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Military operation in Balochistan | ||
2005-12-19 | ||
Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships have launched an operation against tribal rebels in the troubled province of Balochistan. Army spokesman Gen Shaukat Sultan told journalists the operation was targeted exclusively at "miscreant hideouts".
Balach Marri, a provincial MP for the Kohlu area, said he had reports that a number of people had been killed in the raids - although he could not confirm the exact number. "The army has arrested hundreds of innocent people in the operation, which is still going on, and in which jet fighters and helicopter gunships are participating," he told the Associated Press news agency. Local residents say security forces carried out aerial attacks on targets in the Jindran, Tilli and Pir Mahmood areas of Kohlu district. Gen Shaukat Sultan denied there had been raids on villages, and said he had no details of any casualties. "It is only their [militant's] camps that are being targeted," he said. Meanwhile, the BBC's Aziz Khan in Quetta says the atmosphere is also reported to be tense in Dera Bugti, which adjoins Kohlu and is a major gas producing area in Pakistan.
The head of Pakistan's Frontier Corps and his deputy were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter in Balochistan province last week. They had been inspecting an area where separatists had earlier fired rockets during a visit by President Musharraf. | ||
Posted by:Steve |
#3 a case of the ass. Would you be so kind as to translate that wonderfully colourful phrase into civilian lady English, Besoeker? Thanks! |
Posted by: trailing wife 2005-12-19 21:25 |
#2 Bugtistan, heehee. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-19 10:34 |
#1 The head of Pakistan's Frontier Corps and his deputy were wounded after shots were fired at their helicopter in Balochistan province last week. Nice! They managed to give him a case of the ass. Lets hope he's pissed enuf to off em all. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-19 10:26 |