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India-Pakistan
Nawab Akber Bugti killed in Kohlu operation
2006-08-26
KOHLU: Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akber Khan Bugti was killed in a historical operation carried out by security forces in Kohlu and Murree tribal areas on Saturday night, Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani confirmed.

Based on exact intelligence reports, security forces carried out an operation in the tribal areas where militants belonging to Bugti tribe resisted and after a heavy exchange of firing Nawab Bugti, along with his high-profile fellows involved in many terrorist activities in the country, was killed, Durrani added.

Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) leader Makhdoom Amin Faheem termed Akber Bugti's death an incident which could worsen security situation in Pakistan. Sources said satellite phones were used to mark out the operation.
Posted by:john

#12  Cat Skinners are all right it's those High Lead operators you has to watch.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-08-26 23:26  

#11  That guy is a dead ringer for a chap I met in a bar last Saturday in Wasilla. Used to be a D-8 catskinner, sez he.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-08-26 19:25  

#10  IS that Dannon water he's drinking?

I *knew* the French were involved somehow. ;-)
Posted by: lotp   2006-08-26 19:03  

#9  I don't know. That Hobbit look is sort of stylish.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-26 19:01  

#8  
If he isn't dead, maybe he can get some nice stuff at IKEA. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Texas Redneck   2006-08-26 18:55  

#7  Outdoor rooms are all the rage.
Posted by: 6   2006-08-26 17:35  

#6  I'm sorry for the guy who had to carry that chair



Posted by: john   2006-08-26 17:29  

#5  
Posted by: john   2006-08-26 17:26  

#4  he's drying out
Posted by: Frank G   2006-08-26 17:22  

#3  Foster Brooks dead, again?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-08-26 17:11  

#2  


Posted by: john   2006-08-26 17:08  

#1  Gunbattles erupted near Dera Bugti town in restive Baluchistan province, close to where tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti is sheltering, security officials said.

"Around twenty members of the security forces and more than two dozen militants have been killed," one security official said.

Asked if Mr Bugti was among the dead, the official added: "We are not very sure."

Baluchistan has been rocked by a near two-year insurgency blamed on autonomy-seeking tribesmen who also want a greater share of the gas-rich province's natural resources.

Officials say hundreds of people have died in the unrest that erupted in late 2004, which has seen a series of attacks on gas pipelines, railway tracks and government installations.

British-educated tribal leader Mr Bugti, who is in his 80s, fled his stronghold in Dera Bugti earlier this year after a crackdown by the Pakistani military.
Posted by: john   2006-08-26 17:07  

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