino seria Cufar, onde integraria o Pelotão de Caçadores Nativos 51. Naturalmente, exibi a guia de marcha que me destinava ao C.I.M. de Bolama e não a Cufar. Mas isso de nada serviu, pois, em linguagem de caserna, o homem limitou-se a dizer para eu utilizar a guia em vez de papel higiénico!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjmbd1fxEvuLbc111nIb9kcdMyTFSxBY02sA27QcyIa2zYuOmCaZjFMeBswFP7qAoBkwORmMDZyeqY1ZfIbcQNbQQv77wiHEHi0oflK0ORptnf_I9OLSwqTXlrG4XDBVV9hiXhoVxv0Q/s1600/Bissau_quartel-1.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;155&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjmbd1fxEvuLbc111nIb9kcdMyTFSxBY02sA27QcyIa2zYuOmCaZjFMeBswFP7qAoBkwORmMDZyeqY1ZfIbcQNbQQv77wiHEHi0oflK0ORptnf_I9OLSwqTXlrG4XDBVV9hiXhoVxv0Q/s400/Bissau_quartel-1.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A realidade nua e crua da Guiné começava aí. E, juntamente com o camarada que ansiosamente me esperava, sofri uma enorme frustração.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Enquanto aguardava embarque para Cufar, saiu uma norma que impunha a experiência de pelo menos 6 meses de mato para alguém vir a integrar uma unidade de nativos, pelo que acabei por ser encaminhado para a CART-2716, sediada no Xitole.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Lw0FSEzsRRtN-XCpXgNsSOkmxJBUwgOXDd1kueKLuFTdhHUosYS5SKGmABHmUEtA1vcF_EfX2oYU_Ot_iuWy-1FQSYb4Xubw07R8-_76BObe143D7b3HFiKzEUrbEfwDF7v70jxpsis/s1600/Xitole_foto_ar-1.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Lw0FSEzsRRtN-XCpXgNsSOkmxJBUwgOXDd1kueKLuFTdhHUosYS5SKGmABHmUEtA1vcF_EfX2oYU_Ot_iuWy-1FQSYb4Xubw07R8-_76BObe143D7b3HFiKzEUrbEfwDF7v70jxpsis/s400/Xitole_foto_ar-1.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em meados de Junho de 1971 cheguei ao Xitole de avioneta, na companhia do Tenente Coronel Polidoro Monteiro, comandante do BART-2917, sediado em Bambadinca. O comandante (entretanto falecido) fez questão de a avioneta sobrevoar algumas tabancas que ele ia identificando pelos nomes, ao mesmo tempo que fazia questão de precisar que estavam sob o controlo do PAIGC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Sem ainda ter pisado o mato, foi autêntico tratamento de choque, já que essa vizinhança indesejável estava demasiado próxima do quartel do Xitole. Afinal, a realidade nua e crua da Guiné também estava aí. Compreendi a força da mensagem, como um conselho sábio de que ali não poderia haver lugar para facilidades ou distracções!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Curiosamente, agora olho para a minha caderneta militar que teima em garantir que sempre estive em Bolama, no C.I.M, quando, na verdade, nunca lá cheguei a estar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E, para complicar a situação, o livro de registos do BART-2917 nem sequer refere o meu nome, embora tenha estado no Xitole entre Junho/1971 e Fevereiro/1972, integrado na CART-2716.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Militarmente, fui uma espécie de fantasma! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Oficialmente, não estive onde deveria ter estado, de acordo com os registos do exército. &lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;E &lt;/span&gt;acabei por prestar serviço onde, pelos vistos, nunca deveria ter posto os pés.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Enfim, coisas da guerra, que também se ia fazendo ao sabor de alguns interesses...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, mesmo assim, não lamento ter ido parar ao Xitole...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNX_2MytqivLXIgL-KWKOJAsTlhctYnbQQWBtCS_bd_o-Iom-nJhO4xT2DI4w32HlOUrpcBgTbksudvRjR_CTkTaigjXuN0VxUJHCuiP__X3OfJh5PR5dwDu3MazGmRRBDDTe9LTIQqnc/s1600/Xitole_tabanca-1.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;152&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNX_2MytqivLXIgL-KWKOJAsTlhctYnbQQWBtCS_bd_o-Iom-nJhO4xT2DI4w32HlOUrpcBgTbksudvRjR_CTkTaigjXuN0VxUJHCuiP__X3OfJh5PR5dwDu3MazGmRRBDDTe9LTIQqnc/s400/Xitole_tabanca-1.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;02. Adiamento de 2 dias terá comprometido operação a Satecuta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em 08/07/1971 (5ª feira), pelas 9 horas da manhã, um grupo de combate da CCAÇ-12 saiu de Bambadinca, da sede do nosso Batalhão (BART-2917), rumo ao Xitole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para que a sua movimentação não levantasse suspeitas, a CCAÇ-12 evitou o caminho mais directo (a picada Bambadinca – Xitole) e seguiu por Galomaro. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De Galomaro rumou ao Xitole, onde só chegou pelas 16 horas, pois na Guiné, as viaturas militares demoravam tempos infinitos para percorrerem uns &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;míseros&lt;/i&gt; 50 ou 60 quilómetros.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A missão da CCAÇ-12 era assegurar a defesa do Xitole, enquanto os militares da CART-2716 estivessem fora do respectivo quartel, a participar na operação “Quadrilha Sagaz”, a Satecuta, no sector “L1” (posição “Xime 4E-1”).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O Xitole tinha cerca de 300 habitantes, com predominância da etnia Fula, de religião muçulmana, cor negra mais clara do que o usual e, tradicionalmente, era aliada das tropas portuguesas, disponibilizando-nos, inclusive, os guias locais de que necessitávamos para nos orientarmos em pleno mato. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com apoios aéreos concedidos para 10/07/1971 (sábado), inicialmente a operação tinha sido prevista para esse mesmo dia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E como as tropas envolvidas se começariam a movimentar na noite da véspera (09/07/1971 – 6ª feira), justificava-se a chegada da CCAÇ-12 ao Xitole na tarde do dia 08/07/1971.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl23O1cINIslUqEr1S7iaMp87FJSn2HQwcB3XQ2WBbAq05LKh9VEaxtPiEMv29NOfQAvZDFEwTbKkjIPVXKaK9x5qhwnvlYJDRL_Gamr-cVlEw0gIDOxpuGltUMVi6kDG75xKz3rFEeyc/s1600/Cca%25C3%25A712.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;208&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl23O1cINIslUqEr1S7iaMp87FJSn2HQwcB3XQ2WBbAq05LKh9VEaxtPiEMv29NOfQAvZDFEwTbKkjIPVXKaK9x5qhwnvlYJDRL_Gamr-cVlEw0gIDOxpuGltUMVi6kDG75xKz3rFEeyc/s320/Cca%25C3%25A712.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Só que, já com a CCAÇ-12 em pleno movimento, os apoios aéreos inicialmente previstos foram cancelados em cima da hora e só voltaram a ser concedidos para daí a 2 dias, obrigando ao adiamento da operação para o dia 12/07/1971 (2ª feira).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Esse adiamento inesperado poderá ter contribuído para que o PAIG se tivesse inteirado dos preparativos da operação, retirando a esta o indispensável efeito de surpresa e comprometendo, desde logo, o seu êxito. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;03. O efeito surpresa e as vantagens naturais do PAIGC &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apesar dos escassos meios de comunicação da época, nas matas da Guiné as notícias desse tipo circulavam com indesejável celeridade. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4t1tPU30CMCSoNKP6QuG-p8xFW_MWxS-15RZl3t0B7o2NPV4HZWkgwkWwOeauJIjz6kaWKMH9vnvYsRemc7Lk2OBSo5OOa4UD1jp76fQ0jgYKUlhoWadjdNBMeloPWy0XEngX6gW674/s1600/PAIGC-Guerrilh.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;166&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4t1tPU30CMCSoNKP6QuG-p8xFW_MWxS-15RZl3t0B7o2NPV4HZWkgwkWwOeauJIjz6kaWKMH9vnvYsRemc7Lk2OBSo5OOa4UD1jp76fQ0jgYKUlhoWadjdNBMeloPWy0XEngX6gW674/s200/PAIGC-Guerrilh.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E, dadas as curtas distâncias que nos separavam de pontos controlados pelo PAIGC, 2 dias de adiamento seriam mais que suficientes para colocar os guerrilheiros em elevado estado de alerta, favorecendo-os com o poder do efeito surpresa que, de outra forma, poderia (e deveria) ter sido exclusivamente nosso.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Naquele tipo de guerra, a surpresa era um factor a ter em devida conta e representava, pelo menos, meio caminho para o sucesso de qualquer operação. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quem conseguisse surpreender o opositor, designadamente com emboscadas pré-concebidas, bem planeadas e organizadas, inclusive quanto aos pontos de retirada, tinha elevadas hipóteses de infligir sérios danos, tanto físicos como psicológicos e materiais.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E sempre que o factor surpresa estivesse a favor do PAICG isso só servia para fortaler ainda mais a sua posição privilegiada, pois reforçava a grande vantagem que ele já detinha quanto ao conhecimento pormenorizado do palco onde a guerra se desenrolava, apar das consequentes facilidades de orientação e de movimentação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqydXJfadJkMHGkK8l7Oz7qE1MtACSfmJOOnTKduN6VJN7UAvgxJPbvzppGOXPJV1T_SfIBkQbOSx1l9HZ6CHdqEKsHXcTyftVrEnTGhG_9OTZNi_vhDhnPheKxL14__OBAGX7aFVFW44/s1600/PAIGC-emboscada.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;153&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqydXJfadJkMHGkK8l7Oz7qE1MtACSfmJOOnTKduN6VJN7UAvgxJPbvzppGOXPJV1T_SfIBkQbOSx1l9HZ6CHdqEKsHXcTyftVrEnTGhG_9OTZNi_vhDhnPheKxL14__OBAGX7aFVFW44/s320/PAIGC-emboscada.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nascidos e criados em constante contacto com as matas, os guerrilheiros deslocavam-se com óbvia destreza e mestria, enquanto nós o fazíamos com sérias e naturais dificuldades de adaptação, de aprendizagem e de execução, desde logo quanto às imprescindíveis competências de orientação no seio do mato que, em boa verdade, eram o calcanhar de aquiles das nossas tropas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelo menos nesse particular era uma guerra desigual, com as vantagens a penderem claramente para os guerrilheiros do PAIGC, que conheciam como ninguém o terreno que habitualmente pisavam.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E na parte que me toca essa desigualdade era ainda mais acentuada, pois tinha chegado recentemente à Guiné, em rendição individual, e só estava no Xitole há cerca de um mês. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mesmo assim, sentia-me algo confortado pela experiência de um ano e tal do pessoal da unidade em que tinha sido integrado e no qual aprendi a confiar, tanto mais que já tinham ultrapassado, com sucesso, algumas provas difíceis, sendo de destacar, sumariamente:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 35.7pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;·&lt;span style=&quot;font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Flagelações sofridas na Ponte dos Fulas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; em 22/06/1970, 04/07/1970 e 20/08/1970, todas com recurso a morteiro 82;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm;&quot; type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Emboscadas sofridas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;: em 25/06/1970, na posição “Xitole 9A-9”, tendo      causado 3 feridos ao PAIGC; em 06/10/1970, na posição “Xitole 9C-9-92”)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Minas detectadas e levantadas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;: em 09/09/1970, na posição “Xime 7B1-63” (mina      anti-pessoal reforçada com 7 Kg de trotil); em 03/01/1971, na posição      “Xime 7A8-71” (mina anti-pessoal reforçada com granada de canhão sem      recuo);&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBajP0mtB6NzejPwjTkTFgozpa11VmmvB2_GmUdhxfXv9WYx39EWUz4eKqQ22lvrjf6h1ZJlM8685VPmRMLGzyVBFgIU5rG4RCqdujCuaJuAMHANwHf5B-vzbniDNny1USl-zR31Y4Ww/s1600/Mina_viatura.