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Tha Iain Moireasdan a' cluinntinn bho Dh貌mhnall Iain Mac Illiosa mun 霉ine a chuir e seachad anns an Ear Mheadhanach ag obair dhan UN. Ann an 1973 rinn D貌mhnall Iain an leum bho a bhith ag obair mar mheacanaig ann an Inbhir Nis gu Ierusalem agus obair ann an roinn c貌mhdhail a' UN. Bha cogadh Yom Kippur a' dol nuair a thug an 脠ipheit agus Siria ionnsaigh air Israel ann an oidhirp na sg矛rean a chaill iad ann an cogadh 1967 fhaighinn air ais. Bha D貌mhnall Iain a' coimhead 脿s d猫idh na carbadan aig feachd a' UN a bha an sin airson s矛th a ghl猫idheadh eadar gach taobh.

Bha D貌mhnall Iain ag 矛nnse mu mar a chuir e 霉ine seachad comhla ri treubh Bedouin ann an Sinai anns an 脠ipheit agus fi霉 's mar a dh'ionnsaich e beagan Arabais. Ann an 1978 chaidh D貌mhnall Iain a chuir gu cr矛och Lebanon agus Israel, far an robh Israel a' str矛 an aghaidh buidhnean Palastaineach st猫idhichte ann an Lebanon.

Donald John Gillies talks to John Morrison about the years he spent in the Middle East working for the UN. In 1973, Donald John made the unlikely leap from Inverness mechanic to the United Nations transport division at the time of the Yom Kippur War. In October, Egypt and Syria launched an attack on Israel in an attempt to regain territories lost in 1967. He went there to work on maintaining the UN's fleet of vehicles used in its peacekeeping and observer role in the region.

He talks about the time he spent with the Bedouin tribes in Sinai, Egypt and even learning Arabic. In 1978 he was sent to work along the Israel-Lebanon border when Israel invaded South Lebanon after attacks from Palestinian groups based in the country.