Friday, March 09, 2007

Insurgency in Thailand

From Pajamas Media a good long post on the continuing violence in Thailand.
Pay attention to their take on the state of denial the government is in over who they are actually fighting.


Thailand’s army-appointed government admitted it had no idea who in particular was behind a wave of bombs and shootings in which eight people were killed in the Muslim-majority far south as the Lunar New Year began. The attacks hit a variety of targets. Shortly before a special security meeting in Bangkok, an army major was killed outside his house in Yala, one of the four southern provinces hit by around 30 bombs on Sunday night, after he picked up a bag containing a bomb, police said. … "The problem now is that we don’t know who’s responsible and where they are," army chief of staff General Montri Sangkhasap told reporters after Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont met security chiefs to discuss the violence.

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