| "Oh, Mahmoud! We're gonna get it!" |
Tribesmen expect a massive army attack in Sui, said Nawab Akbar Bugti, head of the Bugti tribe which is reportedly behind the strikes on the Sui gas plant, on Thursday. Bugti said thousands of forces were moving into position. "It is very possible that a fully-fledged military operation may be launched within 24 hours," Bugti said. He claimed that 3,000 regular troops with "heavy cannons" would reach the area within 24 hours while a further 6,000 Frontier Corps troops were already there as well as 750 guards. "In this situation the future of the negotiations between Islamabad and the Baloch nationalists is bleak."