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Khair Baksh Marri's house raided in Quetta, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes.com.pk, Feb 1, 2008
Suspected militant killed, by Amanullah Kasi, Dawn.com, Feb 1, 2008
Borderland bullets and the ballot, by Aurangzaib Khan, HimalSouthAsian.com, Jan, 2008: Pakistan's elections don't look set to change the situation on the ground in either the NWFP or Balochistan, where the security situation continues to deteriorate precipitously.
West 'embraces sham democracies', BBCNews.com, Jan 31, 2008: The US, EU and other democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections out of political expediency, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report.
 
Protesters stage noisy demonstration: President Musharraf holds talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London, Gulf-times.com, Jan 29, 2008
The sooner Musharraf leaves Pakistan, the better, by S. Amjad Hussain, ToledoBlade.com, Jan 28, 2008
Anti-poll campaign by nationalists gains momentum in Balochistan, by Muhammad Ejaz Khan, The News, Jan 26, 2008; Polls boycott in Balochistan, by Sanaullah Baloch, Dawn.com, Jan 17, 2008
Blasts affect power supply to Hub, Barkhan, Dawn.com, Jan 26, 2008
Many cyclone victims still struggling seven months on, IRINnews.org, Jan 25, 2008
Nisar hits out at Indian navy chief, Dawn.com, Jan 25, 2008
Dr. Arif Barakzai, a member of the BSO and a lecturer at Uppsala University in Sweden, died after 'falling' 11 floors from the balcony of his apartment on Jan 10, 2008.
Dr. Barakzai ran a website devoted to Baloch culture: http://bizmkaar.com. It is unknown what if anything Norwegian authorities have determined about the circumstances of Dr. Barkazai's death.
Pakistan Is Turning on Musharraf, by Husain Haqqani, Wall Street Journal, Jan 25, 2008, reposted at IntelliBriefs.com
World’s first oil paintings found in Afghan caves, Dawn.com, Jan 25, 2008
Pakistani army Patrol team attacked in Oil rich area of Bambor, Balochwarna.org, Jan 24, 2008
Gwadar port has strategic implications for India: Navy chief, IntelliBriefs.org, Jan 22, 2008
Musharraf on Balochistan: QUOTABLE QUOTES, A report from the new Middle East—and a glimpse of its possible future by Jeffrey Goldberg, excerpts from Atlantic Monthly, IntelliBriefs.org, Jan 19, 2008
Stance of the nationalists, by Jamil Ahmed, BalochUnity.org, Jan 19, 2008
Shaker Bibi Baloch: Baloch Women Panel demands for Referendum in Balochistan, IintelliBriefs.com, Jan 20, 2008
Frontier Insurgency Spills Into a Pakistani City, by Jane Perlez, NYTimes.com, Jan 18, 2008
Canada puts US on 'torture list', BBC News, Jan 18, 2008: The United States has been listed as a country where prisoners are at risk of torture in a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry...The manual - part of a training course on torture awareness for diplomats - also includes Israel, China, Iran and Afghanistan on its watch list.
Security plan for oil exploration companies, by Sher Baz Khan, dawn.com, Jan 17, 2008
Pakistan short of everything except crises, by SSyed Fazl-e-Haider, atimes.com, Jan 17, 2008
'Queen of Balochistan' passes away, Intellibriefs.com, Jan 12, 2008; Queen of Baluchistan, ThingsAsian, Jan 21, 2007; 'Queen of Baluchistan' waits for war, Daily Telegraph, Jun 10, 2001; From Pakistan, County Kerry Is a Lifetime Away, NYTimes, Aug 17, 1992; Irish eyes are still smiling in Baluchistan, Independent, Nov 2, 1995
Fatima Bhutto Denounces Family Business, by Jeremy Page, The Times, Jan 12, 2008: 'the 25-year-old newspaper columnist also rejected her own claim to the Bhutto legacy, calling for a new era of politics based on platforms rather than personalities. “The idea that it has to be a Bhutto, I think, is a dangerous one. It doesn't benefit Pakistan. It doesn't benefit a party that's supposed to be run on democratic lines and it doesn't benefit us as citizens if we think only about personalities and not about platforms.”
