Well, I guess a little post won't do harm since I noticed there was a mention of this on Al Jazeera yesterday. The official line? Omani armed forces were taking all precautions to prevent Al Qaeda militants from crossing the Oman-Yemen border in Dhofar. The US embassy and UK embassy have issued warnings to their citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Dhofar and to specifically avoid the Thumrait area. Whether we'll ever hear all the details is unlikely knowing how Oman functions, but those of us living in Salalah know there's something up. It would be polite though if the Omani government would warn its own citizens (I know someone who has to attend an event in Thumrait today and they haven't been warned of anything). A little transparency goes a long way especially if there's any threat to civilians.
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" Seriously. It's probably best not to blog about it. Stay safe everyone!
ReplyDeletePosted by Nadia on thursday at 5:18 PM :"
Quote Unquote DG.
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Mti,
ReplyDeleteWhy would it not be good to blog about it? the repression of free speech has never turned out to be a good thing for any society.
Reread my post again. I was quoting Dhofarigucci. As the question “Why?”, go ahead and ask her.
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