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;184&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBajP0mtB6NzejPwjTkTFgozpa11VmmvB2_GmUdhxfXv9WYx39EWUz4eKqQ22lvrjf6h1ZJlM8685VPmRMLGzyVBFgIU5rG4RCqdujCuaJuAMHANwHf5B-vzbniDNny1USl-zR31Y4Ww/s320/Mina_viatura.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;margin-top: 0cm;&quot; type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Operações desenvolvidas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;: &lt;u&gt;16/08/1970&lt;/u&gt; – operação “Bacia Deserta”,      a Seco Braima, tendo sido impossível finalizar a operação por a zona ser      de bolanha e se encontrar cheia de água; &lt;u&gt;18/02/1971&lt;/u&gt; – operação      “Arruaça Dourada”, tendo a CART-2716 sido emboscada na posição “Xime      4F3-24”, na área de Satecuta, donde resultaram 2 guias nativos feridos      (Ocha Camará e Samba Tene), tendo o PAIGC deixado rastos de sangue no      terreno; &lt;u&gt;22/02/1971&lt;/u&gt; - “Arruaça Dourada II”, a Satecuta, onde a      CART-2716 entrou, tendo sido aí atacada pelo PAIGC que, no entanto, teve      de abandonar o local, posto o que o aldeamento foi queimado; &lt;u&gt;28/03/1971&lt;/u&gt;      – “Corrida Entusiástica”, de novo a Satecuta, tendo a CART-2716 sofrido um      ataque do PAIGC quando tinha um pelotão no interior de Satecuta, o qual      foi repelido, seguindo-se a destruiçãp do que tinha sido reconstruído após      a operação anterior.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;04. O início da operação a Satecuta ocorreu num domingo &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apesar do referido e indesejável adiamento de 2 dias, e da eventual vantagem concedida ao PAIGC para reforçar, reorganizar e colocar os seus meios de combate, a operação “Quadrilha Sagaz” arrancou para Satecuta na noite de 11/07/1971 (domingo).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Estávamos no período das chuvas, que decorre entre Junho e Setembro e que dificultava ainda mais a movimentação das nossas tropas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 22 horas desse domingo saímos do quartel, pois naquele contexto os dias da semana eram todos iguais e nenhum deles continha ou conferia privilégios especiais&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em tempo de guerra, quem pode manda e quem não manda limita-se a executar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A coberto da noite, a CART-2716 arrancou do Xitole em direcção à Ponte dos Fulas, onde tínhamos um pelotão destacado em permanência, com a importante missão de guardar a área e a respectiva ponte (de madeira), que tinha uma importância crucial para a nossa logística e segurança.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Embora em teoria um pelotão devesse ter 25 homens, na CART-2716 (e seguramente noutras unidades operacionais), devido a várias contingências e imprevistos, quando se conseguia constituí-lo com 15 elementos já não era mau de todo. Por isso, os efectivos mobilizados pela CART-2716 terão rondado as três dezenas (todos milicianos), comandados pelo Capitão Milº. Espinha de Almeida.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois de arrancarmos do quartel do Xitole atravessámos a mítica Ponte dos Fulas, onde recebemos a solidariedade calorosa (e deveras motivadora) da “claque” constituída pelos camaradas aí destacados. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLK9M1ig8Mlh_9oddRqYTfWuWIFo8sjlA1MiAdBFBRCsFMGHC3Fr0XIYiHbhaaMfgHYe0am_TWpPmpzfR71NHTEu5VBuLoi8mKKvRqZgX-LAqj986hyzpnAmzVehOyOh-EoBs4T1RLbgU/s1600/Pte_fulas-1.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;156&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLK9M1ig8Mlh_9oddRqYTfWuWIFo8sjlA1MiAdBFBRCsFMGHC3Fr0XIYiHbhaaMfgHYe0am_TWpPmpzfR71NHTEu5VBuLoi8mKKvRqZgX-LAqj986hyzpnAmzVehOyOh-EoBs4T1RLbgU/s400/Pte_fulas-1.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A partir daí o perigo aumentava potencialmente. E, com os olhos bem arregalados, a prescrustar a noite, seguimos até à área de Culobo, pela picada Xitole - Bambadinca.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Chegados a esse ponto saímos da picada e penetrámos nos mistérios insondáveis da mata. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Deixámos de rumar a norte e passámos a caminhar no sentido oeste, na direcção de Galo Corubal, que fica a norte de Satecuta, a cerca de 3,5 Km de distância.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;05. Os mistérios nocturnos e insondáveis da mata&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em plena noite a mata é um mundo obscuro e indecifrável, inclusive quanto aos sons estranhos aí produzidos, que teimam em multiplicar-se infinitamente. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Num primeiro momento esses sons assemelham-se a ruídos produzidos por aves e animais desconhecidos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, dadas as sucessivas repetições, a sugerirem, por vezes, um vai-vém entre supostos emissores e receptores, nas nossa mentes esses ruídos estranhos tendiam a equivaler a indecifráveis formas de comunicação humana que, inevitavelmente, reforçavam receios e medos, obrigando os nossos sentidos a manterem-se em permanente estado de alerta.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Daí resultava, inevitavelmente, um stress complexo, poderoso e, até, estranho, alimentado pela eminência (mesmo que psicológica) de elevados riscos individuais e comuns. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Difícil de traduzir por palavras, essa sensação estranha impunha um estado de alerta máximo e permanente.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Cada protagonista não conhecia o perigo que o podia surpreender em cada passada que dava, mas sabia, seguramente, que se alguma surpresa lhe estivesse reservada ela poderia atentar contra a sua própria vida e a dos seus camaradas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Iluminados apenas pelos fugazes raios de luar que, aqui e ali, rasgavam a escuridão da mata, caminhávamos tensos, com os ouvidos bem sintonizados, como se fossem antenas, e os olhos a teimarem querer ver o que a escuridão não lhes permitia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Íamos concentrados na gestão do espaço que nos separava uns dos outros, de forma a conseguirmos uma distância eficaz e razoavelmente segura, mas mantendo sempre as ligações, sem nunca perdermos de vista o camarada da frente e o da rectaguarda. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quem esteve nessas circunstâncias sabe que há duas regras de ouro que ajudam a sobreviver: assegurar a ligação, simultaneamente, com o camarada da frente e o da rectaguarda e, ao mesmo tempo, manter distâncias seguras, embora adaptadas às condições do local e à visibilidade do mesmo. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De tal modo que numa bolanha (espaço aberto, análogo a uma planície), as distâncias aumentavam consideravelmente, mas no emaranhado da mata ou do capim tinahm de ser adequadamente reduzidas, para nenhum interveniente correr o risco de perder a ligação visual com os demais. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em tais circunstâncias quem seguia na frente sentia a pressão psicológica inerente à primeira posição, mas quem ia na cauda sofria com a sensação de, subitamente, poder ficar desligado da coluna ou, até, de ser apanhado à mão, como era uso dizer-se.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;06. A unidade faz a força &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Era um contexto em que não reinava (nem podia reinar) o espírito do salve-se quem puder, que muitas vezes mina as organizações. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De contrário, automaticamente desenvolvia-se a partilha de uma solidariedade comum, que, de forma intuitiva, gerava conivências no seio do grupo, disciplina e coesão, ao ponto de se conseguir sobrepor às posições hierárquicas de cada um, embora sem as pôr em causa. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Cada homem tinha consciência de que era deveras importante e, porventura, decisivo, mas que sem o grupo se tornaria absolutamente insignificante e impotente. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Ao caminharmos na mata, rumo a Satecuta, as nossas passadas iam-se tornando cada vez mais incómodas, especialmente quando alguém pisava, inadvertidamente, algo mais estridente, como um simples ramo seco. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apesar dos cuidados que colocávamos na marcha e no controlo dos respectivos ruídos, o som do nosso andamento marteláva-nos os tímpanos e reveláva-se como algo dissonante e amplificado no seio da noite, que violava os acordes e o ritmo da misteriosa sinfonia que emergia da mata e que teimou em acompanhar-nos até Satecuta.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nesse ambiente, em que o stress era rei, assistíamos a uma autêntica metamorfose da organização social usual. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quase por magia, a diferenciação piramidal de papéis cedia lugar a homens bem mais iguais, que, inclusive, se sentiam impelidos a abdicar do uso de galões e de divisas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Sem necessitarmos da pressão que é habitual vir do topo, éramos capazes de partilhar, responsavelmente, tarefas, competências e objectivos, na mira de, a todo o custo, conseguirmos sobreviver enquanto individúos e como colectivo. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A tensão reinante conduzia-nos directamente ao domínio do espírito de equipa, em que as directrizes quase se tornavam desnecessárias, pois cada um de nós sabia o papel que lhe estava reservado e as funções que teria de desempenhar. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Neste particular, o rigor, a capacidade de entrega e de sacrifício, o espírito de equipa, a organização e a eficácia sobrepunham-se, sem dúvida, às componentes similares de qualquer organização civil.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;07. A chegada às imediações de Satecuta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois de termos atravessado zonas de mata e de capim alto, pelas 4h 30m da manhã, chegámos às imediações de Satecuta (zona de Xime 4F6-37). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Adoptando as necessárias medidas de segurança, fizemos aí uma paragem para aguardar pelo nascer do sol e por apoio aéreo. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com isso pretendíamos rumar ao objectivo com a luz do dia e em melhores condições de assistência, inclusive no caso de virmos a necessitar de evacuações de emergência. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;Pelas 6h e 30m, uma patrulha de quatro elementos do PAIGC aproximou-se da nossa posição, embora por detrás da árvore onde me encontrava só dois guerrilheiros fossem visíveis.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CtQ7V_D_aWG8gQOWjF8URokm82tveE7t_FvZ-hPf1akJDHHzjfApkYjLXqebj6svcKiI_hHpP9mS32YhXMtC5DJ65jPk3ny_Ovi2jorzuW_m6fm0IHtmI_bSeQVOw3t5XarbXyjj7sA/s1600/PAIGC-Patrulha.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;264&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CtQ7V_D_aWG8gQOWjF8URokm82tveE7t_FvZ-hPf1akJDHHzjfApkYjLXqebj6svcKiI_hHpP9mS32YhXMtC5DJ65jPk3ny_Ovi2jorzuW_m6fm0IHtmI_bSeQVOw3t5XarbXyjj7sA/s320/PAIGC-Patrulha.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A escassos cinquenta metros e sob a mira de dezenas de G3 e demais armamento, durante algum tempo os patrulheiros do PAIGC fizeram-nos crer que não nos tinham localizado. