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Twenty rockets hit Sui area
2004-02-22
Roughly 20 rockets hit Balochistan’s Sui area but no casualties were reported, said a Sui Police Station official on Saturday. He said 12 rockets hit a compression plant in a gas field and the Frontier Corps’ (FC) Bhambhor Rifles headquarters late Friday night. Bhambhor Rifles personnel opened fire, but no casualties were reported. Eight more rockets hit the Sui area on Saturday night, he said, adding that their target could not be confirmed and a police contingent had been dispatched to investigate. Earlier, residents in Sui said they heard six explosions. Reports from Sui stated that the FC had demolished civilian houses in an area allocated for a cantonment and that the local residents had retaliated. Several elders told a press conference that the FC personnel had violated the norms and values of the area and had rendered many residents homeless.
Haven't heard much from the Bugtis lately. Good to see they're still around.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#2  I doubt it. The Bugtis and their various feudin' partners periodically launch rockets here or there in the Sui area as part of their on-going hereditary conflicts, which probably started about the time of Ally Oop. When the government shows up to try and calm things down they shoot rockets at them, too. There's a major gas pipeline at Sui and the locals are fond of trying to hold it hostage for whatever they feel like the gummint owes them that week. This particular incident looks like it's the result of tearing slums down to build new slums.
Posted by: Fred   2004-2-22 10:02:55 AM  

#1  I believe Balochistan’s is on the border with afganistan?????????????????????????

Could this be retaliation for what has been reported about pak's getting tough with terrorists?
Posted by: Dan   2004-2-22 9:50:01 AM  

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