Abstract
Oman has a low to moderate landmine/unexploded ordnance (UXO) problem. Anti-tank (AT) and anti-personnel (AP) landmines were laid in the Dhofar region between 1964 and 1975 during an internal struggle with the People’s Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOG, later shortened to PFLO, a communist separatist group). Both the Royal Army of Oman (RAO)—with its allies Jordan, Iran and the United Kingdom—and the PFLO used landmines during the conflict; the RAO to support defensive positions or to interdict the separatists’ movements, and the separatists to ambush the RAO and allied units.
Recommended Citation
Soucek, Steve and Strother, Darrell
(2001)
"Humanitarian Demining in the Sultanate of Oman,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 5
:
Iss.
3
, Article 17.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol5/iss3/17
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