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com um sangue frio impressionante, permaneceram no local como se estivessem a executar meras rotinas de patrulhamento. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De súbito, os guerrilheiros desapareceram na vegetação, na direcção NW, ao mesmo tempo que dispararam na nossa direcção rajadas de “costureirinha” e uma granada de “roket” que, no acampamento do PAICG, terão soado como o toque de sinos a rebate, a apelar à mobilização maciça e imediata de homens e de meios para neutalizarem os intentos dos indesejados invasores.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A decisão sensata do Capitão Milº Espinha de Almeida para que ninguém disparasse não tinha servido de nada, pois, pelos vistos, a nossa presença já estava há muito denunciada. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Salvo melhor opnião, tudo sugere que éramos esperados e que a recepção já estaria preparada e em andamento, o que poderá ter sido possibilitado pelas contigências no arranque da operação, que obrigaram ao seu adiamento por 2 dias.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Se na ocasião tivessemos connosco uma bolinha de cristal que nos ajudasse a antever o futuro, aqueles ousados guerrilheiros teriam ficado ali mesmo, com os corpos cravejados de balas, pois entre serem eles ou nós a dar o alerta, teríamos preferido que o som de alarme se assemelhasse ao das rajadas de G3 e ao ruído poderoso e temível da bazuca.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, vistas as coisas com os olhos de hoje, ainda bem que assim foi, pois pouparam-se essas vidas que são bem mais preciosas do que os “troféus” que naquela altura e contexto pudessemos exibir. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E, tendo em conta o treino e a capacidade de autocontrole que esses guerrilheiros demonstraram, hoje penso que eles justificaram plenamente que a sua vida não tivesse terminado abruptamente naquele local ermo e pouco acolhedor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Embora sem êxito, na tentativa de informarmos o sucedido e o rumo seguido pela patrulha atrás referida, tentámos comunicar por rádio com a CART-2714, que se encontrava estacionada na confluência dos rios Bissari e Samba Briel, depois de ter arrancado de Mansambo aquando da nossa partida do Xitole, para também tomar parte na operação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;08. A penosa progressão para Satecuta &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois do contacto com a mencionada patrulha avançada do PAICG ficámos a saber o que seguramente nos esperava. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Porém, não havia outro remédio senão avançarmos rumo a Satecuta, que já estava ali próxima, na posição “Xime 4E-1”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6y6Opur0SHs7TeWnyZ0LFycQ-iDy5EDnoJGu3B-r0Sjk0wxHfzBxLXJkBre_YnYJ8HOsw7k2y3h5fnRyZIm_SqUYP238AReGhRRJnL8D29nRKV-Nr5oNetCfIS9nsA3y73jM457Zv4w/s1600/Satecuta_mapa.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;241&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6y6Opur0SHs7TeWnyZ0LFycQ-iDy5EDnoJGu3B-r0Sjk0wxHfzBxLXJkBre_YnYJ8HOsw7k2y3h5fnRyZIm_SqUYP238AReGhRRJnL8D29nRKV-Nr5oNetCfIS9nsA3y73jM457Zv4w/s320/Satecuta_mapa.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelo que se sabia, nessa altura Satecuta teria uma população de cerca de 300 habitantes e a segurança da área caberia a um grupo do PAIGC comandado por Mário Mendes, que, mais tarde, em finais de 1972, terá sido abatido pelo apontador de HK21 da CCAÇ-12 (fonte: António Duarte, em “blogueforanadaevaotres.blogspot.com”).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 7h 20m (50 minutos após termos sido detectados pelos guerilheiros), recebemos ordem para avançar e iniciámos a marcha. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Esse 50 minutos suplementares terão permitido que PAIGC ajustasse ainda melhor as suas posições, depois de poder determinar a linha da nossa marcha.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Entretanto, como o nosso principal guia nativo estava com sérias dificuldades de orientação, agravadas pela arborização uniforme, pelo capim alto e pela nebulosidade que afectava o local, foi necessário que o guia nativo auxiliar saísse de uma posição mais recuada para se juntar, na frente, ao guia principal. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pretendeu-se com isso conjugar a experiência de ambos os guias, na expecativa de que eles pudessem definir o caminho certo para acedermos a Satecuta. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como se vê, o nosso grau de dependência chegava ao cúmulo de necessitarmos de nativos que, apesar de o serem, em certas situações também sentiam dificuldades de orientação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como as dúvidas persistiam pouco conseguimos progredir, tanto mais que eram acrescidas de naturais cautelas, que, inevitavelmente, iam reforçando a lentidão da marcha.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;09. A primeira emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como era expectável, pelas 8h 30m, sofremos uma primeira emboscada ao atingirmos a posição “Xime 4F3-37”, a qual terá contado com um grupo de 40 elementos do PAIGC. Curiosamente, esta emboscada ocoreu num local próximo da que se tinha verificado numa operação de 18/02/1971, na qual não participei (posição “Xime 4F3-24”).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Voltando a utilizar o poderoso morteiro 82, o RPG-2 (roket’s) e “costureirinhas” (metralhadoras ligeiras), os guerrilheiros evidenciaram o seu elevado potencial de fogo e obrigaram-nos a &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;beijar o chão&lt;/i&gt; e a procurar a protecção possível, envolvendo, por certo, alguns episódios bizarros.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Os furriéis milicianos &lt;u&gt;Guimarães&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;(**)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;e Rei conseguiram a proeza de se abrigarem atrás de uma árvore tão pouco espessa que mal dava para um deles. Mas lá se arranjaram...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pela minha parte fiquei deitado, a coberto de um pequeno tronco caído e, como da posição onde estava não tinha a percepção exacta do posicionamento do PAIGC, não dei um único tiro. Limitei-me a abrir bem os olhos e a utilizar os ouvidos como se fossem antenas, no intuito de poder captar algo mais elucidativo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com os primeiros tiros o PAIGC conseguiu a &lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;proeza de nos ferir (infelizmente) ambos os guias guinenenses, que, mais tarde, vieram a ser evacuados de helicóptero.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Além de pronta a nossa resposta foi eficaz, com especial recurso a morteiro 60, bazooka (lança granadas anti-viatura) e dilagramas (granadas defensivas disparadas com a G3).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovwHAa0s6-kjb8WVw6JYbrbgEsasy1fHCyw1eHWeHbiLu3obQp7M0P2EZcPgdfSDC_jRKc8jURcUXlYFYIM6DVWLVMaDOpdGs6aL2ZFkZkL_43OW0AG5MJPE2iIGDKrhTuv1zWeCDN8Q/s1600/Bazzoka.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovwHAa0s6-kjb8WVw6JYbrbgEsasy1fHCyw1eHWeHbiLu3obQp7M0P2EZcPgdfSDC_jRKc8jURcUXlYFYIM6DVWLVMaDOpdGs6aL2ZFkZkL_43OW0AG5MJPE2iIGDKrhTuv1zWeCDN8Q/s200/Bazzoka.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;No decorrer da emboscada, afigurou-se-me que vinham rajadas do cimo de uma árvore. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O Furriel Milº Rei, que &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;adorava&lt;/i&gt; dilagramas, deve ter tido a mesma percepção, pois vi-o disparar um tiro certeiro para a copa da árvore suspeita, com o consequente rebentamento da granada a provocar uma nuvem de folhas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnX3xiaJTF9fZGnCvUc8aKdGUqmgO2D0JHCoLuFe4pZXxFIXr8xylb4i5AP7mJmTFVDkeG-XbqDxai8eJkMovntg0EfHCufqiYiJ_fdz3IEEDaLCfIu6fUPtOWxL4gf-_gK-L4urkeIk/s1600/Rei.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnX3xiaJTF9fZGnCvUc8aKdGUqmgO2D0JHCoLuFe4pZXxFIXr8xylb4i5AP7mJmTFVDkeG-XbqDxai8eJkMovntg0EfHCufqiYiJ_fdz3IEEDaLCfIu6fUPtOWxL4gf-_gK-L4urkeIk/s200/Rei.png&quot; width=&quot;177&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A sensação de que daí provinham rajadas de “costureirinha” desapareceu de imediato, embora não saiba se, nessa exacta posição, alguém do PAIGC foi atingido.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Face á nossa reacção, os guerrilheiros do PAIGC iniciaram a retirada, bem protegidos pela perícia e pela excepcional pontaria de um competente atirador de morteiro 82 que, durante o tempo necessário à retirada, teimou em acertar na zona onde nos encontrávamos, embora sem lograr causar-nos mais vítimas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Na retirada, os elementos do PAIGC terão levado consigo pelos menos 4 elementos feridos, confirmados visualmente por elementos das nossas tropas, bem como por rastos de sangue que deixaram no terreno, a salpicar o verde da vegetação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;A emboscada deve ter tido uma duração de cerca de 10 minutos, que, no entanto, se assemelharam a uma verdadeira eternidade, a comprovar que o que é mau parece nunca mais acabar, ao invés do que é bom, que parece findar demasiado depressa.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;10. A eterna espera pela evacuação de dois feridos &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 8h 40m o comandante da operação sobrevoou a área da emboscada numa avioneta DO-27 e solicitou a evacuação urgente dos dois guias feridos, mas esta só se veio a verificar pelas 10h 10m, a partir de uma clareira localizada na posição “Xime 4F3-38”. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nesse ponto desceu um helicóptero, escoltado em terra pelas nossas tropas e no ar por um helicanhão, que nessa época ainda era capaz de intimidar os guerrilheiros, que, sem meios eficazes de reacção, se limitavam a ocultar-se na mata&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4Uz70DHa5JuyJmPkpU7kB_Nf1qLtmvKS74iIHNrlem12DrmObHKuvTHTeyoe6LOZziQEFT1KDhiemfVVr2u6LR5tC8v0DG2bxLikl7UjS6mFGwT6ckjm33k6YmYHb_3FrHa77q2QLIg/s1600/Helicanhao.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;182&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4Uz70DHa5JuyJmPkpU7kB_Nf1qLtmvKS74iIHNrlem12DrmObHKuvTHTeyoe6LOZziQEFT1KDhiemfVVr2u6LR5tC8v0DG2bxLikl7UjS6mFGwT6ckjm33k6YmYHb_3FrHa77q2QLIg/s320/Helicanhao.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mais tarde, a partir de meados de Abril de 1972, o poderio intimidatório do helicanhão viria a ser anulado pelo potencial bélico do PAIGC, reforçado, entretanto, pelos poderosos e temíveis mísseis terra-ar, que praticamente viriam a anular a nossa supremacia aérea. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Durante demasiado tempo estivemos imobilizados nesse local a aguardar a evacuação dos guias. Corremos os riscos inerentes a uma posição que era bem conhecida dos opositores e, por certo, todos sentimos a adrenalina e o stress a ultrapassarem os limites do razoável. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com efeito, se na pacífica e actual vida corrente 10 minutos na fila da caixa de um banco parecem uma eternidade, imagine-se o significado psicológico de 1h 30m de espera nessas condições de perigo eminente e sem quaisquer alternativas viáveis!