The Baloch factor: deterring Iranian extremism in the Middle East

April 22, 2010

by Archen Baloch

Iran has now started building a concrete fence along the arbitrary border between Iran and Pakistan, from Taftan to Mand, which is more than 700 miles long. This arbitrary border divides the Baloch homeland. The Iranian excuse is that it wants to stop the movement of so-called terrorists from Pakistani-occupied Balochistan into Iranian-controlled Balochistan. This concrete fence is 10 feet high and 3 feet thick . . . The Baloch economy is entirely dependent on border trades on both sides of the Occupied Balochistan. If Iran succeeds in building this fence and the Baloch's only source of income is straggled, then the world has to prepare itself for another hunger stricken Africa in the form of Balochistan . . . The GCC countries' intellectual and human rights campaigners never say a single word against the blatant violation of human rights and the genocide of the Baloch nation at the hands of theocratic regime of Iran and the security state of Pakistan, let alone their rulers. Instead, they are showering Pakistan with their free oil.

Photo by Karlos Zurutuza: Zahedan, Iran

Iran is feeling the heat of possible repercussions for its misdeeds towards the Baloch nation. Only within the last week, Iran has taken several preventative measures designed to contain any potential Baloch insurgency. The reasons are obvious: The first thing that comes to mind while thinking about Iran's new measures is that Iran has caused a lot of trouble for Middle Eastern nations, particularly the GCC countries. It is conceivable that these Middle Eastern countries could use the Baloch nation’s anger against it.

Persian regimes and rulers have never provided the Baloch people, in known history, with any chances to utilize and develop their own cultural and natural resources. Rather, Persian rulers have ruthlessly persecuted the Baloch nation by characterizing them as Ashrar, smugglers, atheists and traitors, whenever the Baloch have tried to establish themselves as a nation in their own homeland!

To detract world attention from the internal contradictions caused by its different nationalities, Iran has spread its tentacles of religious terrorism throughout peaceful Middle Eastern Arab countries. The GCC countries are its prime targets.

On Thursday last week Iranian president, Ahmadi Nejad, during his visit to Zahidan, the Capitol of Western Balochistan, accused Middle Eastern nations and Western Powers of ignorance and arrogance. During his meeting with some of the provincial officials in its occupied southeastern Balochistan, he said that "the enemies of the Islamic Iran want to change Seistan and Balochistan Province into an insecure place. People of this province played a key role in protecting Iran's identity, independence, dignity and territorial integrity".

Prior to Nejadi’s statement, the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Mashalla Shakeri, told the Pakistani press that Iran was willing to share copper and gold refinery technology with Pakistani-Occupied Balochistan. Iran also offered Pakistan a 1000 megawatt electricity line to Balochistan to overcome its shortfall. According to Shakari, Iran would help the Baloch people develop themselves.

But contrary to the above mentioned efforts to woo and appease the disgruntled Baloch, Iran has now started building a concrete fence along the arbitrary border between Iran and Pakistan, from Taftan to Mand, which is more than 700 miles long. This arbitrary border divides the Baloch homeland. The Iranian excuse is that it wants to stop the movement of so-called terrorists from Pakistani-occupied Balochistan into Iranian-controlled Balochistan. This concrete fence is 10 feet high and 3 feet thick. It is worth mentioning here that a few weeks ago it was reported that Iran was vigorously establishing military cantonments and garrisons across Balochistan. Iranian defense minister Brig. Gen Ahmad Wahidi has said that "the fence is to prevent villains from crossing into the Islamic republic".

The Baloch economy is entirely dependent on border trades on both sides of the Occupied Balochistan. If Iran succeeds in building this fence and the Baloch’s only source of income is straggled, then the world has to prepare itself for another hunger stricken Africa in the form of Balochistan.

Thousands of political and non political Baloch people have been arrested without any reason. A large number of them have been hanged in public, and more of them are waiting to be hanged!

What harm have the Baloch done to the Persian people? No one can explain it! Hafeez Hassanabadi, the renowned Baloch writer, has rightly questioned "What is the relationship between Iran and the Baloch nation? One has to explain it!"

Now, coming to the relationship between the Arab and Baloch people: as a neighboring nation, the Baloch have contributed tremendously to the peace of almost all countries in the GCC, except Saudi Arabia. Without the presence of Baloch manpower in the security forces in these Gulf countries, current prosperity would not have been achieved, given the 60s, 70s and 80s political structure of the GCC countries. The British Empire relied heavily on the Baloch from ancient Baloch communities living in the Gulf countries as a neutral force to man the Gulf's security forces.

What Iran and Pakistan are doing against the Baloch nation is understandable, but why have our Arab brothers become a silent spectator to the blatant massacre of the Baloch people at the hands of Iran and Pakistan? It is beyond our comprehension. The GCC countries' intellectual and human rights campaigners never say a single word against the blatant violation of human rights and the genocide of the Baloch nation at the hands of theocratic regime of Iran and the security state of Pakistan, let alone their rulers. Instead, they are showering Pakistan with their free oil. This apathy of their natural allies, however, did not deter the Baloch nation from struggling for the freedom of their homeland. Fighting in solitude, the Baloch are paying a heavy price for the freedom of their homeland in terms of human lives.

