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| Buddhist plantation worker beheaded in Thai unrest |
| 2005-06-06 |
| BANGKOK - A Buddhist plantation worker has been beheaded by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand's restive south, police said on Monday. Boonjan Saiphet, 59, was found dead early Monday, police Major Suthas Nookhong said. His body was found in a fruit orchard and his head was discovered alongside a nearby road, he added. Police have found no witnesses to the attack, believed to be linked to the Islamic separatist insurgency that erupted in mainly Muslim southern Thailand in January 2004, Suthas said. Six bullet shells were found nearby, although the body had no bullet wounds, he said. A computer-printed note, written in Thai in red ink, was found on the body reading: "You arrested innocent people, so I kill innocent people," Suthas said. Boonjan's death was the fourth decapitation since the insurgency broke out. More than 690 people have been killed in near daily attacks. The killing came as a team from the world's largest Muslim group, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), was visiting the area to assess the violence there. A bloody attack on a military base triggered the violent uprising in Thailand's three southernmost provinces, blamed by authorities on a mix of Islamic separatists, organised crime and contraband smugglers. The attacks originally targeted military and police, but are now random and include teachers, civil servants, monks, and both Muslim and Buddhist civilians. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 The author of this article, much like Muslims themselves, has a serious problem with the concept of causation. He states: "A bloody attack on a military base triggered the violent uprising in Thailandâs three southernmost provinces, blamed by authorities on a mix of Islamic separatists, organised crime and contraband smugglers." What the hell? The uprising was not CAUSED BY the bloody raid, the bloody raid WAS the uprising... the frigging beginning of the caliphate of South Asia. |
| Posted by: mjh 2005-06-06 15:48 |
| #5 The killing came as a team from the worldâs largest Muslim group, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), was visiting the area to assess the violence there. I look forward to their report, "Blame the Infidel". It's probably already been written. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-06 15:08 |
| #4 âYou arrested innocent people, so I kill innocent people,â Suthas said. Said the Guilty. |
| Posted by: Phomomble Shineque1314 2005-06-06 14:59 |
| #3 Ahh.... yes.... the religion of peace and tolorence..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-06-06 14:12 |
| #2 The merciful, the lovingkind. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-06-06 13:16 |
| #1 It's not unrest, it's calculated slaughter of filthy kufrs. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-06 13:15 |