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Southeast Asia
Thai official says that southern jihadis are funded by al-Qaeda
2008-01-18
then, immediately tries to take it back

The Islamic insurgency in ThailandÂ’s southern provinces is no longer a local separatist struggle but part of a broader jihadi movement, a government official claimed on Friday.

Chaiya Yimvilai, a government spokesman, said fighting the local insurgency was now more difficult as the rebels were receiving money from al-Qaeda. “The situation has intensified recently because they received money from overseas, from the international terror organisation al-Qaeda,” he said at a media briefing.

However, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont immediately played down the claim and stressed that there was no definitive information to support it. “They may share the same ideology. We don't know for sure if they are indeed connected,” he said.

Bangkok has always rebuffed sporadic claims that Thai Islamic radicals could be linked to a larger Islamic terrorist organisation, and in particular to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

Indonesia-based JI wants to unite countries across South-east Asia into a caliphate. It has been linked to some of the worst terrorist attacks in the region since 2000, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 and injured 200 others.

Using leaflets, Thai Muslim rebels have routinely stated their goal of establishing an independent Islamic state (Pattani Darulislam) in southern Thailand but never stated a desire to create a larger association.
Posted by:ryuge

#6  Again, the OSAMA BIN LADEN I KNOW IS IRAN-CENTRIC, i.e. IHO/IHView the final all-decisive "Do or Die" ISLAMIST APOCALYPSE MUST BE FOUGHT AND WON AGZ USA-WEST IN IRAN - ANYPLACE ELSE IS TERTIARY REGARDLESS OF LEVEL/MAGNITUDE OF LOCAL OPERATIONS BY OPPOS CAMPS. IMO this will NOT change as long as OBL and aligned are alive and control Al Qaeda, etc.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-01-18 20:19  

#5  Lest we fergit, the TALIBAN recently under Mullah Omar formally declared jihad = war? on the whole of SOUTH-SE ASIA including THAILAND, MALAYSIA + INDONESIA. INDIA??? > IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT AQ IS INVOL SINCED AQ HAS REPEATEDLY SAID IT WILL SUPPOR ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS ANYWHERE.

Like any good dedic DIALECTIST/WAFFLECRAT, the Islamists = Spetzlamists are intent on destabilizing and defeating the US-West both milpol on the battlefield + international diplomacy, as well as to bankrupt economically by inducing massive internal Govt.-centric expansion via SOCIALISM-GOVERNMENTISM in the PC name of NATIONAL-GLOBAL SECURITY [OWB-NWO/Empire].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-01-18 20:10  

#4  Amazing powers of deduction.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-01-18 17:02  

#3  Not to mention Iranian Hezbollah.
Posted by: Danielle   2008-01-18 10:34  

#2  Exactly, and by rights, Thailand should declare war on Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: wxjames   2008-01-18 10:30  

#1  Pay to the order of: Any muslim terrorist
Amount: Blank
Signed: Saudi Arabia
Posted by: ed   2008-01-18 09:09  

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