The enemies of the Baloch, both Pakistan and Iran, are collaborating with each other on security issues, sharing information and carrying out joint operations against Baloch freedom fighters, the Sarmachars, on a daily basis. Pakistan has transferred centrifuges to Iran using Baloch air, land and sea. And Baloch political forces time and again informed the world community that Iran and Pakistan are engaged in a sinister kind of business. But no one listened to the warnings. Pakistan's interior minister Rahman Malik is highly active in coordinating Iranian and Pakistani security forces to crush the Baloch insurgency on both sides. He constantly shuttles between Tehran and Islamabad!

Now the stark question is this: Why, despite knowing that Iran has an antagonistic history with the GCC countries, is Pakistan proliferating nuclear technology to Iran?

The predicament of the Baloch nation is that the majority of diaspora Baloch living in the Gulf countries are unable to voice their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities because of the host countries’ political systems. The diaspora Baloch are extremely respectful of Arab hospitality. Even under immense pressure, they refrain from voicing their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities.

The large number of Baloch people living in Gulf countries are sufficient to turn the earth against Pakistani and Iranian persecutors and draw the attention of the world community to the plight of their Baloch nation.

If the volatility of Middle Eastern nations had any positive impact on any nation other than the Arabs in the region it would be none other than the Baloch! In the neighborhood of GCC countries, Balochistan, occupied by both Iran and Pakistan, is becoming increasingly volatile. The Baloch nation is already engaged in guerrilla warfare with both Iran and Pakistan. They are not, however, receiving as much Arab media and public attention as deserved.

A last word! To successfully deter Iranian extremism and terrorism in the Middle East, reducing it to only to Qum, and to allow peace and prosperity to flourish in the region, the Baloch are a determining factor. It is high time for Middle Eastern media to allow a space for Baloch journalists to voice their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities. The Arab intellectual’s interaction with pro-freedom Baloch intellectuals and writers would bring a better understanding to the Baloch national question.

The Baloch factor: deterring Iranian extremism in the Middle East

April 22, 2010

by Archen Baloch

Iran has now started building a concrete fence along the arbitrary border between Iran and Pakistan, from Taftan to Mand, which is more than 700 miles long. This arbitrary border divides the Baloch homeland. The Iranian excuse is that it wants to stop the movement of so-called terrorists from Pakistani-occupied Balochistan into Iranian-controlled Balochistan. This concrete fence is 10 feet high and 3 feet thick . . . The Baloch economy is entirely dependent on border trades on both sides of the Occupied Balochistan. If Iran succeeds in building this fence and the Baloch's only source of income is straggled, then the world has to prepare itself for another hunger stricken Africa in the form of Balochistan . . . The GCC countries' intellectual and human rights campaigners never say a single word against the blatant violation of human rights and the genocide of the Baloch nation at the hands of theocratic regime of Iran and the security state of Pakistan, let alone their rulers. Instead, they are showering Pakistan with their free oil.

Photo by Karlos Zurutuza: Zahedan, Iran

Iran is feeling the heat of possible repercussions for its misdeeds towards the Baloch nation. Only within the last week, Iran has taken several preventative measures designed to contain any potential Baloch insurgency. The reasons are obvious: The first thing that comes to mind while thinking about Iran's new measures is that Iran has caused a lot of trouble for Middle Eastern nations, particularly the GCC countries. It is conceivable that these Middle Eastern countries could use the Baloch nation’s anger against it.

Persian regimes and rulers have never provided the Baloch people, in known history, with any chances to utilize and develop their own cultural and natural resources. Rather, Persian rulers have ruthlessly persecuted the Baloch nation by characterizing them as Ashrar, smugglers, atheists and traitors, whenever the Baloch have tried to establish themselves as a nation in their own homeland!

To detract world attention from the internal contradictions caused by its different nationalities, Iran has spread its tentacles of religious terrorism throughout peaceful Middle Eastern Arab countries. The GCC countries are its prime targets.

On Thursday last week Iranian president, Ahmadi Nejad, during his visit to Zahidan, the Capitol of Western Balochistan, accused Middle Eastern nations and Western Powers of ignorance and arrogance. During his meeting with some of the provincial officials in its occupied southeastern Balochistan, he said that "the enemies of the Islamic Iran want to change Seistan and Balochistan Province into an insecure place. People of this province played a key role in protecting Iran's identity, independence, dignity and territorial integrity".

Prior to Nejadi’s statement, the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Mashalla Shakeri, told the Pakistani press that Iran was willing to share copper and gold refinery technology with Pakistani-Occupied Balochistan. Iran also offered Pakistan a 1000 megawatt electricity line to Balochistan to overcome its shortfall. According to Shakari, Iran would help the Baloch people develop themselves.

