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| BLA claims killing 5 security forces personnel |
| 2007-08-25 |
| The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Friday claimed that it had killed six people, five security personnel and a Baloch “spy working for the government,” in two separate incidents. The BLA claimed it fired rockets on a security forces camp in the Siyapadh locality of the Khoistani Marri area on Friday, killing five security personnel. BLA spokesman Bibarg Baloch told Daily Times via satellite phone from an unidentified location that the BLA had killed the army personnel. The organisation also claimed responsibility for detonating a bomb at a security forces camp in Sibi. The killing of army personnel in Kohistani Marri could not, however, be confirmed from official sources despite repeated attempts by Daily Times to verify the BLA claim. The BLA spokesman said there had been no let-up in military operations in Balochistan. Government forces had initiated the latest round of operations in Pishin, Kahan, Chapikach, Bamboor, Jandaran and Uch Daman, he said, adding that the epicentres of the latest operations were the Marri and Bugti tribal areas, where forces were using fighter jets and heavy artillery. “Bombardment of these areas, which started several days ago, continued till Friday morning.” Many Baloch women and elderly citizens have been killed in the fresh round of military operations, said Baloch. The BLA also claimed responsibility for killing Niaz Mohammad Marri, who the spokesman said was a “traitor”. Unidentified assailants killed Marri in the Kili Kamalo area of Quetta on Friday. “Marri was a Baloch traitor who was operating as an agent for government intelligence agencies. He provided Baloch secrets to the government and facilitated Baloch youths’ recruitment in intelligence agencies to undermine the nationalist struggle,” the BLA spokesman said. He said not many people were aware of Niaz Marri but he was even more dangerous than former Balochistan government spokesman Raziq Bugti, whose killing last month the BLA had also claimed responsibility for. “We wish to warn all Baloch people who join the Pakistan army or its intelligence agencies to prepare for dire consequences,” the BLA spokesman warned. He said the BLA had formulated a “long hit-list of Balochis and Punjabis” operating as government spies. All of them have been issued warnings individually. “If they continue to work for the government, the BLA will have no option but to kill them one after another,” he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |