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| Thai generals ask former assassin to be security adviser | |
| 2007-05-27 | |
| Frustrated by their inability to pacify a Muslim insurgency and concerned about rising impatience toward their rule, Thailand's generals have named a former commando and self-described assassin as their top security adviser. The appointment this month of Pallop Pinmanee, a retired general notorious for his harsh tactics but admired for his survival instincts, appears to be an acknowledgement that the military-backed government's conciliatory approach toward Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand has failed. "The way to solve the problem in the south is to get the people on your side," Pallop said in an interview this week. But if the violence continues, he said, the military should carry out "search and destroy" missions against the insurgents. "If we cannot make them surrender, then we have no choice - we have to destroy them."
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| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #9 Ummmm, My new boss is an assasin? Are you trying to tell me something? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-27 16:53 |
| #8 sounds like the right guy at the right time. No more paper origamis, now you feel the blade and bullet, biatches! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-27 10:31 |
| #7 Here in Bangkok, one of the great "money quotes" of 2006 was by this guy, as he was being sacked as effective head of the Thai Internal Security Operations Command - because of suspicion that he was behind a failed half-ass asssination attempt on then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. His words: "If had wanted to do it, I would have done it more subtly...In my career, I have lead death squads. If I had wanted to kill him, the Prime Minister would not have escaped." |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2007-05-27 07:54 |
| #6 The appointment this month of Pallop Pinmanee, a retired general notorious for his harsh tactics but admired for his survival instincts, appears to be an acknowledgement that the military-backed government's conciliatory approach toward Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand has failed. The man sounds emminently suited to deal with Muslims. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-27 06:56 |
| #5 "But if the violence continues, he said, the military should carry out "search and destroy" missions against the insurgents. "If we cannot make them surrender, then we have no choice - we have to destroy them."" Works for me. Go for it. Soonest. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-27 05:10 |
| #4 Pallop Pinmanee The name Hudna holds. (sigh) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-05-27 03:51 |
| #3 People mistakenly think that Buddhists are pacifists : they are generally not. And the Muslims in the south of Thailand are about to learn just how NOT pacifistic this particular Thai can be. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-05-27 02:15 |
| #2 Finally! Itsa wahabbit season! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-05-27 00:47 |
| #1 You got it General. They ate the carrots now whack the hell out of them with a very big stick. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-27 00:34 |