Rebels blow up third Pakistani pipeline in a week

[Barrett808]

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - Tribal insurgents blew up another gas pipeline in southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan province, the third such attack in less than a week, officials said.

Military officials meanwhile dismissed a claim that five soldiers had been captured by the rebels, who are fighting for greater autonomy and a share of profits from the desert province's natural resources.

The pipeline bringing gas from a well to a purification plant happened at Sui, a gas field close to the former stronghold of fugitive rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti.

The blast has "partially affected" supplies to the main gas plant, local administration official Abdul Samad Lasi told AFP on Wednesday.

Suspected rebels blew up another pipe near Sui early on Tuesday while near-simultaneous twin blasts at the weekend hit two others supplying gas to Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province.

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[varun]

1. Big Oil will never be able to exploit

Iran and Iraq for Oil now. The insurgents there will destroy whatever pipelines they build.

[Igel]

3. Domestic production for domestic consumption.

Baluchi independence/autonomy movement, wave 3: attacks against the oppressor government denying the locals the true wealth they deserve. Mixed in with some inter-tribe fighting because neighboring tribes are scheming to deprive each other of the incredibly prosperity they merit.

Some parts of Pakistan already have intermittent power. This just helps it and makes Musharraf look bad. Local stuff.

[AlamoDemoc]

2. I think these so called "insurgents" know more than we are let to believe

[bemildred]

4. I thought these guys were all pacified now?

Didn't Mushhead send in a bunch of troops and wave his dick all over Balochistan?

"Baluchistan's governor last week said that Pakistani forces have nearly crushed the insurgency, which has seen nearly two years of attacks on pipelines, railway tracks and government installations."