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India-Pakistan
Helicopter gunships over Kohlu
2005-12-19
QUETTA: Helicopter gunships flew over Kohlu on Sunday as the Frontier Corps arrested 10 men and defused eight missiles and six rockets it found in their possession. “I have heard of full military activity in some parts of Kohlu district for the second day running and I saw eight helicopter gunships and heard heavy firing,” MPA Balach Marri told Daily Times. Eyewitnesses from Dera Murad Jamali, Dera Bugti and Sibi also saw helicopters. Official sources told Daily Times that the helicopters were merely getting an aerial overview of the situation in the area.

Kohlu district was the site of a rocket attack during a visit by President Gen Pervez Musharraf last week and security has been tightened since then. An FC spokesman said they had taken 10 suspects into custody in relation to that incident but denied there was a military operation being planned. Online reported that Hindu families were fleeing Dera Bugti for Jacobabad in fear of a major military offensive. Inter Services Public Relations chief Major Gen Shaukat Sultan insisted, however, that there was no “extraordinary movement” of troops in Balochistan and no military offensive was being planned.
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