What is the external conflict in "The Sniper"?

The main external conflict in "The Sniper" is the sniper's battle to stay alive.  This conflict involves multiple parts.  The conflict begins when the sniper lights his cigarette and gives his position away to the Free Stater sniper.  From this moment forward, the Republican sniper is in a battle for his life.  The enemy knows his location, and he must eliminate everybody that knows his location.  An old woman on the street flags down a...

The main external conflict in "The Sniper" is the sniper's battle to stay alive.  This conflict involves multiple parts.  The conflict begins when the sniper lights his cigarette and gives his position away to the Free Stater sniper.  From this moment forward, the Republican sniper is in a battle for his life.  The enemy knows his location, and he must eliminate everybody that knows his location.  An old woman on the street flags down a soldier in an armored vehicle, and she points up to the sniper's location.  If the sniper doesn't kill those two on the street, then reinforcements can be called to his location.  Under fire from the other sniper, the protagonist successfully kills the old woman and the soldier.  The sniper then uses some trickery to kill the enemy sniper.  

Another external conflict that exists in the story is the war itself.  It is a civil war between the Irish Republicans and the Irish Free Staters.