Police targeted in deadly Pakistan suicide bomb, by Declan Walsh, The Guardian, Jan 10, 2008
Balochistan faces acute flour shortage, by Malik Siraj Akbar, DailyTimes, Jan 7, 2008
My heart bleeds for Pakistan. It deserves better than this grotesque feudal charade, by Tariq Ali, The Independent, Dec 31, 2007:
'...At the heart of this dysfunctionality is the domination by the army...Here the US bears direct responsibility, since it has always regarded the military as the only institution it can do business with and, unfortunately, still does so. This is the rock that has focused choppy waters into a headlong torrent. '
Pakistan's flawed and feudal princess, by William Dalrymple, The Guardian, Dec 30, 2007
Robert Fisk: They don't blame al-Qa'ida. They blame Musharraf, by Robert Fisk, The Independent, Dec 29, 2007:
"...Over all this, however, looms the shocking power of Pakistan's ISI, the Inter Services Intelligence. This vast institution – corrupt, venal and brutal – works for Musharraf. But it also worked – and still works – for the Taliban. It also works for the Americans. In fact, it works for everybody." [quoting from: Daughter of the West, by Tariq Ali, London Review of Books, Dec 13, 2007]
David A. Andelman On Washington And The World, Forbes.com, Sneak Peak 2008: 2008 will inaugurate the year of the micro-state, with an increasing number of small, homogeneous entities campaigning for and winning independence or a path toward autonomy. From Kurdistan to Baluchistan, this will be the future of a substantial portion of the globe.
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, Who Killed Benazir? The Times: "...fingers will also be pointed at Inter-Services Intelligence", Dec 27, 2007
U.S. Troops to Head to Pakistan, by William M. Arkin, Washington Post, Dec 27, 2007
U.S. Troops to Head to Pakistan, by William M. Arkin, Washington Post, Dec 27, 2007
Pak's Baloch war taking alarming proportions, by Sameer Arshad, Times of India, Dec 27, 2007
Doubts Engulf an American Aid Plan for Pakistan, by Jane Perlez, NY Times, Dec 25, 2007; Billions in Aid to Pakistan Was Wasted, Officials Assert, by David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger, NY Times, Dec 24, 2007

Selig Harrison
From before: America's Favorite Dictator: Pakistani Gen. Pervez Msharraf's power was made in the United States, by Selig Harrison, TheDay.com, Nov. 18, 2007
"The catastrophe now engulfing Pakistan was made in America. It is the direct and inevitable result of the huge infusions of U.S. military hardware and cash subsidies for the past half-century that have built up Pakistan's armed forces into a bloated behemoth with both overwhelming firepower and financial might beyond the reach of civilian control." (from 'America's Favorite Dictator')
Meddling Aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison, The Indypendent, Nov 16, 2007 Intl ed.
The US meddles aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct 9, 2007
Also by Selig Harrison: In Afghanistan's Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations, Carnegie Endowment, 1981

click for other articles by Selig Harrison
Pair face terror charges next hearing on February 1, Press Association, Dec 22, 2007
Two FC men killed in Nushki, and other attacks, Dawn, Dec 21, 2007
Musharraf red-faced as suspect flees, Bruce Loudon, The Australian, Dec 17, 2007
Benazir vows to stop Balochistan operation, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Dec 21, 2007: Bhutto has said that the situation in Balochistan has deteriorated because of use of force, instead of efforts to resolve the issue through negotiations, thereby forcing the youth to take up arms.
