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India-Pakistan
Chinese engineers killed in Baluchistan
2006-02-16
Armed men on a motorcycle have killed three Chinese engineers and their local driver in a remote tribal region of southwestern Pakistan, according to police. The engineers, who were among 14 working at a concrete factory, were shot with their driver on Wednesday on a road in the town of Hub, about 700km southeast of Quetta, the capital of the restive province Baluchistan, Pervez Zahoor, the region's police chief, said.

Shortly after the attack, a Baluch nationalist group, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for the shooting. The group said it's fighting for the rights of Baluchistan residents, who claim the government is exploiting their land.
Posted by:Fred

#3  We had a story recently about the Baluchis unsuccessful attempt to blow up a Chinese-funded dam. These must've been the 'neers working on the dam.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-02-16 11:00  

#2  Goody, goody.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-02-16 10:12  

#1  The group said it's fighting for the rights of Baluchistan residents, who claim the government is exploiting their land,

...by killing Chinese engineers. Yea, that makes a perfect sense.

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Oakly doakly, how about this... If they kill all the Chinese engineers, the factory would be brought to a halt and the limestone would not be fired into cement. There would be no jobs, but the valuable resource, limestone, would be left where it is, to posterity. It would not matter that no cement would be produced. It's the exploitation part that would be prevented!
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-02-16 04:42  

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