and banny walid, as i stated before, so the threat continued. but one of the things we discovered is that as the hunter became -- stopped hunting, if you wish, our approach to it, as well, when civilians were not dying, we pulled back. we stopped doing some of the engagement that we did, and we pulled back, and more watch -- overwatched the situation and made sure that nothing could come in to start this situation again. we didn't -- we were not coordinated with the mtc. our actions were not coordinated with the mtc. it was not in our mandate, and our mandate remained protection of civilians. one thing we made sure was passed was that remember, protecting civilian applies to everybody. so they could turn the table on each other, you will also be accountable for this. and you will act against my mandate of the protection of civilians. so we made sure, also, this was clearly understood. so we did pull back. we weren't as active. we watched the situation develop. and we took action where we thought civilians were in danger, or there were a group pr