Picture of Secret Detentions Emerges in Pakistan, by Carlotta Gall, NY Times, Dec 19, 2007
‘Rashid Rauf escaped with his uncle', Dawn, Dec 17, 2007
London airline bomb plot suspect escapes, Daily Telegraph, Dec. 17, 2007; Terror Suspect Escapes In Pakistan, CBS News, Dec 14, 2007
A lot needs to be done: Benazir Bhutto, Dawn, Dec 15, 2007
Popular uprising only way to save Pakistan: Achakzai, Daily Times, Dec 15, 2007
Pakistan's Middle Class Takes to Streets, by Kathy Gannon, Washington Post, Dec 14, 2007: "...protesters feel betrayed that the West, which should be its natural ally, has not stood with them in their demand for rule of law in Pakistan through a restored, independent judiciary prior to the elections."
Suicide blasts rock Quetta; seven killed, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Dec 13, 2007
Suicide bombs rock Pakistani city, BBC, Dec 13, 2007
Baloch Children protesting against arrest of Nawabzada Hayrbiyar Marri and Faiz Baloch, IntelliBriefs, Dec 12, 2007
Baloch DSP Gwadar Lasi killed in grenade attack, by Shahzada Zulfiqar, The Nation, Dec 13, 2007
Pair remanded over terror charges, BBC, Dec 11, 2007
2 London residents accused of inciting terrorism in Pakistan are held in the UK, by IHT (AP), Dec 11, 2007
2 British police charge 2 under terror act, by IHT (AP), Dec 11, 2007
European Parliament protests arrest of Baloch nationalists, by IANS, Intellibriefs, Dec 9, 2007
21 ‘members' of banned group arrested, by By Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Dec 10, 2007
New military offensive launched in Kahan (Kohlu) and Dera Bugti Districts of Baluchistan, by Mehran Baluch, Baluch representative in the UN Human Rights Council, Dec 8, 2007: "...The Western-backed Pakistani army is carpet bombing the area and scores of Baluch have been killed by indiscriminate bombardment and air strikes using gunship helicopters and fighter jets. The army is operating under shoot-to-kill orders from Islamabad, resulting in hundreds of people fleeing to the mountains..." (for Word doc)
Deported At Gunpoint by Pakistani Government, by Medea Benjamin, Common Dreams, Dec 7, 2007
UK accused of 'prisoner swap' with Pakistan, by Isambard Wilkinson, Daily Telegraph, Dec 7, 2007: "...In what one senior Western diplomat in Islamabad described as an act of "realpolitik" the organisation [the BLA] was added to the British government's proscribed list of terrorist organisations in July 2006...It will be difficult to extradite Baloch nationalists as Pakistan regularly imposes the death penalty.”
More time to quiz terror-arrest men, Evening News, UK, Dec 7, 2007: Mr Tatchell, said: "I urge the British government to not give in to pressure from the Pakistani dictator, President Musharraf."
More time to quiz human rights campaigners, Press Association, Dec 7, 2007
Two ‘Baloch activists' arrested in Britain, Dawn, Dec 7, 2007
Arrest of Baluch human rights activists in London: Pakistan bid to frame nationalists on terrorism charges?, petertatchell.net, Dec 5, 2007
Two Baloch rights activists arrested in London, TopNews India, Dec 6, 2007
Mengal criticises Benazir, Dawn, Dec 5, 2007
"... The veteran Baloch leader said in a statement that Benazir Bhutto should seek the Baloch forgiveness for the crimes committed against them by her father Z. A. Bhutto in the 70s. He said that the Baloch were fighting for their national survival and would continue their struggle till the achievement of political autonomy..."
Fatal blast at Pakistan madrassa, BBC News, Dec 3, 2007
Pakistan's Moment of Truth: Sharif and Bhutto Must Say No the January Elections, by Webster Brooks, www.usiranpeace.com, Dec 3, 2007
Bush handed blueprint to seize Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark, The Guardian, Dec 1, 2007
Journalist goes missing in Khuzdar, DailyTimes, Dec 1, 2007
Pakistan Steel Mills to buy 60,000 tons of coal from Balochistan, BalochWarna.org, Dec 1, 2007
"...Nowhere in the statement is anything mentioned about this sale benefiting the people of Balochistan."
