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More on Balochistan

I wrote about this a while back, and have just seen an interesting piece in one of the Indian newspapers.

In essence, Balochistan is very much in play, and the attitude of the US to the independence movemnent would seem to be the core issue, with this less than clear at the moment. Musharaff would be welladvised to stay on the right side of his Uncle Sam, that's for sure.

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Blogger James Higham said... 2:02 pm

I don't expect, Man from Croydon, that you'd have read my piece on China but the Balochistan issue is tied in with the overall strategic plan for the US but they're not the only ones trying to control the critical area. It's not only oil at stake.  



Blogger Croydonian said... 2:15 pm

Doesn't have the same ring to it as 'The Man from Laramie', does it?

But yes, I had seen it.  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 2:47 pm

some of the toughest soldiers I ever met were Baluch.

And friendly, too!  



Blogger Stan Bull said... 3:12 pm

It's a tough one for the US. I suspect they will be urging "restraint and moderation among all parties". I think they will be supremely anxious to prop up the current Pakistani regime. The US doesn't need any other dissolving states in the region...  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 3:47 pm

As far as headlines go, this is right up there with 'Small Earthquake in Peru. Not Many Dead.'  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 5:04 pm

Hmmm. With your unrivalled knowledge of historical political geography, C, (and access to those vintage atlases and maps) how would Iran/ Pakistan balkanise, if it were to happen? Iran is certainly multi-ethnic, with, in addition to the Baluch, Kurds, Lurs, Turkmen, Azeris, Gulf arabs etc. have any of these groups ever had their own 'state'on what is now Iranian territory? Persian borders have always been pretty fluid, I think. Plenty of scope there, I should think, for a clutch of weak little client states...... wasn't most of the Caucasus in Persian hands until early 19thc.  



Blogger Croydonian said... 5:13 pm

This calls for a mull and some rooting around. But provisionally, one could expect the Kurds, the Balochs and the Azeris all to want out from Iran, and the Balochs and Pathans from Pakistan.

There are some rather useful illustrative maps to be found here.  



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