Baluchi Liberation Front
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Baluchi Liberation Front or BLF was established in 1960s. It was first Baluchi
insurgency organistaion founded by Jumma Khan Marri
. Before Baluchis had tribals style insurgency groups. BLF headquarter was in Dubai
. In 1965 Mir Abdi Khan Sardaizai joined the group. Baluchi
fighters were trained in Iraq
and fully supported by Iraq
. In 1975, BLF broke in differences groups because of Mir Abdi Khan ceasefire with Shah of Iran
.
Baloch people
The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....
insurgency organistaion founded by Jumma Khan Marri
Jumma Khan Marri
Jumma Khan Marri is a famous Baloch political leader and son of a Baloch leader, Mir Hazar Khan Marri, who led a Baloch uprising in the 1970s and 1980s. Marri was born 15, January 1966 in Thadri, Balochistan...
. Before Baluchis had tribals style insurgency groups. BLF headquarter was in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
. In 1965 Mir Abdi Khan Sardaizai joined the group. Baluchi
Baloch people
The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....
fighters were trained in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and fully supported by Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. In 1975, BLF broke in differences groups because of Mir Abdi Khan ceasefire with Shah of Iran
Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...
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See also
- Balochistan conflictBalochistan conflictThe Balochistan conflict is an ongoing conflict between Baloch nationalists and the Government of Pakistan over Balochistan, the country's largest province...
- Dad ShahDad ShahMir Dad Shah or Mir Daad Shah was a farmer who lived in Nillag village of Iranian Balochistan in the fifties. He hated Mohammad Reza Pahlavi an oppressive administration which made him to pick up arms against shah. Daad Shah's wife Bibi Hatun also fought with him against his enemies...
- JundallahJundallahJundallah, or Jondollah , also known as People's Resistance Movement of Iran , is an organization based in Balochistan that claims to be fighting for the rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran. It was founded by Abdolmalek Rigi who was captured and executed in Iran in 2010...
- Balochistan Liberation ArmyBalochistan Liberation ArmyThe Balochistan Liberation Army is a terrorist group based in Balochistan, a mountainous region within southern Iran and Pakistan. The organization is a participant in the Balochistan conflict and strives to establish an independent state of Balochistan, free of Pakistani and Iranian rule...
- Bugti militiaBugti militiaBugti Militia formed in Dera Bugti in Balochistan by Akbar Khan Bugti in the 1952. The Bugti Milatia had been involved in the insurgency of 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2004 and ongoing.-History:...
- Baloch Students OrganizationBaloch Students OrganizationThe Baloch Students Organization, or BSO was founded in 26 November 1967 as nationalist student organization in Pakistani part of occupied Balochistan. The main objectives of BSO were to organize and educate Baloch youth politically for the liberation of Balochistan.It this time BSO is divided into...
- Baluch People's Liberation FrontBaluch People's Liberation FrontBaluch People's Liberation Front, also known as Baluch Awami Azadi Mahaiz or BPLF, was founded in the 1965. its aim was the independence of...
- Popular Front for Armed ResistancePopular Front for Armed ResistancePopular Front for Armed Resistance, or PFAR, was founded in 1960s and active until 1973 in Pakistan. It was run by Baluchi tribal separatist groups, which carry out serial bomb attacks. In 1974 at Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the group announced and end to the insurgency, which had by that time claimed the...
- Baloch Students Organization- AwamiBaloch Students Organization- AwamiThe Baloch Students Organization-Awami or BSO-Awami was founded in 1972, when it split from Baloch Students Organization . It supported Baluch People's Liberation Front, a militant organization in Balochistan against Pakistani control. The organisation was Marxist-Leninist in its ideology.Taj...
- Baluchistan Liberation Front
- ParrariParrariParrari or Parari was founded by Sher Mohammad Marri in the 1962. The Parrari resistance began in Marri tribal region and spread to other parts of Baluchistan. The Parraris had volunteers which ambuhed convoys and raided Pakistani Military camps, which in answer Pakistani Army air bombardments...
External links
- WTF- Baloch Liberation; from whom?
- www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/07/bin_laden_and_the_baluchistan.html
- http://www.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN0844741698&id=K27SO6L3qP0C&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&ots=QEaE1uz5Pl&dq=baluchistan+liberation+front&sig=pIEIfYXzTv3rsEpVqsW9OhFD_cE#PPA70,M1
- http://www.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN1412804698&id=NgDks1hUjhMC&dq=baluchistan+Liberation+army