Attacks on occupying forces continue in Balochistan, Dec 2, 2007 Eight Pakistani soldiers killed and five injured by Baloch fighters of BLF in Panjgoor, BalochWarna.org, Nov. 28, 2007; for news of continuing BLA and BLF attacks
The situation in Pakistan has spun out of Musharraf's control, by Vikram Sood, reposted in IntelliBriefs, Nov 19, 2007
Baloch Freedom Fighters, Pakistani troops trade fire near Pat Feeder, BalochWarna, Nov 18, 2007
Policemen and militants killed in fierce clash: Raid on hideout in Karachi's Shah Latif Town, by S. Raza Hassan, Imran Ayub & Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Dawn, Jan 30, 2008: alleged Jundullah involvement; US, ISI policy blowback? Who supports Jundulla? The US, the ISI or al Qaeda?
The US meddles aggressively in Iran, by Selig Harrison, Le Monde Diplomatique, Oct 9, 2007
Canadian firm plans investment in oil, gas, Dawn, Nov 18, 2007
PAKISTAN: Where have all the general's cheerleaders gone?, IntelliBriefs, Nov 13, 2007
On Baluchi Separatism, Excerpt, IntelliBriefs, Nov 12, 2007
Protests worldwide: The Honourable Leung Kwok-hung, aka Long Hair, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, presents a petition to a Pakistani Embassy spokesman in Hong Kong protesting emergency rule in Pakistan.
State of Emergency: New
Musharraf widens his sphere of punishment
, by Barnett R. Rubin, The Guardian, Nov. 18, 2007
Memo to Media: Supporting Musharraf is NOT Realism, by Barnett R. Rubin, Juan Cole's Informed Comment, Nov. 7, 2007

A Second Coup in Pakistan
, by Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post, Nov. 5, 2007;

Imran Khan vows to stir youth of Pakistan into mass uprising, London Times, Nov. 7, 2007;

Musharraf tightens grip on power in Pakistan, Daily Telegraph, Nov. 4, 2007;

Activists detained in Pakistan emergency, Dawn, Nov 4, 2007;

WSI condemns the declaration of emergency in Pakistan, World Sindhi Org, Nov 3, 2007;

Musharraf's Fate in Bin Laden's Hands--International Terrorism Monitor, by B. Raman, SAAG, Nov 4, 2007;
West Balochistan: Man hanged in volatile Iran province, BalochWarna, Nov 11, 2007
Viewpoints: Pakistan's political crisis, BBC News, Nov 12, 2007
Pakistan Air Force pounded several villages in Marri Bugti areas, many civilian feared dead, BalochWarna, Nov 8, 2007
Lawyers continue boycott of courts, Dawn, Nov 8, 2007
Hindu judge in solitary confinement on Diwali in Pakistan, NewKerala, Nov 10, 2007
Pakistan Air Force pounded several villages in Marri Bugti areas, many civilians feared dead, BalochWarna, Nov 8, 2007
Arrests in Sistan-Baluchestan, Dawn, Nov 2, 2007
PPP to talk with Baloch nationalist parties: Raeesani, Staff Report, DailyTimes, Nov 2, 2007
Multiple conflicts bleed Pak army, IntelliBriefs, Nov 1, 2007
Are Pakistani Generals really Mad or do they merely Feign Insanity?, IntelliBriefs, Oct 30, 2007
Multiple conflicts bleed Pak army, IntelliBriefs, Oct 31, 2007
Pakistani Attitudes toward Terrorism and the West: Recent Public Opinion Surveys (popular sentiment in Pakistan is turning markedly against the United States and its policies), IntelliBriefs, Oct 26, 2007
$60bn income likely from mega projects, by Khaleeq Kiani, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007
Pakistani military attacks in Noshkay/Nushki, Oct 23 - 25, 2007
Pakistan agents ‘staged escape' of terror suspect, Sunday Times, Dec 23, 2007
Dec 25, 2007: Sources report Herbiyar Marri and Faiz Baluch held in Belmarsh (Belmarsh - Britain's Guantanamo Bay?); click for previous coverage of arrest
BHC issues notices in Munir Mengal detention case, by BalochWarna, Sep 29, 2007; Detention of Munir Mengal challenged, by Amanullah Kasi, Dawn, Sep 15, 2007; Munir Mengal in CID custody, DailyTimes, Sep 15, 2007
Jamil Bugti's name on ECL, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007
Powerful blast rocks Kalat, BalochWarna.org, Oct 9, 2007
Pakistan election: A charade masquerading as democracy, The Independent, Oct 7, 2007
Musharraf bags all 33 votes cast in Balochistan, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Oct 7, 2007; Strike in Quetta, Dawn, Oct 7, 2007
Heavy fighting continues with Pakistani security forces in Marri area, BalochWarna.org, Oct 6, 2007; for more coverage on other attacks
Pakistan demands extradition of Marri's son from UK, By Naveed Siddiqui, Oct 1, 2007; BalochWarna comments; (previously: ...Pakistanis were having difficulty producing evidence which could stand up in a British court.
