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Thai Marines Kill 17 Insurgents in Repelling Attack on Base | |
2013-02-13 | |
Thai marines killed at least 17
“I would like to praise the officials for their good intelligence that helped fend off this attack,” Defense Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat told a press briefing in Bangkok today. “We are still on high alert.” The government and army will meet on Feb. 15 to discuss whether to impose curfews in the nation’s three southernmost provinces, he said. More than 5,000 people have been killed and thousands injured since a The Muslim rebellion has curbed economic investment in the south, where 14 provinces account for about 80 percent of Thailand’s rubber production. About 95 percent of Thailand’s population of 66 million people is Buddhist. | |
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