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Southeast Asia
20 teachers killed in southern Thailand this year
2007-12-28
There were more attacks on schools and teachers in the restive South in the past year than in the previous three years, with almost 150 schools burned down and more than 20 teachers killed, according to an official report released yesterday.

Twenty-six educational personnel were killed and 22 injured. These include 15 male and six female teachers and five school staff members. ''The record shows that the number of schools and education officials attacked is higher than in the previous years,'' said Mr Karun.

The latest cases of arson at schools happened on Tuesday and Wednesday when terrorists insurgents burned down four schools in Pattani and Yala provinces. As the annual report on the southern jihad's insurgency's impact on schools and educational personnel was released, teachers in the South continue to be targeted by terrorists insurgents, leading to the closure of more than 10 schools in Pattani yesterday.

Ya Arsae, the acting headmaster of Ban Mako school in Kapho district, said he received a phone call from an unidentified person threatening to bomb the school and attack the teachers if he did not suspend classes. ''At least 10 school headmasters in the province have received similar threats so we decided to temporary close the schools for the kids and teachers' safety,'' said Mr Ya. Classes may be resumed after the New Year holidays next week, he added.

Mr Ya said teachers in Pattani were living in fear after security officers arrested suspects implicated in the killings of three officers in a teacher protection unit in front of Ban Mako school earlier this week. ''We are afraid that the terrorists insurgents will attack us to avenge the arrest of their friends,'' he said.

Meanwhile, Narathiwat police arrested a suspected member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) terrorist separatist group in Rueso district yesterday. Yako Maree was taken for further questioning to Ingkhayutthaboriharn military camp in Pattani's Nong Chik district after security forces found several items used in terrorist insurgency attacks in his house. Among the items found were four handguns, a walkie-talkie radio antenna and bomb-making devices, officers said. Mr Yako, however, denied any involvement with the terrorist insurgent group.
Posted by:ryuge

#2  To keep the people enslaved it is best to keep them uneducated. With this historically accurate statement in mind, think again about the state of the public education system in the US.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-12-28 09:44  

#1  Note that nowhere in this article does the author mention that these are attacks by fanatic Muslims on infidels. Note also that the author's first name is Muhamad.
Posted by: Gazoo   2007-12-28 09:33  

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