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;11. A pior faceta da guerra de guerilha &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Bem vistas as coisas, afigura-se-me que o pior lado da guerra de guerrilha não residia tanto nos tiros e nos rebentamentos, pois nessas situações o cérebro autoprotegia-se e desligava para deixar de contabilizar os perigos ou as memórias dos familiares distantes, passando a concentrar-se, sobretudo, na busca da resposta mais eficaz a tais situações. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quanto a mim, a pior faceta da guerra de guerrilha tinha a ver, designadamente, com a incerteza constante, o desconhecimento do meio, as elevadas dificuldades de orientação e a sensação persistente de perigos ocultos, insondáveis e eminentes, que, cumulativamente, iam minando as emoções e produzindo consequente desgaste.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Esses ingredientes faziam balançar o efeito do factor surpresa para o PAIG, ao mesmo tempo que nos impunham uma pesada carga psicológica que, embora gerida na medida do possível, se assemelhava a uma espécie de ácido corrosivo que, mesmo que gradualmente, lá ia produzindo, se algum modo, os seus efeitos nefastos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Embora já não recorde os nomes dos nossos guias feridos (ambos da população do Xitole), aproveito o ensejo para lhes prestar merecida homenagem, tanto mais que, voluntariamente, colaboraram com as nossas tropas, correndo connosco os riscos daí resultantes. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E a demonstrar a utilidade dos seus préstimos, a verdade é que com a sua evacuação ficámos sem rumo para retirar do local, logo que essa decisão viesse a ser tomada.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apesar de se afigurar que a solução óbvia deveria ter ditado o abandono daquela posição e o início da retirada, o certo é que a ordem foi no sentido inverso. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Daí que tenhamos continuado a avançar para Satecuta, com a progressão a ser orientada pela avioneta onde seguia o comandante da operação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;12. A segunda emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 10h 25m a avioneta que transportava o comandante da operação teve de seguir para Aldeia Formosa, para se reabastecer, pelo que fomos forçados a uma paragem, para, abrigados na mata, aguardarmos o regresso da avioneta para ela nos continuar a indicar o caminho do objectivo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Sem dúvida, a avioneta era útil para nos apontar o caminho que, de outra forma, não conseguiríamos descortinar pelos nossos próprios meios. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, a par disso, a avioneta também tinha o grande inconveniente de sobrevoar a nossa posição para nos poder assinalar o percurso a seguir. E, como era inevitável, as forças do PAIGC iam-se apercebendo da rota que estávamos a trilhar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Não admira, pois, que pelas 11h 30m, tívessemos sido atacados pela segunda vez, desta feita na posição “Xime 4F2-39”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Esse novo confronto teve características muito idênticas às do primeiro, sendo de supor que tenha sido levado a cabo pelo mesmo grupo de 40 elementos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com efeito, voltou-se a verificar o mesmo poderio e precisão de fogo do morteiro 82, especialmente quando este foi chamado a cobrir a retirada das forças do PAIG, depois da nossa resposta pronta e, pelos vistos, intimidatória. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De acordo com o relato dos ocupantes da avioneta que sobrevoava a área, teremos conseguido voltar a atingir a zona ocupada pelos atacantes com fogo de morteiro 60, de bazooka e de dilagramas, sendo de admitir que isso lhes tenha causado novas baixas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;13. A ordem de retirada e os 3 feridos das tropas de Mansambo &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A cerca de 3 Km de Satecuta, com a nossa progressão a decorrer lenta e em mata cerrada, recomeçou a chover e, simultaneamente, as condições de visibilidade agravaram-se, dificultando a missão da avioneta. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 12h 20m, o comandante da operação decidiu, finalmente, dar ordem a ansiada de retirada ás forças envolvidas na operação.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Noutro local relativamente próximo, nas imediações da posição “Xime 4E7-48”, pelas 12h 40m as forças da CART-2714 (Mansambo) detectaram um elemento do PAIGC que se erguera a coberto de um tronco de árvore e, de imediato, abriram fogo sobre essa área. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTj7Q3uyo0olgQxfHxcIycXce5Vh1A0jrCc9sz7edJEzcmB1Jiw4R528F9kav092BokOzm6i44H-xPnZjIhKR2vD_HVOcKHkAFoxlxLZ4xNBQpCJQbnR_svmo2B8lx5Ugp8ofp6NBMgog/s1600/Mansambo_ar.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;198&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTj7Q3uyo0olgQxfHxcIycXce5Vh1A0jrCc9sz7edJEzcmB1Jiw4R528F9kav092BokOzm6i44H-xPnZjIhKR2vD_HVOcKHkAFoxlxLZ4xNBQpCJQbnR_svmo2B8lx5Ugp8ofp6NBMgog/s320/Mansambo_ar.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A resposta do PAIGC não se fez esperar e o som do morteiro 82, dos “roket’s” e das rajadas de “costureirinhas” &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;animaram &lt;/i&gt;o ambiente circundante durante cerca de 5 minutos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Face à reacção das tropas de Mansambo, o grupo do PAIGC, estimado em cerca de 20 elementos, foi forçado a retirar, deixando no local restos de sangue e indícios de corpos que, na fuga, terão sido arrastados pelo chão. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Por seu turno, as tropas da CART-2714 (Mansambo) tiveram a pouca sorte de sofrer três feridos ligeiros devido a estilhaços: Joaquim da Silva Pereira (Alferes Milº), Manuel Ribeiro (soldado) e Iabo Baldé (guia nativo).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois de se libertar desse incidente, a CART-2714 logrou alcançar a picada Xitole – Mansambo pelas 15h 15m, entrando nesta, pelo lado sul, a cerca de 2 Km da Ponte do Rio Bissari, tendo continuado a trilhar essa via para chegar ao quartel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;14. A terceira emboscada à CART-2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Entretanto, na CART-2716 continuávamos a sentir a tarefa da retirada deveras complicada, pois, sem guias, as dificuldades para encontrar o caminho de regresso eram incontornáveis. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Sem conhecermos o rumo certo, tivemos a sensação de que tínhamos caminhado em círculos, sem conseguirmos progredir a caminho do quartel. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De tal modo que, segundo os ocupantes da avioneta, pelas 13h 00m tínhamos atingido a posição “Xime 4G3-22” e passadas cerca de 2h e 15m ocupávamos a posição “Xime 4D7-49”, onde viemos a sofrer terceira emboscada!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pelas 15h 15m, fomos emboscados de forma análoga às anteriores, inclusive no que respeita à competência do atirador do PAIGC que era uma espécie de vedeta “DJ” a &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;animar a festa&lt;/i&gt; com os rebentamentos demolidores do morteiro 82.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Na ocasião tínhamos feito uma ligeira paragem, provocada pela necessidade de se determinar o caminho correcto para o regresso, pois tínhamos a estranha e inquietante sensação de termos perdido o rumo do Xitole que, de resto, se veio a confirmar plenamente.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Ainda de pé, aproveitei o ensejo para retirar do bolso uma conserva, pois a fome apertava, e de que maneira! Com a lata de conserva na mão, intuitivamente decidi aninhar-me atrás de um baga-baga (espécie de fortificação construída por formigas) para aí poder devorar o petisco disponível em relativa segurança. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas de imediato começou o &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;fogo de artifício&lt;/i&gt; e a apetecida amostra de refeição perdeu-se no chão, sem sequer ter tido tempo para lhe tirar a prova...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para lá de mais um susto e do aumento das tensões até aí avolumadas, felizmente essa terceira emboscada não nos infligiu baixas ou danos, e, uma vez mais, mereceu da nossa parte a resposta pronta que se impunha.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Debaixo de fogo os ponteiros do relógio pareciam parar enquanto, inversamente, a adrenalina acelerava e subia, o que continuava a provocar a sensação amarga de que cada ataque durava uma eternidade!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; mso-pagination: none; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;; font-size: 13pt;&quot;&gt;15. Só com o apoio do helicanhão conseguimos chegar ao Xitole&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;Depois dessa terceira emboscada ficámos ainda mais desnorteados quanto ao rumo a seguir.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Na circunstância valeu-nos a preciosa ajuda de um helicanhão que foi expressamente enviado ao local para nos assinalar a direccção correcta do regresso, que, como supunhamos, era bem diferente da que até aí tínhamos vindo a trilhar!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;Para quem nasceu e cresceu no meio de vilas e cidades, com nomes de ruas e avenidas para se orientar, os pontos de referência no mato são extraordinariamente difíceis de distinguir. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;No meio do arvoredo ou do capim, com as tensões ao rubro, ao citadino tudo parece igual!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, com o helicanhão a indicar-nos o caminho até cerca das 17h 30m, finalmente lá conseguimos voltar à Ponte dos Fulas, por onde tínhamos necessariamente de passar para daí regressarmos, sãos e salvos, ao quartel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;&quot;&gt;Ao fim da tarde, quae ao pôr do Sol, lá conseguimos chegar incólumes ao Xitole, onde o balão das tensões acumuladas se esvaziou num ápice com a ajuda de umas “bazucas” (cervejas de meio litro) e a recepção solidária e calorosa de que fomos alvo, e que só quem esteve em idênticas circunstâncias tem condições para saber apreciar e valorizar devidamente.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgS87YuGBk5kbjLVSUddlSE9QD43gbFrCIpbwXXeVh4apmZnJqciIFF47D5lTVuxFBowmoJWOeKOes1WDwsxrZJpHgDXldD2bKXmTjNea_DQr6z7Hm0XoqECleS07MNwMX8GkhyA7YXg/s1600/por_do_sol.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;226&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgS87YuGBk5kbjLVSUddlSE9QD43gbFrCIpbwXXeVh4apmZnJqciIFF47D5lTVuxFBowmoJWOeKOes1WDwsxrZJpHgDXldD2bKXmTjNea_DQr6z7Hm0XoqECleS07MNwMX8GkhyA7YXg/s320/por_do_sol.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 24.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Jorge Silva&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;ex-Furiel Miliciano&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;CART-2716 do BART-2917 - Guiné: 1971/73&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cart2716.blogspot.com/feeds/3809954631251907029/comments/default' title='Postar comentários'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cart2716.blogspot.com/2011/02/1971-passeio-turistico-um-acampamento.html#comment-form' title='1 Comentários'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1331698387691263806/posts/default/3809954631251907029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1331698387691263806/posts/default/3809954631251907029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cart2716.blogspot.com/2011/02/1971-passeio-turistico-um-acampamento.html' title='Passeio “turístico” ao acampamento do PAIGC em Satecuta – Guiné/1971'/><author><name>Jorge Silva - CART 2716</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16644794250830313791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjmbd1fxEvuLbc111nIb9kcdMyTFSxBY02sA27QcyIa2zYuOmCaZjFMeBswFP7qAoBkwORmMDZyeqY1ZfIbcQNbQQv77wiHEHi0oflK0ORptnf_I9OLSwqTXlrG4XDBVV9hiXhoVxv0Q/s72-c/Bissau_quartel-1.