But contrary to the above mentioned efforts to woo and appease the disgruntled Baloch, Iran has now started building a concrete fence along the arbitrary border between Iran and Pakistan, from Taftan to Mand, which is more than 700 miles long. This arbitrary border divides the Baloch homeland. The Iranian excuse is that it wants to stop the movement of so-called terrorists from Pakistani-occupied Balochistan into Iranian-controlled Balochistan. This concrete fence is 10 feet high and 3 feet thick. It is worth mentioning here that a few weeks ago it was reported that Iran was vigorously establishing military cantonments and garrisons across Balochistan. Iranian defense minister Brig. Gen Ahmad Wahidi has said that "the fence is to prevent villains from crossing into the Islamic republic".

The Baloch economy is entirely dependent on border trades on both sides of the Occupied Balochistan. If Iran succeeds in building this fence and the Baloch’s only source of income is straggled, then the world has to prepare itself for another hunger stricken Africa in the form of Balochistan.

Thousands of political and non political Baloch people have been arrested without any reason. A large number of them have been hanged in public, and more of them are waiting to be hanged!

What harm have the Baloch done to the Persian people? No one can explain it! Hafeez Hassanabadi, the renowned Baloch writer, has rightly questioned "What is the relationship between Iran and the Baloch nation? One has to explain it!"

Now, coming to the relationship between the Arab and Baloch people: as a neighboring nation, the Baloch have contributed tremendously to the peace of almost all countries in the GCC, except Saudi Arabia. Without the presence of Baloch manpower in the security forces in these Gulf countries, current prosperity would not have been achieved, given the 60s, 70s and 80s political structure of the GCC countries. The British Empire relied heavily on the Baloch from ancient Baloch communities living in the Gulf countries as a neutral force to man the Gulf's security forces.

What Iran and Pakistan are doing against the Baloch nation is understandable, but why have our Arab brothers become a silent spectator to the blatant massacre of the Baloch people at the hands of Iran and Pakistan? It is beyond our comprehension. The GCC countries' intellectual and human rights campaigners never say a single word against the blatant violation of human rights and the genocide of the Baloch nation at the hands of theocratic regime of Iran and the security state of Pakistan, let alone their rulers. Instead, they are showering Pakistan with their free oil. This apathy of their natural allies, however, did not deter the Baloch nation from struggling for the freedom of their homeland. Fighting in solitude, the Baloch are paying a heavy price for the freedom of their homeland in terms of human lives.

The enemies of the Baloch, both Pakistan and Iran, are collaborating with each other on security issues, sharing information and carrying out joint operations against Baloch freedom fighters, the Sarmachars, on a daily basis. Pakistan has transferred centrifuges to Iran using Baloch air, land and sea. And Baloch political forces time and again informed the world community that Iran and Pakistan are engaged in a sinister kind of business. But no one listened to the warnings. Pakistan's interior minister Rahman Malik is highly active in coordinating Iranian and Pakistani security forces to crush the Baloch insurgency on both sides. He constantly shuttles between Tehran and Islamabad!

Now the stark question is this: Why, despite knowing that Iran has an antagonistic history with the GCC countries, is Pakistan proliferating nuclear technology to Iran?

The predicament of the Baloch nation is that the majority of diaspora Baloch living in the Gulf countries are unable to voice their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities because of the host countries’ political systems. The diaspora Baloch are extremely respectful of Arab hospitality. Even under immense pressure, they refrain from voicing their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities.

The large number of Baloch people living in Gulf countries are sufficient to turn the earth against Pakistani and Iranian persecutors and draw the attention of the world community to the plight of their Baloch nation.

If the volatility of Middle Eastern nations had any positive impact on any nation other than the Arabs in the region it would be none other than the Baloch! In the neighborhood of GCC countries, Balochistan, occupied by both Iran and Pakistan, is becoming increasingly volatile. The Baloch nation is already engaged in guerrilla warfare with both Iran and Pakistan. They are not, however, receiving as much Arab media and public attention as deserved.

A last word! To successfully deter Iranian extremism and terrorism in the Middle East, reducing it to only to Qum, and to allow peace and prosperity to flourish in the region, the Baloch are a determining factor. It is high time for Middle Eastern media to allow a space for Baloch journalists to voice their anger against Iranian and Pakistani atrocities. The Arab intellectual’s interaction with pro-freedom Baloch intellectuals and writers would bring a better understanding to the Baloch national question.

