Senseless Dera Bugti attack

At 07:19 AM 18/03/2005 -0600, Gul Agha wrote:

Imagine if Israel had done that on the Gaza strip.. use helicopter gunships, bombardment with heavy weapons and kill dozens of civilians -- men, women and children. It would be the front page of the NY Times.. condemnations would be pouring in.

The Baluch it seems, are children of a lesser God. Or perhaps there is the absence of the angle of anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism or anti-whatever it is that fuels the world media? Go figure!

At 01:33 AM 18/03/2005 -0800, Aziz Narejo wrote:

It is a matter of great concern that military personnel have used heavy weaponry including rockets and helicopters against Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan killing several of them. News reports say over 80 people have been killed and over 140 injured so far and the military action is still continuing. One must condemn the military action against own citizenry on any pretext. All the political parties, including the manufactured to order Muslim League, have been calling for peaceful resolution of the conflict but the military regime is adamant on the use of force.

The recent military action could easily grow into an all out war and may soon reach a point of no return when all the doors to talks would lose any meaning. The government would be well advised to dismantle all the cantonments and pull out of the mainland Balochistan as well as the neighboring province Sindh. It should quit the politics and governance and go back to its constitutional duties. The first item on the agenda in Pakistan should be according autonomy to the provinces giving them ownership to all their resources. All the other roads lead to unending ‘hostilities’ that will bring no good news for anyone.

At 03:05 PM 18/03/2005 +0000, noutak baloch wrote:

Dear Aziz Narejo: Thanks for your support for Baloch in their hour of need and condemnation of Pakistan's senseless military action. We appeal to all our Sindhi, Seraiki and Pashtun brothers and sisters to defend poor Baloch men, women and children under attack of Pakistani heavy weaponry in Dera Bugti, Balochistan.