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| StrategyPage: The Baluchis Are Rising |
| 2006-01-12 |
| Interesting tidbit: On December 15th, there was an attempt to assassinate Iranian president Muhammad Ahmadinejad. The Iranian government has said little about the incident, which resulted in the deaths of several of Ahmadinejadâs security team. This has led to considerable speculation about the attack. Some conspiracy-mavens have been asserting that it was a deliberately staged incident, like Hitlerâs âReichstag Fire,â which would result in the accrual of even greater power to Ahmadinejad and the religious extremists who run Iran. Others have pointed to Israelâs Mossad, the CIA, or perhaps even Iranian liberal dissidents. Then the real story began to come out. Near the end of December, Notani, one of the leaders of the Baloch (Baluchi) Liberation Army (BLA), announced that the BLA had been behind the attempt on Ahmadinejadâs life. First heard of around the end of 2003, the BLA (sometimes known as the Baloch Liberation Movement, BLM), has been primarily active in Pakistan, where it has been linked to about two dozen bombings. It is one of several groups fighting for an independent Baluchistan. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #8 The last-before-final stage of the Glorious Revolution is when the competent are replaced by Loyal Henchmen. After which the regime falls because nobody can figure which end of the gun it is out of which the bullets come. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-01-12 18:37 |
| #7 Aren't Ramzi Yusef and Khalid Sheik Muhammed supposed to be of Baluchi descent? |
| Posted by: Tibor 2006-01-12 14:42 |
| #6 All the same... it coulda be some Baluchi sympathizers? I mean, why would you need such a purging to begin with? Unless he's gone mad and got rid of them for being incompetent, but they were too dangerous to relieve of command? http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=139473&D=2006-01-10&HC=2 |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2006-01-12 14:17 |
| #5 Imagine if we'd have ensured and independent Kurdistan the Kurds, Baluchi, and Shia Arabs in Iran would have been clamoring for their own states as well. Would have been nice to see. Probably wouldn't have been well taken by the Turks or Indians or Paks though. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-01-12 13:46 |
| #4 The other day I was wondering if the plane-crash that killed all those Iranian Flags was payback for the assaination attempt on Ahmadinejad. I guess this story puts that theory in the trash. Hmmmmmmmmmm... |
| Posted by: Chinter Flarong9283 2006-01-12 12:58 |
| #3 This is another tribal group like the Kurds that has ill-defined boundaries in more than one country. Such a group is very useful when stirring up trouble with troublemakers, especially when they can see what we {US} gave the Kurds as a reward for service. It is seems as though someone has dusted off the old Indian warfare manuals and is rediscovering the utility of setting tribe against tribe, with tangible physical and political rewards for the friendlies being given. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-01-12 12:46 |
| #2 And you can bet your bottom dollar that for some time now, the US has been trying very hard to make friends among the Baluchis. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-01-12 12:35 |
| #1 The Baluchis are Sunni and have been persecuted by the Shia. They have also faced ethnic persecution in Pakland (confiscation of property, destruction of monuments, discrimination in govt service, etc.) They have also claimed to have kidnapped Iranian soldiers. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-01-12 12:23 |