Baloch Freedom Movement and Chinese Strategic Design

 2012/1/10 

By Archen Baloch 

At the sacred altar of Chinese interests in Balochistan Pakistan military slaughtered more than nine prominent Baloch political workers under detention and dumped their tortured bodies on different location cross Balochistan during Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao’s three days visit to Islamabad after India on December 17, 2010. And surprisingly the state controlled private media was vigorously giving coverage to these massacres right after every bet of news of Chinese premier activities in Islamabad. The motive behind it was to show the Chinese that Pakistan is doing everything to protect the Chinese interests in Balochistan even if it has to flow the river of blood in Balochistan. Mehboob Wadhela and Master Arif were among the prominent bulwarks that stood against the Chinese imperialistic interests in Gwadar embraced the martyrdom.

The very image of Pakistan, in Balochistan and outer world, is that of a mysterious serial killer that abducts, kills and dumps the bests of Baloch youths. Pakistani state relationship with Baloch People is painted with red blood. So far more than 360 activists have been killed under custody of Pak Army. And thousands of political workers are missing. Their fates are not known what have happened to them. All have been registered in the trusted books of world human rights organizations.

Balochistan was an independent Baloch sovereign state. Pakistan invaded it on March 27th, 1948 at the behest of the then British Raj and forcefully annexed it against the will of Baloch People. Being left alone at the mercy of Fundamentalist Pakistani military, world community never paid any attention to the atrocities Pakistan inflicted upon Baloch nation ever since. However, being a diehard nation it never disheartened them from seeking their lost independence.

But what Pakistan doesn’t understand is that Baloch is a diehard secular natured nation. Even if it has deprived them of education for centuries, but politically Baloch are more matured and conscious than any nation in the neighborhood. This has unified them in the resistance movement. Despite spending rupees in billions in establishing Madrassas (religious schools) in Balochistan Pakistan failed to radicalize Baloch into a religious extremist society necessary to subscribe to Pakistani national ideology of two nations theory. Ideologically Baloch People believe that Pakistan is a fundamentalist state biased towards other religions and cultures. It always suppresses religious minorities and never tolerates cultural diversity, Therefore Baloch nation has become its cultural victim.

How far Balochistan has moved away from Pakistani state clutch is evident from the fact that if one read the articles written by Pakistani writers in the last three weeks regarding Balochistan crisis, one won’t fail to detect their fear and comprehension about how volatile the situation is in Balochistan.

Baloch are more interested in seeing how much Pakistan is suffering from gas energy crisis and isolated from international community than the political and judicial quarrels in Islamabad. The constant attacks on Gas pipelines have generated ripple effects on Pakistan economy. One cannot simply ignore the social unrest in Punjab cities without linking it Baloch national insurgency.

Being highly organized, the armed organizations of Baloch Sarmachars, the freedom fighters, namely Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch liberation front, Baloch Republican Army, have utterly paralyzed Pakistani ground troop’s movement in Balochistan in isolated camps and check posts.They are overstretched in the vicious terrain of Balochistan.Being a foreign force, it is totally alienated from general society of Balochistan.Their fighting morale is depleted by being constantly high alert against guerilla attacks.They are extremely vulnerable and exposed to guerrilla attacks because their enforcement capacity is hampered by long distances.Pakistani ground troops would capitulate to Baloch Sarmachars, the Freedom Fighters, within weeks if not within days if aerial support from international community was rendered to them like they did in Libya against tyrant Gaddafi forces.In An interview with BBC, the field commander of Baloch liberation Front, Dr Alla Nizer said they call for international support and added that their forces could be merged into a single entity whenever the circumstances allowed them.

Now that Baloch national struggle for freedom has reached to new heights. In International media our voice is being heard. We have a just cause to pursue; that is the freedom of Balochistan from the unjust occupation by Pakistan. In the foreseeable future, we can see that the conflict between Baloch and Pakistan is going to intensify.

So far Baloch Sarmachars have confined their operation and actions within Balochistan geography targeting Pakistani armed forces, the state’s institutions and installations of railways and gas pipelines and every sign that shows the existence of Pakistan on Baloch soil and the ISI agents spying for Pak Army, whether they are settlers or locals.

If the situation was allowed to linger on like this and no intervention took place from world powers on the legitimate appeal of Baloch leaders, the human catastrophe will be highly extensive. And two things are likely to happen: first, being on edge, Baloch armed guerrilla leaders did not rule out the possibility of stepping out of Baluchistan’s geographic boundaries to carry out lethal actions against Punjab’s major cities such as Lahore and Rawalpindi. Even suicidal attacks could be an option, as BLA recently carried out it against Pakistani intelligence officers.

The second, Pakistan all along has been putting the blame on India that Baloch insurgency is being abetted by India. Now given the near future events, Pakistan’s frustration will grow to a limit where it, out of sheer frustrations, starts harming Indian interests in different Place and time.
It is a mystery why Baloch freedom movement is not being supported or opposed by world powers, despite the fact that Pakistan is committing vicious crimes against humanity in Balochistan, enough to prosecute it in Hague. So much so that it has wiped out an entire generation of Baloch leadership.