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331698387691263806.post-9018753359313681280</id><published>2010-09-04T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T13:21:26.128-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Memórias das vésperas do dia mais feliz da CART 2716</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #640000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #640000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Memórias das vésperas do dia mais feliz da CART 2716&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A CART 2716, enquanto unidade do BART 2917 (Bambadinca), teve a seu cargo a defesa da zona do Xitole, no leste da Guiné, entre 1970 e 1972.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A CART 2716 era uma companhia quase exclusivamete formada por jovens milicianos (na casa dos 20 a 23 anos), incluindo o Capitão Espinha de Almeida (comandante) que, de entre eles, era o mais velho, apesar de apenas contabilizar três décadas de vida.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apenas havia dois elementos do quadro permanente - os sargentos Santos e Pires que, apesar de mais maduros, eram, mesmo assim, homens relativamente jovens, na casa dos quarenta e tal anos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como tantos outros da época, no ex-ultramar português os jovens da CART 2716 foram impedidos de viver com normalidade uma fase crucial do seu amadurecimento. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;No leste da Guiné, longe de tudo que lembrasse um resquício de civilização, foram prematuramente forçados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;color: black; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar as convidativas praias estivais pelos perigos do capim e das      matas;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar os passeios com as namoradas pelos patrulhamentos      e operações na companhia de camaradas de armas;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar o conforto dos lares por toscos abrigos      cavados no solo e cobertos de troncos, terra e cascalho, que também      serviam de abrigo a cobras e outros répteis;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar a apetecível comida portuguesa por      refeições improvisadas à base de arroz, de conservas de cabala e de rações      de combate, onde a sobremesa tendia teimosamente a ser goiabada e uma      simples refeição com batatas era um luxo festejado;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar a promissora (embora amordaçada) rádio portuguesa pelas      emissões intencionalmente intimidatórias da rádio PAIGC, enquanto      instrumento da vertente psicológica da guerrilha;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar a música melódica e harmoniosa das “&lt;i&gt;boites&lt;/i&gt;”&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;e      bares dos anos 70 pelas batidas ruidosas dos morteiros e dos canhões sem      recuo, misturadas com solos estridentes das famigeradas e temidas&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;costureirinhas&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(pistolas      metralhadoras);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; text-indent: 15.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar a pacata família de origem por uma família      de armas adoptiva, onde umas caixas de transporte de bacalhau se transformavam,      milagrosamente num guarda-fatos, uma lata de coca-cola passava, de      repente, a chamar-se copo ou chávena e os objectos que evocavam uma      infância ainda bastante próxima tinham sido macabramente substituídos por      metralhadoras G3, morteiros, bazucas e granadas;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;apple-style-span&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a trocar os melhores anos e sonhos das suas vidas      por um poço sem fundo de incertezas, de incomodidades e de perigos, que      alguns nem sequer tiveram o ensejo de evocar no feliz dia do regresso,      simplesmente porque a guerra colonial se encarregou de lhes amputar esse elementar direito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul style=&quot;font-size: 11px; margin-top: 0cm;&quot; type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 35.7pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17.85pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Symbol; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como tantos outros da época, no ex-ultramar português os jovens da CART 2716 foram impelidos a amadurecer num contexto que, felizmente, nos dias de hoje os seus filhos e netos têm imensas (e compreensíveis) dificuldades em captar e compreender, inclusive nos seus mais simples contornos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Uma simples rotina da época ajudará, por certo, a ilustrar melhor o que as palavras e as fotografias não conseguem documentar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Era usual os militares improvisarem uma folha com números inscritos desde 730 até 0, onde cada número ia sendo assinalado (abatido) sempre que passava mais um dia da sua comissão de serviço.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Neste particular, como em tantos outros, os objectivos individuais e colectivos coincidiam com o sonho do glorioso dia zero, o que ajudava a cimentar as relações de camaradagem (e amizade) existentes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em 25 de Março de 1971, quando eu ainda apenas assinalava no meu mapa o 401º dia a generalidade dos elementos da CART 2716 marcava, de forma inexorável, merecida e seguramente festiva, o ambicionado dia zero, deixando para trás trilhos que não tinham sido livremente escolhidos para readquirir o direito de passar a procurar os trilhos de reintegração na vida.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;As imagens que se seguem ilustram a cerimónia militar (desfile) que decorreu em Bissau, no quartel dos Adidos, antes de a generalidade dos elementos da CART 2716 (e do BART 2917) embarcarem, rumo às terras onde nasceram e aos braços saudosos dos familiares e amigos que emocionadamente os esperavam.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;As fotos que figuram adiante são, por isso, uma espécie de hino a um punhado de homens (muito jovens na sua maioria) que se viram privados do direito de amadurecer como é comum os jovens amadurecerem em tempos de paz.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pela minha parte, sinto a obrigação de, através das fotografias seguintes, lhes prestar esta singela homenagem, inclusive em memória do acolhimento, apoio e camaradagem que deles sempre recebi nos longos meses que partilhámos no Xitole.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #002060; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – ex-Furriel Miliciano&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #600000; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;Bissau, Março/72: despedida da CART 2716 (Xitole- Guiné), do BART 2917&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;p:colorscheme colors=&quot;#ffffff,#000000,#eeece1,#1f497d,#4f81bd,#c0504d,#0000ff,#800080&quot;&gt;&lt;/p:colorscheme&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;O&quot; v:shape=&quot;_x0000_s1026&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; mso-line-spacing: &amp;quot;100 -16 0&amp;quot;; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – ex-Furriel Miliciano &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #600000; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bissau, Março/72: despedida da CART 2716 (Xitole- Guiné), do BART 2917&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #600000; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;General António de Spínola&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Tal como em 25 de Março de 1972, embora agora sem lágrimas a humedecerem-me os olhos, envio um grande abraço a todos os &quot;&lt;i&gt;velhos&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;camaradas e amigos que a incompreensão e a teimosia de um punhado de homens com ideias já então fora de moda obrigou a que nos reuníssemos e convívessemos em terras da Guiné, designadamente no Xitole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Jorge Silva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;ex-Furriel Miliciano da CART 2716 - Xitole&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Email: jorgesilva2716@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: #993300;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Apareceu posto de sentinela em cima do fortim...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para quem prestou serv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;iço militar n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;o Xitole (povoação do leste da Guiné, a cerca de 150 Km de Bissau e localizada junto a uma curva acentuada do Rio Corubal), a Ponte dos Fulas tinha um significado muito especial (quase mítico), servindo, inclusive, como &quot;repouso do guerreiro&quot;, já que quem lá estava usualmente ficava liberto de patrulhamentos e operações.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole-Bissau através do &quot;Maps.Google&quot; - cerca de 150 Km se não se utilizarem transportes fluviais.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Aspecto geral da zona frontal do aquartelamento do Xitole entre 1970 e 1972 - CART 2716. À direita distingue-se a capela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #990000; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;© Humberto Reis -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Xitole em 1970 - Vista aérea do aquartelamento, posto administrativo, tabanca e áreas envolventes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Não admira, pois, que existam diversas referências na internet à Ponte dos Fulas, a qual dista cerca de 3 Km do Xitole, através (na altura) de um piso de terra batida, que era recomendável ser &quot;picado&quot; ao ser utilizado, para se procurar detectar a eventual existência de minas. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd-mLLR2TPcaEQkJJDV4UvgN915WiJeJnX-97QvcpXPdB939D1GlTgybxkq-S28DOIVT3TIu3lVyAUf6rgmNpoVX0jgtjUUPTOdKoEkjG-vn6ub7SpmnaYpZ3mDaqD2hPTit1cP1M8LE/s1600/2-mapa-ponte.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;265&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd-mLLR2TPcaEQkJJDV4UvgN915WiJeJnX-97QvcpXPdB939D1GlTgybxkq-S28DOIVT3TIu3lVyAUf6rgmNpoVX0jgtjUUPTOdKoEkjG-vn6ub7SpmnaYpZ3mDaqD2hPTit1cP1M8LE/s400/2-mapa-ponte.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole-Ponte dos Fulas através do &quot;Maps.Google&quot; - cerca de 3 Km na estrada Xitole-Bambadinca. Este percurso era feito diariamente por um pelotão para levar, designadamente, pão e água à Ponte dos Fulas. Dada a fácil (e confirmada)&amp;nbsp;circulação fortuita do PAIGC na área e a possível colocação de minas, procedia-se à&amp;nbsp;picagem preventiva da estrada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para os militares do Xitole, a Ponte dos Fulas era, em si mesma, um elemento contraditório.