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| Buddhist beheaded, 2 others killed in southern Thailand |
| 2007-01-14 |
| A Buddhist man in restive southern Thailand was beheaded by suspected Muslim insurgents who left a note by the body warning Buddhists to leave the area that has been gripped by bloody violence for three years, police said. Two others were also killed Sunday. The man and his wife were shot to death while working at a rubber plantation in Yala province, said police Lt. Kittiphong Phuduangjit. After shooting the man three times in the chest, the assailants beheaded him and left the head a few meters (feet) from the body with a note that said: "You crazy Buddhists. We will continue to kill you all unless you leave our land," said Kittiphong. It was signed by a group that called itself the Pattani Fighters, a reference to one of the region's troubled provinces, he said. Two other notes were left near the body with similar messages. In a separate attack, another Buddhist was killed in Yala by a gunman on a motorcycle, said police Lt. Narasak Chiangsuk, who blamed the attack on insurgents. Drive-by shootings and bombings occur almost daily in Thailand's three southernmost Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani, where an Islamic insurgency that flared in January 2004 has killed more than 1,900 people. Police, soldiers and others viewed as collaborators with the government are targeted, along with Buddhists. Buddhist monks have been beheaded, Buddhist teachers slain, and leaflets have been distributed around Buddhist villages warning that raising dogs and drinking alcohol are offensive to Muslims. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #10 ROP shows its kinkier side; Radical bodyart... No heads, no hands, other nicities.... Allan at the bar... Alcohol free, of course! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-14 16:04 |
| #9 IIUC - spillover from Malaysia and Indo jihadis. One of 49Pan's buddies is there, I'd defer to him or Phil B for local take |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-14 15:58 |
| #8 Seems like non-confrontational Buddhists are sitting ducks when it comes to belligerents like these. We can only hope they crack and get Shaolin on their asses. By the way, is the 'insurgency' of the Salfi/Wahhabi variety? Curious who these guys are/what their beef is. |
| Posted by: Jump Wheatch9614 2007-01-14 15:32 |
| #7 The religion of Pieces is acting so pissfully. Praise be to Muhamhead, pork be upon him. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-01-14 15:26 |
| #6 "Must leave their land" oh really? When will the Thai government get it's act together and go Sherman on these folk? It's the only thing that works. Make ALL the Muslims in the south feel so much pain and misery that the will to fight leaves them. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-01-14 14:08 |
| #5 Perhaps the Buddhists have decided they have no need for their heads. Obviously they aren't using them or they would realize they are in a fight to their deaths and would begin to resist in a manner that the Muz wouldn't forget for two or three generations. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2007-01-14 12:37 |
| #4 obviously a rogue element |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-01-14 10:52 |
| #3 How very uncharacteristic for the ROP |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2007-01-14 10:17 |
| #2 Smells like peace! Smells like Mujihideen spirit! |
| Posted by: Shomosh Jomoque2021 2007-01-14 10:12 |
| #1 I love the smell of islam in the morning. Smells like peace! |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-01-14 09:27 |