The nagging question is how much American has compromised on Balochistan issue with Pakistan during heyday of their good relationship on terrorism? In Baloch political society and media it’s widely believed that the world powers would themselves intervene and come to Baloch aid at their own convenience, arguing that world powers are still disentangling themselves from Pakistani blackmails.

Pakistani military and political establishment is more interested in courtship of a super power. During cold war Pakistan sought American courtship and exploited geostrategic situation of the region and suppressed Baloch and Pushton dissent voices. Our fear is that the same is going to be repeated here again, albeit with new Partners. With new geostrategic partnership Pakistan has started to seek defense pact with China and Iran. At the core of this new triangle strategic alignment lays the fear of Baloch freedom movement which has, all along, been calling for help from international community. Under Chinese strategic objectives Gwadar Deep Sea port is being prepared to establish bases for Chinese Naval ships.

Under the disguise of Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Chinese exploitation of Baloch resources sees no limits in Balochistan, from Gwadar coast to gold and copper rich Chaghi region, from oil and gas rich areas of Dera Bugti and kohlu to the beautiful mountains of Jahlawan for marble extraction. Pakistan has allowed China open access to exploitation of Baloch resources.

According to a prominent Baloch research scholar, Sana Baloch “The resources here are being extracted by a Chinese company, without any independent monitoring for the past seven years. According to official reports copper-gold worth $633.573m were produced during 2004-08. The Balochistan government receives a paltry two per cent share, while half the profits go to Beijing and 48 per cent to Islamabad. The fortified Saindak project is a no-go area for the Baloch people”.

Last word: Baloch deserve the right to know why the managers of world affairs are apathetic about Baloch crisis. Is it a tacit consent to Chinese exploitation of Baloch natural resources and affirmative nod to Pakistani atrocities against the secular Baloch people?

Baloch Freedom Movement and Chinese Strategic Design

 2012/1/10 

By Archen Baloch 

At the sacred altar of Chinese interests in Balochistan Pakistan military slaughtered more than nine prominent Baloch political workers under detention and dumped their tortured bodies on different location cross Balochistan during Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao’s three days visit to Islamabad after India on December 17, 2010. And surprisingly the state controlled private media was vigorously giving coverage to these massacres right after every bet of news of Chinese premier activities in Islamabad. The motive behind it was to show the Chinese that Pakistan is doing everything to protect the Chinese interests in Balochistan even if it has to flow the river of blood in Balochistan. Mehboob Wadhela and Master Arif were among the prominent bulwarks that stood against the Chinese imperialistic interests in Gwadar embraced the martyrdom.

The very image of Pakistan, in Balochistan and outer world, is that of a mysterious serial killer that abducts, kills and dumps the bests of Baloch youths. Pakistani state relationship with Baloch People is painted with red blood. So far more than 360 activists have been killed under custody of Pak Army. And thousands of political workers are missing. Their fates are not known what have happened to them. All have been registered in the trusted books of world human rights organizations.

Balochistan was an independent Baloch sovereign state. Pakistan invaded it on March 27th, 1948 at the behest of the then British Raj and forcefully annexed it against the will of Baloch People. Being left alone at the mercy of Fundamentalist Pakistani military, world community never paid any attention to the atrocities Pakistan inflicted upon Baloch nation ever since. However, being a diehard nation it never disheartened them from seeking their lost independence.

But what Pakistan doesn’t understand is that Baloch is a diehard secular natured nation. Even if it has deprived them of education for centuries, but politically Baloch are more matured and conscious than any nation in the neighborhood. This has unified them in the resistance movement. Despite spending rupees in billions in establishing Madrassas (religious schools) in Balochistan Pakistan failed to radicalize Baloch into a religious extremist society necessary to subscribe to Pakistani national ideology of two nations theory. Ideologically Baloch People believe that Pakistan is a fundamentalist state biased towards other religions and cultures. It always suppresses religious minorities and never tolerates cultural diversity, Therefore Baloch nation has become its cultural victim.

How far Balochistan has moved away from Pakistani state clutch is evident from the fact that if one read the articles written by Pakistani writers in the last three weeks regarding Balochistan crisis, one won’t fail to detect their fear and comprehension about how volatile the situation is in Balochistan.

Baloch are more interested in seeing how much Pakistan is suffering from gas energy crisis and isolated from international community than the political and judicial quarrels in Islamabad. The constant attacks on Gas pipelines have generated ripple effects on Pakistan economy. One cannot simply ignore the social unrest in Punjab cities without linking it Baloch national insurgency.

Being highly organized, the armed organizations of Baloch Sarmachars, the freedom fighters, namely Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch liberation front, Baloch Republican Army, have utterly paralyzed Pakistani ground troop’s movement in Balochistan in isolated camps and check posts.They are overstretched in the vicious terrain of Balochistan.Being a foreign force, it is totally alienated from general society of Balochistan.Their fighting morale is depleted by being constantly high alert against guerilla attacks.They are extremely vulnerable and exposed to guerrilla attacks because their enforcement capacity is hampered by long distances.Pakistani ground troops would capitulate to Baloch Sarmachars, the Freedom Fighters, within weeks if not within days if aerial support from international community was rendered to them like they did in Libya against tyrant Gaddafi forces.In An interview with BBC, the field commander of Baloch liberation Front, Dr Alla Nizer said they call for international support and added that their forces could be merged into a single entity whenever the circumstances allowed them.

