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| Ramadan brings surge of violence in southern Thailand |
| 2007-09-15 |
| Thai leader says not to expect peace anytime soon Thailand's junta leader said Friday that it may take another generation to stamp out a bloody separatist insurgency raging in the Muslim-majority south. "It may be another generation," he said. Police on Friday said that suspected A 29-year-old Muslim woman was shot dead in an ambush early Friday morning in Narathiwat. Three Muslim men were later killed by suspected insurgents in Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces, police said. As Ramadan began on Thursday, a 28-year-old Buddhist man and two Muslim men in their 60s were shot dead in Narathiwat, local police told AFP. Sonthi, who will retire as army chief at the end of this month, said that peace-building efforts were progressing, but added that local government and soldiers must try to build better relations with the community. "Intelligence is still our weak point," he told reporters in Pattani. Sonthi, who is a Muslim, seized power in a military coup last year. The government he installed has made a series of peace gestures to the militants fighting along the southern border with Malaysia. But the violence has only escalated since the coup, and the government has deployed thousands more troops and paramilitary forces to the region. And: A female school teacher was shot and severely wounded Friday afternoon in this troubled southern province by two gunmen riding a motorcycle, police said. The 53-year-old teacher was shot three times in her stomach while riding a motorcycle to her home in Yala's municipality district after finishing teaching, police said. Police investigator's said they believed the gunmen were members of a Plus: A bomb in Thailand's Chaiyapruek said the six soldiers had been lured to the area to investigate a suspected bomb that turned out to be a hoax — but as they later passed the bridge a bomb exploded and instantly killed the driver, Sgt. Maj. Sermsak Kanchanaphet. Five soldiers sitting in the back were wounded, Chaiyapruek said. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Hungry Muslims with low blood sugar = Recipe for P2K, you are disturbingly close to the truth. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-15 22:44 |
| #2 Thailand's junta leader said Friday that it may take another generation to stamp out a bloody separatist insurgency raging in the Muslim-majority south. "It may be another generation," he said. There's a logic here. Eliminate all muzzie males between 15 and 35, you skip the most dangerous generation employed to do the dirty work. The next generation, those under 15 probably will get the hint and alter their behavior accordingly. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-09-15 11:37 |
| #1 Because it's the Religion of Peace, Damnit! |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-09-15 09:03 |