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Por um lado, obrigava&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;os militares aquartelados no Xitole&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a deslocações e riscos diários, inclusive para abastecerem o destacamento da ponte com pão e água dita potável (entenda-se, para cozinhar).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas, em contrapartida, a Ponte dos Fulas era um ponto estratégico que assegurava (e defendia) a ligação por estrada (de terra batida) da Companhia do Xitole à sede do Batalhão, sediado em Bambadinca, a cerca de 40 Km, que (pasme-se!) poderiam demorar para cima de 6 ou 7 horas a percorrer com viaturas!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Aspecto da estrada Bambadinca-Xitole, antes de atravessar a Ponte dos Fulas, visível ao fundo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vWZMBUMH01oIJSvp5pfoCqVLX8HsZx9C3KxuU1NHDKsF0dVyIOmpzRzZdT2WuN9btrfpwL6qDNggcqFKDde2DSCCl09SzPd-zLbHt4Soht_M5K2bY-ijuF-PpMPxnyA4BhUVIKIur7s/s1600/4-Bamb_xitol.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vWZMBUMH01oIJSvp5pfoCqVLX8HsZx9C3KxuU1NHDKsF0dVyIOmpzRzZdT2WuN9btrfpwL6qDNggcqFKDde2DSCCl09SzPd-zLbHt4Soht_M5K2bY-ijuF-PpMPxnyA4BhUVIKIur7s/s320/4-Bamb_xitol.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole-Bambadinca através do &quot;Maps.Google&quot; - cerca de 40 Km de piso térreo e irregular, ladeado por vegetação relativamente densa, a convidar o PAIGC à colocação de minas e à realização de emboscadas e a reclamar as inerentes acções preventivas das tropas portuguesas - picagens da estrada e escoltas armadas e apeadas ao longo do percurso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A Ponte dos Fulas, sobre o Rio Pulom (afluente do Corubal), era essencial para permitir que os reabastecimentos, designadamente de alimentos, chegassem ao aquartelamento do Xitole. De outra forma, a ligação mais viável à &quot;civilização&quot; era por via aérea.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_JIEWXB90s0P4OMimJYDOXY74h4lCol1LPUNynhfetqlKQPrY4hVPXGcyckP9eZ6UhAvg17Zqge4j1i1IAh0Ndzitc3rBd6madelaCq7kj4opwn37XG4RkPJpegRqa56f7vPkzRUR9I/s1600/3-coluna.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;275&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_JIEWXB90s0P4OMimJYDOXY74h4lCol1LPUNynhfetqlKQPrY4hVPXGcyckP9eZ6UhAvg17Zqge4j1i1IAh0Ndzitc3rBd6madelaCq7kj4opwn37XG4RkPJpegRqa56f7vPkzRUR9I/s400/3-coluna.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Aspecto da passagem de uma coluna de reabastecimentos na estrada Bambadinca-Xitole, antes da Ponte dos Fulas. Vê-se uma viatura militar com tropas nativas (CCAÇ 12) &amp;nbsp;e, de pé, à esquerda, um elemento da CART 2716 que fazia a segurança da estrada.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas percorrer a estrada Bambadinca–Xitole nunca foi tarefa fácil, dado o risco eminente (e &amp;nbsp;por vezes concretizado) de minas e emboscadas ao longo do percurso, o que exigia, da parte dos militares portugueses, acções de vigilãncia especial e concertada &amp;nbsp;ao longo de pontos do trajecto considerados estratégicos, mobilizando designadamente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;forças das Companhias do Xime, Mansambo e Xitole, todas pertencentes ao Batalhão sediado em Bambadinca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Guardar a ponte e garantir a sua funcionalidade e disponibilidade era, pois, um imperativo que contribuía, designadamente, para a sobrevivência dos militares do Xitole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para o efeito, em regime de alternância e pelo período de um mês, havia permanentemente um pelotão numa área relativamente extensa junto à ponte, devidamente delimitada por arame farpado e, dentro do possível minada, para dificultar a eventual (e temida) aproximação (e, no limite: a infiltração) de elementos afectos ao PAIGC, que, segundo informações recolhidas, &quot;gostavam bastante&quot; de rondar áreas dos &quot;latifúndios&quot; do Xitole.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rYplRq2DLlsVlVoQ9p8S9BjUtYlGjBo3WpPmHGZ63GJqXWtJK7276a1osn6VWUj7fkwmp3lJjuHqnI9UnMXiUE2HuftLWRxLXPm14FV_jXBsAAOwWSEr541wDppXEFsRyhHnVcWrz5c/s1600/2-ponte2.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rYplRq2DLlsVlVoQ9p8S9BjUtYlGjBo3WpPmHGZ63GJqXWtJK7276a1osn6VWUj7fkwmp3lJjuHqnI9UnMXiUE2HuftLWRxLXPm14FV_jXBsAAOwWSEr541wDppXEFsRyhHnVcWrz5c/s400/2-ponte2.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Pormenor da Ponte dos Fulas, na ocasião ornamentada a rigor, inclusive com um sentinela espantalho, para dar as boas vindas aos camaradas da CART 3492 que, chegados de fresco à Guiné, vinham substituir a CART 2716, para esta regressar ao continente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Duas seccções ficavam alojadas em abrigos improvisados localizados junto da entrada do destacamento (e da sua tosca cozinha), com acesso pelo lado do quartel do Xitole.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6e3s8F485d_nKmBleLSXif3GpuM_zQpKjIyE82_2BZXb_s0sHwR6FpddNGbjWdZZuBCmRdEaAKh4yGFN-BCv_FfOS5gDZEs7ZiKKSdu4wgOmjOxtvg9svQlpy9ge5IFGRLEvaIIyKlE/s1600/5-abrigos.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;275&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6e3s8F485d_nKmBleLSXif3GpuM_zQpKjIyE82_2BZXb_s0sHwR6FpddNGbjWdZZuBCmRdEaAKh4yGFN-BCv_FfOS5gDZEs7ZiKKSdu4wgOmjOxtvg9svQlpy9ge5IFGRLEvaIIyKlE/s400/5-abrigos.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Ao fundo vê-se a bandeira portuguesa içada e à direita desta distinguem-se abrigos. À esquerda, junto à árvore, &amp;nbsp;fica a cozinha/refeitório rudimentar. Em frente a esta e à direita há uma estrutura de bidões que, salvo erro, servia de zona de chuveiros.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A outra secção permanecia a cerca de 500 metros dos referidos abrigos, num fortim de dois pisos localizado junto do tabuleiro da ponte, tendo por vizinhos mais próximos os crocodilos que teimavam em banhar-se nas águas do Rio Pulom.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCnYlUTSuqphxv4Sltp_VEB60kb-DaqYScrsiWnWoF4kqgCNBn6w34adloreu92fpcAaHbnEZNqM5oXu5ACbx1IaOIwI6BjE_g-DbjQVbDfeweLqPex9YxdCpB9YZkXCITx8U30SapK4/s1600/6-fortim.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCnYlUTSuqphxv4Sltp_VEB60kb-DaqYScrsiWnWoF4kqgCNBn6w34adloreu92fpcAaHbnEZNqM5oXu5ACbx1IaOIwI6BjE_g-DbjQVbDfeweLqPex9YxdCpB9YZkXCITx8U30SapK4/s400/6-fortim.png&quot; width=&quot;318&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;O mítico fortim da Ponte dos Fulas com as suas &quot;seteiras&quot; bem visíveis, junto ao tabuleiro da ponte. Na cobertura vê-se o tosco posto de sentinela que foi construído no tempo da CART 2716 com bidões cheios de terra e pedras, para protecção do sentinela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quando chegaram ao Xitole, tanto a CART 2716 como as companhias que a antecederam (CART 2413 e precedentes) tiveram o ensejo de constatar que o fortim da Ponte dos Fulas não tinha em cima da respectiva placa de cobertura qualquer posto de sentinela, pelo que, até então&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;, o sentinela teria de permaner em cima da ponte ou no interior da parte superior do fortim, onde, usualmente, também dormia o responsável pela secção.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikk8vvNjOs9qgz6jAbiRfd6lRL7c7cdjjw7_97oN6pLGfdkoD8mlyoiyE6WJCKG8Q4f8wm2wWJOsHuztoddbG2JXle-wiQaqPtgMbETKHzvp4k8lTiiiASAeua5UvMIUPBghuRnfjiC6s/s1600/6-fortim-old.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikk8vvNjOs9qgz6jAbiRfd6lRL7c7cdjjw7_97oN6pLGfdkoD8mlyoiyE6WJCKG8Q4f8wm2wWJOsHuztoddbG2JXle-wiQaqPtgMbETKHzvp4k8lTiiiASAeua5UvMIUPBghuRnfjiC6s/s400/6-fortim-old.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Foto extraída do blogue de &quot;Luís Graça&quot; a evidenciar que inicialmente a cobertura do fortim não tinha posto de sentinela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;No entanto, quando foi render a CART 2716 a CART 3492 já encontrou um posto de sentinela sobre o referido fortim, constituído por um círculo de bidões cheios de pedras e terra e por uma cobertura tosca, improvisada com pequenos troncos e chapa, para tentar proteger minimamente o sentinela das intempéries.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A foto seguinte ilustra a recepção feita (com pompa e circunstância) pela CART 2716&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;à CART 3492&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;na Ponte dos Fulas, quando esta atravessou a Ponte dos Fulas pela primeira vez, ouvindo, como era da praxe, um coro ruidoso de &quot;piu-piu&quot;, alusivo ao seu estatuto de &quot;periquitos&quot; (designação dada a quem desembarcava pela primeira vez na Guiné).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZaCw39yN9Ogfrv_XZ7sDOIlAPZMSsmxeAMDEJt29XfFQqN3deOkDJjXu1DFflFZ__ML0dYTSDzzdyzKeVFKK29EbgtbRk0qa_8yq9JQKSRrVQHo-idHr5QX7M39JLcsiSzmijxYKnsQ/s1600/7-rec-3492.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;221&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZaCw39yN9Ogfrv_XZ7sDOIlAPZMSsmxeAMDEJt29XfFQqN3deOkDJjXu1DFflFZ__ML0dYTSDzzdyzKeVFKK29EbgtbRk0qa_8yq9JQKSRrVQHo-idHr5QX7M39JLcsiSzmijxYKnsQ/s400/7-rec-3492.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 –&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;A foto ilustra a extensão do destacamento da Ponte dos Fulas, ao dar evidência ao caminho de terra batida (parcela da estrada Bambadinca-Xitole) que ligava o fortim à zona dos abrigos que se vê ao fundo, do lado direito. A decoração (arcos ornamentais e sentinela espantalho) &amp;nbsp;faziam parte da festa de recepção à CART 3492 que, em boa hora, estava prestes a chegar a terras do Xitole.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como se vê na foto, o posto de sentinela já existia sobre&amp;nbsp;cobertura do 2º piso do fortim.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E, embora a fotografia não o documente, o acesso ao mesmo era assegurado por uma escada tosca de troncos de madeira, cujos degraus tinham suspensas latas com badalos para produzirem ruído sempre que alguém utilizasse a escada.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A composição fotográfica que se segue documenta o que atrás se disse sobre o citado posto de sentinela, que só passou a existir na vigência da CART 2716.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-1DTxDFJcWantZNbxVY16nbBI-yKbh8yJJUV6hIAZZRyrOgqvNp-mUxlq8cgdlN79s_p14fh1kNJOs1tBKi3sIYUc5KJEnp7YZesn0g-ecLy_vi-JW0S_pUjCQy8abFEhTdos-gYl2M/s1600/Fortim.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;185&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-1DTxDFJcWantZNbxVY16nbBI-yKbh8yJJUV6hIAZZRyrOgqvNp-mUxlq8cgdlN79s_p14fh1kNJOs1tBKi3sIYUc5KJEnp7YZesn0g-ecLy_vi-JW0S_pUjCQy8abFEhTdos-gYl2M/s400/Fortim.JPG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O que explicará esta alteração e porque terá sido tomada a iniciativa de a implementar?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois de transitar do 1º para o 3º Pelotão, por este só contar com um furriel (o David Guimarães) e, na circunstância, nem sequer dispor de alferes, em Janeiro de 1972 (salvo erro) coube-nos guardar o destacamento da Ponte dos Fulas.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 –&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Os furrieis milicianos David Guimarães (à esquerda) e Jorge Silva na tosca cozinha/refeitório da Ponte dos Fulas, num momento de visível e eloquente inspiração para lidarem com o calor excessivo e a má qualidade da água local, que não era recomendável.