Now that Baloch national struggle for freedom has reached to new heights. In International media our voice is being heard. We have a just cause to pursue; that is the freedom of Balochistan from the unjust occupation by Pakistan. In the foreseeable future, we can see that the conflict between Baloch and Pakistan is going to intensify.

So far Baloch Sarmachars have confined their operation and actions within Balochistan geography targeting Pakistani armed forces, the state’s institutions and installations of railways and gas pipelines and every sign that shows the existence of Pakistan on Baloch soil and the ISI agents spying for Pak Army, whether they are settlers or locals.

If the situation was allowed to linger on like this and no intervention took place from world powers on the legitimate appeal of Baloch leaders, the human catastrophe will be highly extensive. And two things are likely to happen: first, being on edge, Baloch armed guerrilla leaders did not rule out the possibility of stepping out of Baluchistan’s geographic boundaries to carry out lethal actions against Punjab’s major cities such as Lahore and Rawalpindi. Even suicidal attacks could be an option, as BLA recently carried out it against Pakistani intelligence officers.

The second, Pakistan all along has been putting the blame on India that Baloch insurgency is being abetted by India. Now given the near future events, Pakistan’s frustration will grow to a limit where it, out of sheer frustrations, starts harming Indian interests in different Place and time.
It is a mystery why Baloch freedom movement is not being supported or opposed by world powers, despite the fact that Pakistan is committing vicious crimes against humanity in Balochistan, enough to prosecute it in Hague. So much so that it has wiped out an entire generation of Baloch leadership.

The nagging question is how much American has compromised on Balochistan issue with Pakistan during heyday of their good relationship on terrorism? In Baloch political society and media it’s widely believed that the world powers would themselves intervene and come to Baloch aid at their own convenience, arguing that world powers are still disentangling themselves from Pakistani blackmails.

Pakistani military and political establishment is more interested in courtship of a super power. During cold war Pakistan sought American courtship and exploited geostrategic situation of the region and suppressed Baloch and Pushton dissent voices. Our fear is that the same is going to be repeated here again, albeit with new Partners. With new geostrategic partnership Pakistan has started to seek defense pact with China and Iran. At the core of this new triangle strategic alignment lays the fear of Baloch freedom movement which has, all along, been calling for help from international community. Under Chinese strategic objectives Gwadar Deep Sea port is being prepared to establish bases for Chinese Naval ships.

Under the disguise of Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, Chinese exploitation of Baloch resources sees no limits in Balochistan, from Gwadar coast to gold and copper rich Chaghi region, from oil and gas rich areas of Dera Bugti and kohlu to the beautiful mountains of Jahlawan for marble extraction. Pakistan has allowed China open access to exploitation of Baloch resources.

According to a prominent Baloch research scholar, Sana Baloch “The resources here are being extracted by a Chinese company, without any independent monitoring for the past seven years. According to official reports copper-gold worth $633.573m were produced during 2004-08. The Balochistan government receives a paltry two per cent share, while half the profits go to Beijing and 48 per cent to Islamabad. The fortified Saindak project is a no-go area for the Baloch people”.

Last word: Baloch deserve the right to know why the managers of world affairs are apathetic about Baloch crisis. Is it a tacit consent to Chinese exploitation of Baloch natural resources and affirmative nod to Pakistani atrocities against the secular Baloch people?

4 Innocent Baloch Women lost their lives, 17 Sustained fatal injuries,19 youths Whisked to Unknown Locations

Sep 7, 2009

 Archen Baloch

Occupied Balochistan - Tump - Today when Baloch National Front, rallied a massive procession in Kech sub district head quarter Tump city town to pay tribute to martyr Mir Jan Miral, who sacrificed his life for the freedom of Balochistan, the Pakistani military hardcore " the Jehadi Islamic Jawans" were called in to contain the rally, which was gathered at Dr Khaled Chowk, and was about to proceed to Mir Jan Miral last resting place to pay homage to his courage and patriotism, without any prior warning brutally opened fire upon the peaceful protesters. As a result of this indiscriminate and disproportionate use of brutal force, 4 innocent of Baloch women children elderly men and women lost their lives and 17 others sustained fatal injuries. More then 19 youths have been whisked way to unknown locations; Hoth Beeberg BSO'S CC member was also among them.

Backed by helicopters and armored vehicles, provocative forces at first resorted to cruel baton charging, but when they failed to disperse the angry political workers, who were calling upon Punjabi led Pakistani forces to quit Balochistan, disproportionately opened fire at the protesters. Mukhtar A.Aziz from Soro was the first among the victims of this firing, Followed by Amdad Hayatan, from Malikabad village, Arif Dazini, Ajaz Nawaz who lost their lives.

