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  • IRAQ'S SHADOW ON BALOCHISTAN

    01/23/2003 10:18:14 PM PST · by fight_truth_decay · 3 replies · 282+ views
    South Asia Analysis Group ^ | 24. 01. 2003 | B. Raman
    The widely-apprehended US-UK invasion of Iraq is already casting its shadow on the Balochi-inhabited areas on both sides of the Pakistan-Iran border. 2. Immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, large sections of the Balochi tribals led by Khair Bux Marri, the leader of the Marri tribe, and Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal, the leader of the Mengal tribe, rose in revolt against the Punjabi domination of Pakistan and demanded the creation of an independent Balochistan consisting of the Balochi-inhabited areas of Pakistan and Iran. Amongst their grievances against Islamabad were: neglect of the economic development of the area; discrimination...