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #002060; font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O furriel miliciano Guimarães ficou alojado junto à entrada do destacamento (via Xitole) e eu (furriel miliciano Silva) fiquei no fortim, onde, como era prática comum, passei a pernoitar no 2º piso, já que no patamar térreo dormiam os restantes elementos da secção.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como era prática de então, no período nocturno o interior do 2º piso do fortim também servia para a sentinela desempenhar a sua função.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Além de se tratar de um ponto relativamente elevado, tinha umas aberturas (tipo ‘seteiras’) que permitiam ao sentinela observar uma vasta área circundante, designadamente a bolanha frontal e o arvoredo que, a escassas centenas de metros, se impunha como verdadeiro e preocupante enigma para os militares portugueses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Troço da estrada Bambadinca-Xitole na época das chuvas, antes da travessia da Ponte dos Fulas, com o fortim visível ao fundo. Os verdejantes lados da estrada mostram amplas superfícies planas que, em parte, dificultavam aproximações indesejadas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Numa das primeiras noites (não sei precisar em qual delas) adormeci enquanto o sentinela andava à volta da minha cama, de ‘seteira em seteira’, a desempenhar a sua valiosa e imprescindível função de vigilância.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;As vidas dos que dormiam (e a dele próprio) dependiam do rigor e da eficácia com que desempenhasse a sua tarefa de vigilância.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Confiante, adormeci tranquilo, embalado pelo ruído suave e compassado das solas das suas botas que, na circunstância, até serviam de fundo musical, a convidar a um sono repousante e tranquilo. E no piso inferior, seguramente os restantes elementos também dormiam confiadamente.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A meio da noite (também não consigo precisar a hora) acordei sobresaltado e dei conta de que o referido fundo musical tinha cessado. O sono extraordinariamente pesado que eu tinha antes de chegar à Guiné tinha-se transfigurado por completo e, quase por magia, tinha passado a ser extraordinariamente leve.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Intrigado, olhei ao redor, num ambiente escuro, fugazmente rasgado por alguns reflexos da lua, e vi um vulto incompreensivelmente imobilizado, colado a uma ‘seteira’, sem dar quaisquer sinais de se querer movimentar.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Levantei-me cuidadosamente para não produzir qualquer ruído e, incrédulo, constatei que o homem tinha mesmo adormecido, depois de, comodamente, ter encostado a espingarda G3 á parede. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Aproximei-me muito lentamente e, apesar disso, o homem permaneceu imóvel. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Peguei na G3 e depois falei-lhe suavemente, para não criar alvoroço.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A sua reacção foi a que se advinha: acordou, mostrou-se receoso e esgotou-se em mil desculpas para atenuar o grave erro cometido.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Lembro-me de lhe ter recomendado que fosse acabar o sono tranquilamente para a cama, sem se preocupar com os turnos de sentinela seguintes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E, na circunstância, incapaz de tornar a pegar no sono, optei por fazer de sentinela até ao nascer do dia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nessa mesma manhã quebraram-se completamente as rotinas da Ponte dos Fulas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A habitual calma matinal deu lugar a um autêntico reboliço pois foi lançado um objectivo até então imprevisto: construir imediatamente um posto de sentinela em cima da cobertura do fortim e a respectiva escada (tosca) de acesso.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De início houve algumas resistências, o que é natural sempre que algo muda.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Uma das preocupações era a referida escada, por se situar mesmo nas costas do sentinela.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A solução para minimizar o problema consistiu em improvisar uns chocalhos, constituídos por latas (salvo erro de coca-cola) com uma espécie de badalo, que passaram a ornamentar a escada para produzirem ruído sempre que alguém a utilizasse.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Enquanto permanecemos na Ponte dos Fulas o local do sentinela passou a ser aquele.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E com isso os riscos de o sentinela adormecer diminuíram significativamente, pois o arvoredo que se avistava a poucas centenas de metros, depois da bolanha, encarregava-se de inspirar um indescritível respeito e convidava o mais despreocupado ou negligente a manter-se permanentemente em estado de alerta.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73 (CART 2716 – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Xitole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; e&amp;nbsp; BENG 447 - Bissau)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Aspecto parcial de uma zona frontal ao fortim da Ponte dos Fulas. Ao fundo distinguem-se zonas de vegetação mais densa que, relativamente próximas da ponte, eram convidativas à circulação de elementos do PAIGC e a eventuais acções de flagelação.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois disso não sei se a utilização do referido posto improvisado de sentinela continuou a ser a mesma, pois quem passou a deter esse conhecimento foram os elementos da CART 3492, que ficaram incumbidos de garantir a segurança daquela área.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Apenas sei (conforme ilustrado pelas fotos seguintes do David Guimarães, ex-Furriel Miliciano da CART 2716) que, em 2001, a velha Ponte dos Fulas estava no seguinte estado lastimável:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Foto do David Guimarães a evidenciar (em 2001) a decadência do fortim da Ponte dos Fulas. Não se vê o posto de sentinela na cobertura, possivelmente por estar encoberto pela densa vegetação que testemunha o abandono do local.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Foto do David Guimarães a evidenciar (em 2001) a completa ruína da Ponte dos Fulas, onde só alguns pilares de madeira teimam em permanecer erguidos, resistindo heroicamente à erosão do tempo e ao seu inevitável desaparecimento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O tempo avança rápido e a idade não perdoa. Mesmo no que se refere a pontes e fortins os 30 anos entretanto decorridos até 2001 deixam marcas inexoráveis... &amp;nbsp;Pena é que ainda não tenham sido suficientes para que haja uma Guiné melhor, mais próspera, democrática e justa. E, nesse âmbito, um Xitole com mais oportunidades e uma vida bem melhor para os que lá residem - gente cordial e sociável, de etnias essencialmente fula e futa-fula.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Jorge Silva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;ex-Furriel Miliciano da CART 2716 - Xitole&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;Email: jorgesilva2716@gmail.com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;No seio das tropas portuguesas da Guiné, o periquito era um personagem emblemático. Simbolizava os militares vindos do continente para substituírem os que tinham acabado a sua comissão de serviço. À chegada eram recebidos com coros de estridentes e calorosos &quot;piu-piu&quot;, de acordo com a praxe militar na área. E, desejavelmente, a praxe ia-se repetindo.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;Viagem relâmpago a memórias militares...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Tenho deparado com escritos e imagens que me relembram tempos idos da minha vida militar, designadamente em terras da Guiné, na povoação do Xitole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Imagens que agitam imagens adormecidas na minha memória e que me levam a relembrar e escrever algo sobre o assunto, embora sem recurso a quaisquer apoios que me permitam proceder a evocações mais objectivas e, até, devidamente enquadradas no calendário.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para já, em jeito de síntese, evocarei o trajecto da minha vivência militar. Depois (quem sabe?) talvez venha a relembrar mais pormenorizadamente alguns eventos, documentando-os, sempre que possível, com fotografias da época.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Tudo começou em Julho de 1970, quando chequei às Caldas da Rainha para fazer a recruta. Uma recruta como tantas outras num quartel grande e impessoal, a deixar poucas marcas – pelo menos pela positiva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Depois, em meados de Setembro do mesmo ano, fui para Vendas Novas tirar a especialidade de atirador - pelos vistos uma inovação na arma de artilharia, imposta pela especificidade da guerra colonial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em Vendas Novas, a par da dureza do treino ainda havia lugar para os instruendos serem tratados como pessoas. Os instrutores, dos quais já só recordo o nome do Tenente Miliciano Lima (de Espinho), justificavam o rigor e a dureza do treino em nome de teatros de guerra onde já tinham actuado e, passado pouco tempo, vim a confirmar que estavam absolutamente certos, pelo que ainda hoje lhes estou grato pela sua importante acção formativa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Saído de Vendas Novas cheguei a Espinho (GACA-3) em Dezembro de 1970 para colaborar na formação de recrutas. Era um bom quartel pois, no essencial, era composto de boa gente, incluindo diversos amigos dos tempos idos do velho Liceu Alexandre Herculano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;De um saldo francamente positivo, apenas destaco um episódio deveras caricato. Numa ocasião em que dava treino aos recrutas, estes seguravam as G3 sem obedecerem a um certo folcrore continental, segundo o qual o cano de uma arma teria de apontar para a esquerda, enquanto o da seguinte teria de estar voltado para a direita e por aí adiante, numa encenação que, embora bonita de se ver, não era nada funcional e, à luz de critérios de eficácia e rigor, até era caricata e condenável.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Pondo em prática o que me tinham ensinado os mestres de Vendas Novas, os recrutas que estavam a meu cargo levavam a arma como lhes dava jeito, tendo em conta que, em cenário real, ela teria de ser dispararada o mais rapidamente possível, quando se justificasse o seu uso. E como a maioria dos recrutas se servia da mão direita os canos iam praticamente todos apontados para a esquerda, sem quaisquer preocupações de coreografia ou de estética.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Isso valeu-me ter sido abordado por um Sr. Capitão que, irritado com o espetáculo que viu e pouco interessado nas minhas explicações pragmáticas, resolveu, pura e simplesmente, participar de mim ao responsável pela instrução (Capitão Raimundo).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Para o irritado Capitão de Espinho a realidade do teatro de guerra era uma verdadeira &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;balda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Inevitavelmente fui chamado à presença dos dois. Tive o ensejo de explicar as razões da minha alegada violação coreográfica e, com surpresa, o Capitão Raimundo sentenciou, sem papas na língua, que eu devia continuar com tal método de instrução. Parece uma mera questão de pormenor, mas de facto não é. O Capitão Raimundo tinha estado no teatro de guerra e o outro não! Apesar de o país estar envolvido numa longa e penosa guerra de guerrilha, havia militares do quadro que ainda só sonhavam com desfiles e paradas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Em Espinho nem sequer cheguei a assistir ao juramento de bandeira dos recrutas a que estava ligado, pois fui mobilizado para a Guiné, em rendição individual, onde cheguei no 1º de Maio de 1971, depois de 11 dias de viagem a bordo do Afredo da Silva (barco de carga e passageiros), com direito a 2 dias de paragem em Cabo Verde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;O&amp;nbsp;Alfredo da Silva&amp;nbsp;era um navio
