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2007-09-07 Southeast Asia

Buddhist vigilantes suspected in Thai raids

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Posted by ryuge 2007-09-07 06:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Thai Insurgency

#1 "We don't shoot innocent Muslims. We only shoot insurgents," he said. "They deserve to be killed."

heh. works for me

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-09-07 08:34|| 2007-09-07 08:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow. Classic Associated Press...

firing assault rifles and hurling grenades from a pickup truck at a group of teenagers relaxing near the mosque.

with senior military commanders shifting suspicion to Buddhist vigilantes and heightening fears that the four-year-old conflict in Thailand's southern Muslim provinces is entering an ominous new phase.

Buddhist vigilantes in official-looking uniforms or security forces, which long have been accused of torturing and secretly killing insurgent suspects.

But in several recent cases of violence against Muslims, suspicion has fallen on shadowy Buddhist vigilante groups.

The stated purpose was self-defense, but the result is a region awash with guns and mounting accusations that Thais United, virtually unknown to the Thai public and mentioned only vaguely in the local press, has become a death squad.

Shinnawat, the military commander, said the government will play into the insurgents' hands if it sponsors revenge killings. "If a civil war breaks out, the military will have to use force to stop it and a lot of people will die," he said. "The insurgents will say that the Thai government's hands are full of blood and it has no right to govern the Muslims. Then, it will be justifiable to call for U.N. intervention."

So don't fight back, folks. Continue to roll over and die. It appears that's the AP angle to the story...

Posted by tu3031 2007-09-07 09:22|| 2007-09-07 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The terrorism has been escalating for 4 years now and the gubmint sits on its hands. Why be surprised when the Buddhists start vigilante groups ? The Buddhists get it. I'm waiting for the European Christians to get it.

Posted by wxjames 2007-09-07 10:51|| 2007-09-07 10:51|| Front Page Top

#4 The gubmint is run by a Muzzi, wxjames.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-07 11:05|| 2007-09-07 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Gen. Phitak said trained members return to their villages to set up patrols>>...~~set up drop zones, receive re-supply drops, conduct long-range reconnaissance patrols, set up raids and ambushes, train Civilian Irregular Defense Group members. It's all good~~.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-09-07 12:13|| 2007-09-07 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 "We don't shoot innocent Muslims."
That doesn't exactly reduce the target pool very much.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-07 12:24|| 2007-09-07 12:24|| Front Page Top

#7 When the Columbian government was seen as ineffective, compromised, or otherwise disinterested in the consequences of FARC, it generated a similar response. It's why most countries would rather see their own population sacrificed to the thugs, murderers and terrorists, than acknowledge the right of the people to bear arms. The enemy at least, even by its destructive actions, acknowledges the authority of the state.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-07 13:28|| 2007-09-07 13:28|| Front Page Top

#8 It's gotta be pretty damn bad when the Buddhists start whacking people. I guess they got tired of having their daughters' throats slit on the way to the (blowed up, burned out) school, huh?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-09-07 14:24|| 2007-09-07 14:24|| Front Page Top

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