A 19 years old intermediate school girl Shahnaz Yousif from Mand sustained fatal injuries, have been shifted to Karachi Agah khan hospital in emergency room her condition is very critical.

Two days ago on Friday 14, just one and half kilo meter away from Tump town centre, a bloody skirmish between Baloch Republican Army and Pakistani forces took place at Shaheed G.M main high way. The Baloch Sarmachars (freedom fighters) had ambushed a Pakistani forces convey, in which 12 military men were killed, 25 others sustained injuries and were shifted to Turbat civil hospital. BRA had accepted the ambush of military men and acknowledged that one of their Sarmachars Mir Jan Miral had embraced martyrdom.

One of the protesters, interviewed by Radio Gwank of Balochistan, said that Pakistani forces had been outsmarted and defeated by Baloch National forces throughout Balochistan; therefore, they had no option other then to take revenge upon soft targets "the general public", for the defeat inflicted upon them by Baloch National Forces every time in entire Balochistan.

As a result of provocative killings, Baloch volunteer forces emerging out of nowhere and attacking Pakistani security forces, state controlled institutions and installations throughout Balochistan. The latest information according to Koh Mazar, a school teacher in Negower, the angry mob attacked a police station in Balnegower in which policemen sustained injuries and the building and vehicles of the policemen have been put on fire. The police system in Balochistan is entirely collapsed.

But international media and civil society is dormant to this entire humanitarian crisis in Balochistan.

Iranian forces have fired over 50 rockets into the bordering town of Mashkail

Home | News | Articles, History, Analysis | ICJ-Related | Human Rights | Books | Treaties | Events | Baloch Sites | Audio, Doc | Blogs | Contact Us August 22, 2009  Appeal from Kulber Valley for Investigation Update Aug 22, 2009: Report by Archen Baloch (Mand, Kulber Valley) The joint Pakistani and Iranian military operation initiated on August 16 in Kulber Valley now covers the entire Makuran region and is expanding to other districts. Iranian forces are participating with gunship helicopters and rockets. AAJ TV reports that in the middle of the night, Friday, August 21, fourteen rockets were fired from the Iranian side of the border at Mashkeel City. Three women and children were reported killed and five injured. The injured ones have been shifted to a civilian hospital, but these figures do not tally with the numbers obtained by Radio Gwank of Balochistan from Mashkeel local media. Apart from the destruction of homes, shops and wareshouses, the casualties and injuries recorded by the local media are far more then those of AAJ TV reports. The total numbers of deaths are 161, in which children and women are included. The number of injured are 293, some of whom are in critical condition. According to interviews with the local population in Mashkeel, the 14 rockets were fired at residential areas by Iranian forces from a Revolutionary Guard camp in an effort to reinforce Pakistani-initiated operations designed to "retaliate for successful actions of the Baloch Sarmachars [fighters] against occupying forces." Just two weeks ago, Lieutenant Colonel Jawad, from Mardan city of NWFP, was killed in an ambush by Baloch Sarmachars in the Mashkeel Mountains. Pakistani controlled media, however, reported that he had been killed by smugglers. Statements from insurgent groups: Baloch Republican Party spokesperson Mir Sher M. Bugti reported to N N I that in the early morning of Friday, August 21, "Joint Pakistani and Iranian forces launched a new wave of operations backed by gunship helicopters in the Sibi area of Shahi Darbar, Rustom Darbar and Zain Koh. Casualties include ten children and women." According to Bugti, Mand, Tump, Nasirabad, Mashkeh and Turbat are still under siege. Basham Baloch, the spokesperson of the Baloch Liberation Front, telephoned Radio Gwank from an undisclosed location to report, "The Pakistani military is targeting civilians in cities and villages over its frustration with BLF successes against Pakistani forces." He added that, "The BLF is determined to force Pakistani occupying forces out of our country. The Pakistani military is destined to fail in Balochistan. In contravention of Geneva Convention rules, Pakistani forces are targeting our civilian population. They cannot compete with Baloch national forces in the battle field." Update Aug 20, 2009: According to our source, "This map [below] shows the location of the Pakistani and Iranian joint military operation. Kulber Valley is situated at the end tip of the Iranian border, close to Haspikan village, where the Nehing river passes. The pictures posted at gwank.org were taken on the second day of the operation. The people in the photos are protesting the operation--blocking the road because to prevent the transport of military personnel and equipment for the operation..." (additional photos at balochwarna.org) Men and women block roads to prevent military vehicles and supplies from passing. In the bottom photo, defiant protestors have used rocks to spell out the acronym 'BRA' (Baloch Republican Army). The BRA is one of several Baloch insurgent groups fighting the Pakistani military. Photos published atgwank.org; additional photos at balochwarna.org;   August 19, 2009:  Reports from Kulber Valley, Balochistan, state that for the past three days Iranian and Pakistani military forces have conducted a joint operation against the Baloch located in the border valley of Kulber, Shahaaf. Baloch media is providing real-time updates regarding this operation in which gunship helicoptors, jet air fighters and heavy guns are deployed. In Kulber Valley there are reports of civilian deaths, as well as the destruction of livestock and crops. Civilians are unable to secure food supplies. Sagaar.org notes that there have been attacks on the town of Tump and shutter down strikes in the adjacent areas of Awaman, Turbat and Mand. Photos in reports depict civilian protests. Original report, gwank.org, Aug 18, 2009; also here; and from sagaar.org, Aug 20, 2009 reports   Map detail compiled from: http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/pakistan/map/m3843187/mand.html

