| Submit your comments on this article |
| Southeast Asia |
| Thailand holding peace talks with Muslim militants |
| 2012-08-17 |
| Thailand's government is holding peace talks with some Muslim Yuthasak said, "Don't call it negotiations ... but there are talks to achieve peace, which is a crucial government policy. The government has assigned the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center responsibility for the talks, as they are well aware of whom to talk to." The talks are with splinter groups from the Runda Kumpulan Kecil, one of a web of Yuthasak said, "We are talking with newly established groups of young people who separated from the RKK," adding that up to 9,000 He said the National Intelligence Agency issued warnings last Friday that all security agencies must step up their efforts during the last 10 days of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month. Meanwhile, a car-bomb attack on a government office in Pattani's Panare district yesterday damaged several vehicles but caused no casualties. The incident was of particular concern from a security perspective, as the car used was not on a watch list of eight vehicles snatched by Pattani police chief Pol Maj-General Phichet Pitisetthapant said this pickup truck was a vehicle reported missing in Bangkok. The use of a vehicle reported lost in Bangkok in a car-bomb attack in the deep South would seem to indicate a connection between the capital and the deep South. Meanwhile, more than 20 targets including gas stations, surveillance cameras, convenience stores, high-voltage electrical poles and mobile-phone signal posts in Pattani's Khok Pho and Nong Chik districts were hit by firebombs on Wednesday night and yesterday. Petrol pumps at an Esso station in Khok Pho district were damaged in an arson attack at 10 a.m. yesterday by three men armed with pistols. At around 8 p.m. yesterday, mobile-phone signal posts were set on fire in three spots. Ten minutes later, firebombs went off at two convenience stores in Nong Chik district, causing minor damage. Around 9:30 p.m., an unknown number of |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 "Convert or die comes to mind!" I don't care if they convert - they're welcome to just die. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-08-17 17:58 |
| #2 Waste of time and talking. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-08-17 17:40 |
| #1 Muslims dont believe in peace/co-existance. Convert or die comes to mind! |
| Posted by: Angeamp Turkeyneck4941 2012-08-17 12:46 |