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Southeast Asia

Emergency meeting called after bomb blast in Thailand

2004-03-28

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called an emergency security meeting today after a bomb blast hit a tourist district in the Muslim south, injuring 28 people including Malaysian visitors. Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Defence Minister Chetta Tanajaro and army commander Chaisit Shinawatra attended the crisis talks on the escalating violence, a government official said. About 55 people including government officials, police and army officers, and even Buddhist monks have been killed in a wave of attacks in the Muslim-dominated south since the beginning of the year.

Another interface between the "Religion of Peace" and the real world, with resulting casualties.

But the bomb blast last night in Sungai Kolok, a town on the Malaysian border that is packed with nightspots, karaoke bars and brothels, is the first time the attacks have targeted civilians or tourist districts. The bomb was placed on a motorcycle near a strip of bars, injuring local residents as well as workers and customers, police said.

Sounds like a jihadi attack all right.

Captain Paibul Wattanatham from Sungai Kolok police station said two people were seriously injured and were being treated in an intensive care unit, but that they were out of danger. They were not immediately able to say how many Malaysians were hurt. "Police are investigating the incident but we cannot disclose the progress we have made yet," he said. Narathiwat provincial governor Wichom Thongsong said the attack was carried out in retaliation for the government's efforts to rein in the violence in the south, including the arrest last week of nine alleged ringleaders. "The bomb was a response to authorities who are working to re-establish order in the south," he said, adding that as yet no one had taken responsibility for the blast.

Just do what the jihadis tell you to do and you won't face any more bombings. Ask Zapatero, he knows.

Posted by:Steve White

#2 Nine. Ring...leaders.

"Three rings for the Baath-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Taliban-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Saudi where the Shadows lie."

Posted by: Steve 2004-03-28 11:19:25 AM

#1 (rubs chin)
Hmmmm...

Nine. Ring...leaders.

Nah.

Posted by: mojo 2004-03-28 3:08:23 AM

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