Baloch National Question Exposed To World Community for Debate

24.07.2009

By Archen Baloch Despite the fact that Baloch Nationalism has bitterly been cursed by religious parties and dubbed with infidelity, abhorred by federation, betrayed by salaried parliamentarian nationalists, suppressed by civil and military establishment, haunted by ISI and MI, crushed by cruel military operations, neglected by civil societies, ignored by regional and international media, contained in a vicious circle of vested interests, isolated by neighboring nations and submerged in the obscurity of utter media blackout.  Nevertheless, at last it overcame all these obstructions and reached Sharm El Sheikh and forced Pakistan to include Balochistan into joint-statement issued by PM Manmohan Singh of India and PM Gilani of Pakistan, it reads, ‘Prime Minister Gilani mentioned that Pakistan had some information on threats in Balochistan and other areas'.         The main purpose of inclusion of Balochistan in the joint statement is that Pakistan wanted to counterweigh the New Delhi accusations of Mumbai carnage which are bearing heavy on Pakistan in the coming days. That is way the ex Pakistan spy master Hameed Gul was jubilant at the inclusion of Balochistan in the joint statement. Now the question is that what Pakistan wants out of this? There are two things that Pakistan wants to gain out of it. First, it wants to counterweight New Delhi assertions of Mumbai carnages. The second thing is that it could wage a military operation in its controlled southwestern Balochistan province to crush Baloch insurgency in the name of "some information on threats in Balochistan" whereby India would not be able to raise a finger at the atrocities meted out against Baloch in the wake of gory operations in Balochistan.  Now according to Baloch media and Baloch political parties  statements Pakistan has started to take into confidence the world community and some so called nationalists to pave the way for launching a gory and dangerous military operation in Balochistan to crush Baloch  national resistance movement. Right after the Sharm El Sheikh joint statement between PM Singh and PM Gilani, on war footage a frenzy of activities of state officials and security agencies is being reported in Baloch media. President Zardari's meeting  with Nawaz Sharif and taking him into confidence for the operation, dispatching  PPP's  representative Nafees siddique  to  meet  MQM's demagogue   head  Altaf Hussain in London  to  get  him on board for the same purpose.  Interior minister Rehman Malik's visit to Kabul meeting President Karzai and asking him to cooperate on the border infiltration, American Secretary Hillary Clinton words about Indian involvement in Balochistan unrest, Sending provincial governor Magsi to abroad to convince some nationalists leaders leaving abroad for the same reason to weaken the likely protests, in Europe Baloch activists are to wage if Pakistan committed any military aggression in Balochistan. Frontier Corps office in Quetta has become the meeting place of some salaried tribal leaders, and religious leaders for approving the operation.                                                                                                                                                      Apart from all these political and diplomatic measures, contingency measures have also been reported by Baloch media and political parties that all districts, cities and towns' hospitals have been put on high alerts. And temporary medical camps have been erected to treat the wounded ones. New check posts on every entrance of cities, towns and villages have been added to the already existent 800 check posts to execute the much feared operation across Balochistan. To intimidate the public, it has increased the flag marches in large columns of troops in cities, town and villages. A heavy crackdown has also been inflicted upon BSO and BNF leadership, which are the vanguard of political resistance and the main organizers of large public demonstrations, to quell the resistance. It has also been reported that Sri Lankan and Chinese military expertise is also involved in this high sophisticated operation, in some areas Iranian forces have been given the task to participate in the kill of Baloch resistance particularly in bordering mountainous areas of Zamoran, Mand and Taftan. Regrettably the American sophisticated weapons, which have been given to Pakistani military to take on al Qaida and Taliban’s, are the main killing machines being used against a secular and democratic nation struggle for liberation. The die of diplomatic tussle has been cast by Pakistan itself in Sharm Ul Sheikh and it has exposed Baloch national question to world community for international debate.  Baloch national struggle for freedom is in need indeed of world attention and support. Baloch leadership is convinced that Sharm Ul Sheikh Communiqué could provide a firm base for world community to intervene and check the gross violation of human rights in Balochistan by 'Islamic' republic of Pakistan.