Swat a Paradise lost, by Khurshid Khan, Intellibriefs, Sep 28, 2007, SWAT: Girls Higher Secondary school destroyed
HC acquits Akhtar Mengal in treason case, DailyTimes.com.pk, Sep 26, 2007
Quetta police conduct raids following SP's killing, 100s arrested, BalochWarna.org, Sep. 28, 2007; Quetta: Superintendent of Police Shehryab Khan and two bodyguards assassinated two critically injured by BLA, BalochWarna.org, Sep 27, 2007
Sources report: Pakistani forces launch a military operation in Noshkay/Nushki, Sep 11, 2007
New photo published by BalochVoice.com of Balach Marri in the mountains of Balochistan. Balach Marri survived an attack by Pakistani special forces (SSG) on 26 August 2006, in which well-known Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was killed. See video interview with al-Jazeera. See his speech on the Role of Liberation Movements
Balochistan's lawyers to observe strike today, Dawn, Sep 10, 2007
Lawyers call for restoration of civilian rule, Dawn, Sep 7, 2007
Pakistan militants strike at heart of power, Times Online, Sep 4, 2007; more analysis at IntelliBriefs, click for video
Houses raided, 30 youths held, allege Marri women, by Dawn correspondent, Dawn, Aug 30, 2007
Facts about Balochistan: What The World Must Know, "What Balochistan Has" by Baltimore IndyMedia, Aug 2007
Balochistan shut to protest Bugti's killing, by Muhammad Ejaz Khan, The Post, Aug 26 2007
India-Pakistan: The Slide Show, Hindustan Times, Aug 20, 2007
Large scale operation in Sui and Patfeedar area, 60 innocent people arrested, by BalochWarna.org, Aug 17, 2007
Quetta rally marks ‘black day' on Aug 14, DailyTimes, Aug 15, 2007
BBC News audio, in Urdu: BLA/SLA (Sindh Liberation Army) joint operation: High tension 500KV power pylon blown up near Mango peer near Karachi, reported by BLA spokesman to Quetta press club, Aug 15, 2007, see balochvoice.org for this and other audio reports
Blast damages family planning office in Kalat, By Staff Correspondent, Dawn.com, Apr. 24, 2007
Army Informer Beheaded in Balochistan, and other military actions, BalochVoice.org, Apr. 24, 2007
Pakistan: Trouble in the mosque, By Syed Saleem Shahzad, atimes.com, Apr. 12, 2007
Fighter's jets, Helicopters and thousands of infantry bombard Balochistan, Fourteen Pakistani soldiers killed several injured in Balochistan, BLA claimed the responsibility for the attack, BalochWarna.org, Apr. 10, 2007
Ongoing coverage at balochwarna.org: Baloch Freedom Fighters attack army posts killing several, and blasts in different parts of Balochistan, Eighteen Baloch women and children killed, 28 Punjabi army soldiers killed 37 injured, March-April, 2007
Jihadi groups blamed for disappearances, By Inamullah Khattak, Dawn, Mar. 28, 2007
Land prices soar at Pakistan's prize port, By Syed Fazl-e-Haider, atimes.com, Mar. 29, 2007
BNP-M plans Baloch Multi-party conference, by Dawn correspondent, dawn.com, Mar. 16, 2007
Resources ownership rights for Balochistan demanded, BalochWarna.org, Mar. 5, 2007
