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dhofar campaign [03aa20ab]

Tags: Oman

  • 1960-1970's counter insurgency, deliberately kept a low profile, small deployment of british troops, used local forces called the firqa
  • started going well once the SAS left, key lesson was that dhofar does not require a large scale over presnse of foreign troops, foreing actors "cannot take ownership of the problem"