# This is why #John spent so much time in #Oman, also to get away from the #IRA looking to ask him where thelr loved ones are buried.
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On this day 59 years ago, the people of Oman’s Dhofar province ignited their armed struggle. Motivated by Arab nationalist sentiment, the struggle aimed to overthrow the feudal Sultan Said bin Taimur.
On this day 59 years ago, the Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF) proclaimed the beginning of their Marxist-Leninist armed struggle at a congress in Al-Kabir valley in Oman. It would mark the beginning of the Dhofar Rebellion.
Their struggle was waged against the rule of Sultan Said Bin Taimur.
He was backed financially by the UK. Bin Taimur was known to treat Dhofar and its people as his personal fief. The people of Dhofar had no rights.
The DLF was founded as an offshoot of the Movement of Arab Nationalists (MAN) established in 1950 by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) founder George Habash, and at first operated as the Omani branch of the MAN until 1965.
Empowered by the victory of the Yemeni National Liberation Front (NLF) in 1967, the DLF renamed itself the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) and officially adopted communism as its guiding philosophy.
The PFLOAG’s Political Line:
- The group’s program was cemented at the 1968 Hamrin Conference.
- The PFLOAG built connection with the struggles of people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- Marxism-Leninism as the leading ideology
- Adopted women’s liberation in 1968
As medicine and paved roads were banned under Bin Taimur’s role, the PFLOAG (later the PFLO) spent significant resources improving the infrastructure of Dhofar, building schools and hospitals for the poor and needy.
Bin Taimur was overthrown by his son Qaboos in 1970, who immediately began a series of reforms meant to weaken support for the PFLO. The coup was backed by the British, as they perceived Bin Taimur to be a liability.
Despite the coup, the Dhofari revolution continued well into the 1970s. In 1973, the Shah of Iran sent 5,000 troops to Oman to assist the Sultan’s forces, turning a local war into a regional war.
After facing multiple setbacks on the frontline, the remaining PFLO fighters retreated to and settled in neighboring South Yemen in 1976. The Dhofar Rebellion was officially declared defeated that same year.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDHwyuYggv2OQOtvQbdTHA
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