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Baluch Freedom Fighters Retaliate
Check-posts
hit, Power Supply to Auch Power Plant Suspended
Source: dailytawar.com Feb 5, 2008
Quetta (Bureau Report +News
Agencies) violence continued for a fifth day as the
Pakistani Security Forces continued their military
crackdown against Marri Tribesmen. In Jaffarabad
two 220KV power pylons were blown off by unknown
persons, power supply to the Auch Power Plant, Jaffarabad
and adjoining areas was suspended, the attackers
managed to escape successfully. The spokesperson
of the Baluch Liberation Army (BLA), Beberg Baluch
informed news agencies that Baluch Freedom Fighters
have retaliated against the Pakistani Forces. Beberg
said that the Baluch Freedom Fighters attacked a
check post of the Pakistani Forces, the Check-post
was pounded with rocket fire and other modern weapons
killing six Pakistani Security Personnel while wounding
many, he also said that damage to the check-post
was substantial. The BLA spokesperson also claimed
that Baluch Freedom Fighters killed two Pakistani
Soldiers in another assault, and accepted responsibility
for blasting two more power-pylons in the industrial
city of Hub bordering the Pakistani Economic Capital,
Karachi . In Taatri, Sibi another check-post of the
Pakistani Frontier Core (FC) came under fire, unknown
persons fired ten rockets and small arms at the check-post,
the FC said that they retaliated by firing five rockets
, however no casualties were reported. The Spokesperson
of the Baluch Republican Army (BRA), Saarbaz Baluch
called the offices of different newspapers and disclosed
that the BRA targeted a water-tanker on duty to supply
the FC militia men with water. The FC men are responsible
for protecting Chinese Engineers working there. The
driver of the tanker was killed while two crewmen
were injured, the tanker was set ablaze. Saarbaz
also said that in another attack carried out at dusk
this past Monday; four members of the FC were killed
while three others were critically injured. The FC
troops were on patrol. In Pat-Feeder area near Sui,
one man was killed while three critically injured
as the tractor-trolley that they were traveling in
hit a landmine, the injured also include the deceased
person's son.
Source: dailytawar.com Feb 5, 2008
Feb
5, 2008: Marri tribesmen are reporting attacks by Pakistani
military on civilian populations in Balochistan
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Radio Gwank Balochistan (http://www.gwank.org) is receiving
reports from a Marri tribesman via satellite phone
from Kohistan Marri, Balochistan, about heavy bombardment
by Pakistani gunships, Cobra helicopters, jet fighters
and the firing of long-range missiles. The tribesman
said the following areas are being cordoned off by
Pakistani military forces: Kohlu,
Dera-bugti, Zain-koh, Bhambor, Dode wadh, Daho, Hampur,
Sohreen Koh and Tranne. The military has established
checkpoints on all roads, preventing
civilians from fleeing the areas. Gwank.org reports
this bombardment has gone on for several days. The
tribesman emphasizes that the Baloch are not extremists
or Taliban, but secular, and that this collective punishment
of non-combatant Baloch nomadic tribes by the Pakistani
military violates Geneva Convention codes. He said
Cobra helicopters are targeting civilians, tents, houses,
animals, and that 600 civilians--many women and minors--have
been taken away, along with animals, thereby depriving
these nomads of their only source of subsistence.
He notes that these attacks are similar to those the
Baloch suffered under the Bhutto regime from 1971-75.
He stresses that the harsh winter is aggravating the
conditions the civilian population now faces and says
that dead bodies lie in the fields and food and medical
care are lacking for those injured in military attacks.
A recent article by
human rights activist Peter Tatchell notes that the
Chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma
Jahangir, has confirmed the apparent attacks on
civilian areas; saying she visited the site of a supposed
rebel military camp that was blasted to pieces by the
Pakistan army and air force. Littering the ground,
she said, were domestic artifacts, civilian clothing
and children's toys..." The Baloch are appealing to the world media,
the Red Cross, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees,
Doctors without Borders, the United Nations and NGOs
to visit the affected areas. Baloch political
and human rights activists have called for a UN peace-keeping
force and have requested Balochistan be declared
a no-fly zone for Pakistani and Iranian
gunship helicopters and jet fighters.
Following the killing of Balach Marri in November, 2007, the B.L.A. has stepped
up their attacks on Pakistani military forces in Balochistan and the situation
on the ground is rapidly deteriorating.
For further information, contact
Radio Gwank Balochistan, Samander Askani, Rub Nawaz Mazari,
Ms. Mahe-naz and the staff. email: palask@hotmail.
com www.gwank.org tel.
070-2315635 (Baloch-news Across Borders) email: free2baloch@
yahoo.com
Sources: http://www.gwank.org/vob/news/news20080203.ra, http://www.bbc.
co.uk/urdu/ pakistan/ story/2008/ 02/080201_ kahan_operation_ ra.shtml, balochwarna.org,
balochvoice.org, http://www.dailyintekhab.com.pk/
Feb 3, 2008, Daily Intekhab
Source: http://www.dailyintekhab.com.pk/
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