misto, de passageiros e carga, construído pela Companhia União Fabril no
estaleiro naval da Agência Geral dos Portos de Lisboa, em 1949. Com cerca de
103 metros de comprimento e quase 14 de boca máxima, possuía um porte bruto de
3.374,14 toneladas, potência de 2660 cavalos (produzida por dois motores suecos
a diesel), e conseguia obter a velocidade máxima de 13,5 nós. Navegava com 45
tripulantes e podia albergar 88 passageiros, 20 em primeira classe e 68 em
classe turística, também designada por “segunda”. Foi pertença de apenas dois
armadores, a Sociedade Geral de Comércio, Indústria e Transportes (popularmente
conhecida por Sociedade Geral e pela sigla SG), de Lisboa, entre 1950 e 1972, e
a Companhia Nacional de Navegação, até 1973, ano em que foi abatido ao serviço.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp; Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- O Alfredo da Silva navegou cerca de 1/4 de século, entre 1949 e 1973 -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quando finalmente pus os pés em terra esse camarada agarrou-se a mim e abraçou-me como se eu fosse o seu anjo de salvação e segredou-me que já me esperava há mais de 2 meses para poder regressar ao continente. De facto eu levava comigo uma guia de marcha para me apresentar em Bolama, no Centro de Instrução Militar, pelos vistos para o substituir nas suas funções de instrutor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Com medo que eu desertasse, o dito camarada acompanhou-me até ao Quartel General, onde me fui apresentar. Chegados lá, um Capitão chamou pelo meu nome e, secamente, anunciou que, afinal,&lt;span class=&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;o meu destino seria Cufar - Pelotão de Caçadores Nativos 51.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Arial; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Foto de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:hsreis@ana-aeroportos.pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Humberto Reis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;(2006) -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;CCAÇ 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;numa bolanha na zona do XIme (Guiné)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Imagem de uma unidade de Caçadores Nativos -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Na circunstãncia ousei exibir a guia de marcha que levava comigo e, em tom audível, relembrei que ela me destinava ao CIM de Bolama e não a Cufar. De nada serviu. Em linguagem grosseira, de caserna, o homem limitou-se a dizer-me, com visível ar ditatorial e de gozo, para eu utilizar a alegada guia em vez de papel higiénico. E tanto eu como o camarada que ansiosamente esperava que o fosse substituir em Bolama sofremos uma enorme frustração.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Piscina em instalações anexas ao Quartel General de Bissau, onde o Capitão com &quot;linguagem de caserna&quot; residia confortavelmente -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Imagem da porta de armas do quartel de Cufar - retirada de&amp;nbsp;http://ccac4740.com/ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Uma realidade que afinal nunca conheci -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Entretanto, enquanto esperava por embarque para Cufar, hospedei-me no Batalhão de Intendência, graças ao Rui Mendes (meu primo por afinidade). Fui tão bem recebido e tratado por todos que acabei por digerir a frustração da troca de destinos. E, num arremedo de justiça, acabei por não conhecer Cufar, pois entretanto saiu uma norma que impunha a experiência de pelo menos 6 meses de mato para se integrar uma unidade de nativos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Por isso – e felizmente – passei a ter como destino o Xitole (CART 2716), onde acabei por chegar de avioneta, na companhia do Tenente Coronel Polidoro Monteiro, do comando do BART 2917, sediado em Bambadinca.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Vista aérea do quartel de Bambadinca (BART 2917), a que pertencia a CART 2716 (Xitole) -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Como homem de acção o comandante Polidoro Monteiro fez questão de a avioneta sobrevoar algumas tabancas que ele ia identificando pelos nomes ao mesmo tempo que fazia questão de referir que pertenciam ao IN (inimigo). Na altura, ainda sem pisar o mato, foi autêntico tratamento de choque, já que elas estavam tão próximas do quartel do Xitole...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- O Tenente Coronel&amp;nbsp;Polidoro Monteiro, assinaladoà direita do General Spínola -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Mas compreendi a força da mensagem, como um conselho sábio de que ali não poderia haver lugar para facilidades ou distracções!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Ao pisar o terreno do Xitole fui recebido como no meio do mato se sabe receber.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8H2MlkxwNzKLy_w1Acln0W5vRFPuDdULl_BEAE4IeGnAHWsanHzx09WlEf7LuyGdkI9ZgFLuEE8kHSQtVflRDyqw_yJpkkiT3S6hrfSkqIC8zzk6TGwrIF5R5ejff50S8Pz9DCIXpLw/s1600/0010.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8H2MlkxwNzKLy_w1Acln0W5vRFPuDdULl_BEAE4IeGnAHWsanHzx09WlEf7LuyGdkI9ZgFLuEE8kHSQtVflRDyqw_yJpkkiT3S6hrfSkqIC8zzk6TGwrIF5R5ejff50S8Pz9DCIXpLw/s400/0010.PNG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;exuberante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; &quot;porta de armas&quot; do quartel do Xitole (CART 2716) -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Sem pompa, mas com calor, solidariedade e camaradagem, este periquito foi acolhido com carinhosos e estridentes “piu-piu” no seio daquela família militar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E todos quiseram ver de perto e, até, tocar este novo elemento, como a dizerem-me, gestualmente que, daí em diante, podia contar com eles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Para mim foi uma sensação indescritível, embora muito calorosa e profunda.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Estranhamente, embora triste por estar a muitas milhas de casa, de repente senti-me confortável por estar em casa! E ao cair da noite recolhi aos meus &lt;i&gt;sumptuosos&lt;/i&gt; aposentos...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Imponente pôr do Sol no quartel do Xitole (CART 2716) -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCrh5gT1DkvERmWvG2ZsAglNxCmTJyOKoI5bFAx6_aJA13uMGQ8IM-7xhBU4JNkaq-ub3I76mNKMI2qt3bzE5sYxDWg8bLSjGe3xhhue7-E1r6nZ76VQJIfjGyYTkk5b-LAz47Nn8GhM/s1600/0010-C.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglCrh5gT1DkvERmWvG2ZsAglNxCmTJyOKoI5bFAx6_aJA13uMGQ8IM-7xhBU4JNkaq-ub3I76mNKMI2qt3bzE5sYxDWg8bLSjGe3xhhue7-E1r6nZ76VQJIfjGyYTkk5b-LAz47Nn8GhM/s400/0010-C.PNG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- A maioria dos aposentos para pernoitar no quartel do Xitole (CART 2716), tinham a vantagem (segurança) de ocupar cerca de metro e meio abaixo do chão -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Aí partilhei preocupações e alegrias até Março de 1972 – altura em que a CART 2716 teve a merecida recompensa de encetar os caminhos do regresso a Portugal continental.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzP0pBheQsTM4wD1BYm3EkZzrUUrOhDTFCCJXNrxF3OnUVdA2Lt3nZ5Kic2Qml4IKQIFWUDWC-QtnD2KWtClifi71NpgAtQFUWZDEik5YYpsCoYUvpEmOs_M5G0sHOuRRa-XPnwcR64g/s1600/0011.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzP0pBheQsTM4wD1BYm3EkZzrUUrOhDTFCCJXNrxF3OnUVdA2Lt3nZ5Kic2Qml4IKQIFWUDWC-QtnD2KWtClifi71NpgAtQFUWZDEik5YYpsCoYUvpEmOs_M5G0sHOuRRa-XPnwcR64g/s400/0011.PNG&quot; width=&quot;262&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;©&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jorge Silva – Furriel Miliciano – Guiné 1971/73&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Bissau, Março/72 - Desfile de despedida da CART 2716 (o comandante da companhioa, Capitão Miliciano. Espinha de Almeida, está assinalado com um pequeno círculo vermelho) -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Quase por magia (pois ainda hoje desconheço as razões), em 27 de Março de 1972 (dia do meu 24º aniversário) fui colocado no Batalhão de Engenharia (BENG 447).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Na Engenharia fui responsável pelo depósito dos materiais destinados aos reordenamentos, que, sendo um instrumento crucial da acção política e social de então, visavam o reagrupamento e a reorganização de populações, permitindo o seu controlo mais eficaz, a par de uma melhoria nos apoios sociais.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QDlZ3fEwVvPwPNpYqe2rHbkUjtFwA5v2k7PPDBZNQ0yC0mlSQTcvHkc8LEiUMKtesT-KlDnc6k0OurSsjygS7Jxl43hc4IAmJZF74Zrt-NjXqV5kuak4DuYatSFZa70adKvGOjOdfbc/s1600/0012-B.PNG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;277&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QDlZ3fEwVvPwPNpYqe2rHbkUjtFwA5v2k7PPDBZNQ0yC0mlSQTcvHkc8LEiUMKtesT-KlDnc6k0OurSsjygS7Jxl43hc4IAmJZF74Zrt-NjXqV5kuak4DuYatSFZa70adKvGOjOdfbc/s400/0012-B.PNG&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #494d47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;© Foto do Furriel Costa Paulo CCaç 2549&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Região do Oio - Farim - Subsector Cuntima - 1970&lt;br /&gt;
Reordenamento: construção de uma localidade nova para as populações&lt;br /&gt;
no âmbito da política seguida pelo Gen. Spínola&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nessas funções dependi directamente do Capitão Miliciano Quaresma que, por seu turno, reportava ao (então) Major Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Foto retirada de quebranotas.blogspot.com - Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nos tempos de lazer, eu e outros camaradas fundámos um conjunto musical (Beng 447) e tivemos o ensejo de dinamizar inúmeros espectáculos, designadamente na Associação Comercial da Guiné, no cinema Udib, no Hospital de Bissau, nos Clubes de Sargentos e de Oficiais do Quartel General, no restaurante A Tabanca e em diversas festas particulares, tanto de civis como de militares.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Nessa actividade tive o ensejo de conhecer diversas individualidades (civis e militares) de Bissau, designadamente o então Alferes Miliciano Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, também colocado no BENG 447, em Bissau, e autor, como se sabe, de diversas canções que venceram o festival português da canção, tais como &quot;O vento mudou&quot;, &quot;Desfolhada portuguesa&quot; e &quot;Menina&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;E numa altura em que os voos da TAP estavam suspensos por razões de segurança, valeu-me o Tenente Coronel Saraiva (do Quartel General) para, face às dificuldades, me oferecer a viagem de regresso num avião militar em 24 de Abril de 1973...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;PT&quot; style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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