TagsTagsFor a long while, mainstream media reports from Thailand claimed that the cause of the ongoing jihad violence was a mystery—“shadowy groups who never issue demands.” But now they seem to have settled on the way to spin it. It’s resistance. The butchers are “fighting for an independent state.” 3 shot ...
The military coup-installed government of Thailand has announced an ambitious program of outreach and aid to the Muslim-dominated south, including amnesty for “insurgents,” to win their hearts and minds. Initial results are less than encouraging: Seven troops killed in Thai south. NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AFP) - Seven soldiers were killed Wednesday in a ...
Five killed in Thailand’s restive south. Five people, including two Muslim children, have been killed by suspected Islamic rebels in separate attacks in Thailand’s violence-torn south, police have said. A group of militants ambushed a motorcycle late on Friday (local time) and shot dead a 45-year-old Muslim man and his two children, ...
Two security officers shot dead in Thai Muslim south. NARATHIWAT - Two security officers have been shot dead by suspected Islamic rebels in Thailand’s restive Muslim-majority south, police said Thursday. A 50-year-old police sergeant was killed in a parked car after a group of militants sprayed the vehicle with bullets Thursday in ...
LGF, Thailand, South Thailand, Islamic Supremacism, Jihad, Appeasement
In addition to the shooting, burning, and beheading reported yesterday in southern Thailand, “insurgents” wounded 20 people when they bombed a market. PATTANI, Thailand - Suspected Islamic insurgents in southern Thailand exploded a bomb at a busy night market and wounded 20 people Monday, police said. Earlier in the day, police ...
LGF, Thailand, South Thailand, Islamic Supremacism, Jihad, Appeasement
Two Buddhists set ablaze in Thai Muslim south. PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim militants beheaded a Buddhist man, shot dead his nephew and set both bodies on fire in Thailand’s rebellious far south, police and soldiers said on Monday. The 30-year man and his 14-year-old nephew were killed in a Muslim ...
LGF, Thailand, South Thailand, Islamic Supremacism, Jihad, Appeasement