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2004-01-09 Southeast Asia

Al-Qaeda links to southern Thailand blasts

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-09 12:11:34 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Alrighty I'm gonna bite here...I've been seeing a huge spate of attacks lately in Thailand have been reported here. What the heck is going on out there? Are we having opium wars with Al Quaeda trying to wrest control over there of the supply? Dan could you provide some insight if you got any?

Posted by Val 2004-1-9 4:02:47 AM|| 2004-1-9 4:02:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The "drug dealers" and bandidos involved will be local boyz of the sort you'd find hanging on street corners - sellers, not producers. They're there only to provide muscle, and they'll be discarded once there's a sufficient crop of madrassa graduates available.

Opium production's not a factor - that's way to the north and west. This is a purely ideological/political war. At this stage there's probably only minimal Saudi money flowing it, and that through the KMM. Look for the "brains" of the operation in Terengganu, in Malaysia.

Posted by Fred 2004-1-9 9:01:21 AM|| 2004-1-9 9:01:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Also, while Mahathir may be nuts, he has little patience for the KMM and has more or less forced the cannon fodder of it to flee north (though the PAS remains intact, unfortunately) to escape the jug. So as they flee, they bring their jihadi tendencies with them and wackiness (to say nothing of a heavy corpse count) ensues.

Also, al-Qaeda involvement in the drug trade is nothing new, we've known about that for quite awhile.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-1-9 12:02:03 PM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-1-9 12:02:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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