 Complete the following phrase:  In the late 1970s, the PLO faced a crisis relating to its affairs in Africa. The organisation had forged a strong alliance with Uganda under Idi Amin, establishing bases in the country where it trained about 400 fighters. When the UgandaTanzania War broke out in 1978, the Uganda Army quickly proved incapable in the face of the Tanzania Peoples Defence Force TPDF, and Amins regime began to collapse. The PLO high command was alarmed, fearing that the end of Amins government would result in the ouster of the Palestinian militants from Uganda. The PLO consequently opted to fight alongside the Uganda Army and sent further reinforcements. Despite being aided by the PLO and Libya, the Uganda Army was completely defeated in the Battle of Lukaya on 1011 March 1979. Most PLO field commanders were wounded at Lukaya, whereupon Daas was appointed replacement commander for Uganda. Realizing that the war was lost, he divided his remaining troops into two groups. One secured a escape route to Sudan, whereas the other took up defensive positions at Ugandas capital Kampala. In late March, PLO troops were part of the garrison which attempted to defend the strategic town of Mpigi. The Tanzanians began 