The trial of former Baloch Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal signals another conflict between Balochistan and the centre, report, BalochWarna.org, Feb. 28, 2007
Plan in the offing to tap gas reserves, by Internews, GulfTimes.com, Feb. 27, 2007
Govt has lost its writ in Balochistan, says NP leader, Bureau Report, Dawn.com, Feb. 25, 2007
CHINESE TO CONSTRUCT CIVIL-MILITARY AIRPORT AT GWADAR by B. Raman, BalochVoice.org, Feb. 11, 2007
Statement by the Khan of Kalat, from Europe (in Urdu), January, 2007
Speakers call for end to military operation in Balochistan, by Staff Reporter, Dawn, Jan. 28, 2007
SC cancels Gwadar plot allotments, seeks report: Provincial govt left with ‘only ditches’: Justice Javed Iqbal, by Mohammad Kamrant, Daily Times, Jan. 23, 2007
In no-go areas for intl. media: Pakistan launched military operation in Balochistan, Baloch Society Of North America, Jan. 19, 2007
Demonstrations against Mengal's detention, Staff report, Daily Times, Jan. 21, 2007; BHC moved against ‘mysterious disappearance' of 14 BNP men, Staff report; Daily Times, Jan. 17, 2007
Baluchistan and Kashmir offer study in contrasts, by M Rama Rao, Asian Tribune, Jan. 17, 2007
Balochistan: Continuing military operations, by Sheikh Asad Rahman, BalochWarna, Jan. 16, 2007
A Bubbling Cauldron, by Gulmina Bilal, Newsline, Jan. 2007
POSTCARD USA: Pakistan's intelligence monster, by Khalid Hasan, DailyTimes, Jan. 14, 2007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fresh military operations in Dera Bugti, by Saleem Shahid, Dawn, Dec. 30, 2006
The unhappy province, by Ardeshir Cowasjee, Dawn, Dec. 24, 2006
Why Balochistan Matters, by By Wajid Shamsul Hasan (Ex Pakistani High Commissioner at the UK), DesPardes, Dec. 23, 2006
Mengal sees US, India-sponsored war for free Balochistan, by Malik Siraj Akbar, Daily Times, Dec. 22, 2006
Pakistan: New York Times reporter and photographer harassed and detained, CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists), Dec. 22, 2006
UN help sought to save IDPs from starvation by Baqir Sajjad Syed, Dawn, Dec. 22, 2006
Aid to besieged Pakistani province blocked by Gretchen Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 21, 2006
Pakistani city serves as a refuge for the Taliban by Laura King, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 21, 2006
Simmering nationalism in Balochistan by Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Daily Times, Dec. 19, 2006
Pakistan: A country unravels, Ahmed Rashid, International Herald Tribune, Aug. 28, 2006
Pakistan: A country unravels, Ahmed Rashid, International Herald Tribune, Aug. 28, 2006
In Remote Pakistan Province, a Civil War Festers, Carlotta Gall, New York Times, Apr. 2, 2006
Rebel killing raises stakes in Pakistan, Ahmed Rashid, BBC News, Sept. 1, 2006
Baluchistan: Turning a fight into a war, The Economist, Jun. 29, 2006
158 people killed in Balochistan since January 1, by Zulfiqar Ghuman, DailyTimes.com.pk, Apr 20, 2006
Explosive mix in Pakistan's gas province, Ahmed Rashid, BBC, Feb. 4, 2005