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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
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| It's too bad that there are so many problems in those (4) states in the south. The muslims in Malaysia are very nice and peaceful. You cross a line and then they turn into terrorists. I guess if we were able to make the best changes, it would be to give those areas to Malaysia and hopefully that would calm them down. However, we all know this would never happen, but one can dream. Especially, since Thailand is a pretty peaceful place as well, concerning general violence. |
The Muslims of the four southern provinces have a long standing historical grievance with the Thai state. Yala, Satun, Pattani and Narathiwat are the seats of Malay culture, but were given over to Thailand by the British in Malaysia in the 1800s. Your assertion that 'over the border they turn into terrorists' doesn't quite ring true as the struggle for independence in the south is more of a national revolution than your classic terrorist campaign. It was only after Thai Muslims coming back from serving in Afghanistan began to feature in the movement that linkages with radical Islamist terror became evident. Thai Muslims have legitimate grievences with the Bangkok government, especially its campaign of assimilation. Thailand has a pretty bad track record of dealing with its minorities, the Hmong in the north are testimony to this. Thaksin has dealt with this issue badly and risks threatening the stability of the whole country if he continues to do so. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
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Muslims.
I doubt the anti -thaksin movement would ever taint itself with something like that. |
dude, give me a break. Why the hell would they do that? Why would they attack some random gov't official? |
Thats true, i was a bit kneejerk there. Its not their style at all.
But lets bear in mind also that Thailand would be desperate to cover it up if it was.
The bomb was in the heartland of the tourism hub of Bangkok...yet it conveniently happened to be near some govt officials house: a handy explanation for the media. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| of course they'd be quick to cover it up no matter who was responsible due to the location of the bombing. Maybe it was just some wack job. Who knows? |
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bigverne
Joined: 12 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| preferring to concentrate on agents of the Thai state in the south |
Are Bhuddist monks and school teachers 'agents of the state'? |
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