Swing the Lamp!
Ras al Khaimah had an ongoing border dispute with Oman over the Massandam Peninsular which came to a head in 1978. Comd Northern Oman Bde (Brig PNR "Scrubber" Stewart-Richardson (late Coldstream Guards)) accompanied by his Brigade Major and an SO2 Int (MJ) plus the Comd's driver flew up to the jebel above Buqa and then by foot (inadvertently) across the unmarked border in RAK - where the four of us bumped into a teenage Jundi of the RAKMF squatting in a sangar. I'm not sure who was most surprised, but we all had a courteous chat about goats and water channels etc and withdrew with dignity intact. Scrubber claimed later that our action helped defuse the situation! I'm not sure I agree. I regret I did not buy the Jundi's badge - if he had been wearing one.
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