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| Bombings target vehicle showrooms in southern Thailand |
| 2006-11-09 |
| Insurgents have set off a series of bombs in car and motorcycle showrooms in Thailand's south, injuring up to 13 people. At least eight showrooms in the town of Yala were targeted simultaneously at about lunchtime. The bombs were hidden inside display vehicles. Separatist groups are believed to be responsible for the attacks which mirror a coordinated bombing campaign two months ago; more than 20 banks were hit in and around Yala in those attacks. Elsewhere in the province, there have been reports that some Buddhists have died after being attacked by Muslim insurgents. Twenty-four Buddhist families have reportedly sought refuge in a temple. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 GS you are correct, only the Southern areas. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-09 17:50 |
| #6 Not good looks like Thailand is slipping away. I don't think all Thai will be converted to islam without any resistance..... |
| Posted by: Grereter Shavick4567 2006-11-09 15:23 |
| #5 Far be it for ABC to call Muslims "terrorist". WTF. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-11-09 12:50 |
| #4 Destroy a local economy, make it unsafe and everyone that can afford to leave will. Then only the poorest, muslims, will be left. Then stand up and blame the problem on the non-muslims and you have the perfect plan to form an islamic controlled Soouthern Thailand. It's so simple even the dumb can do it. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-09 11:24 |
| #3 I think there's a faction of the Thai population - supportive of the coup plotters - that believes in an olive branch to Muslim separatists. I suspect that faction is finding out firsthand whether such a policy is workable. Much like the average American will discover whether policies that are nice to terrorists will result in a safer America, now that Democrats are in charge of both Houses of Congress. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-11-09 09:44 |
| #2 Maybe they were Earth First types on a round-the-world trip of destruction of those evil internal combustion engines. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-11-09 08:49 |
| #1 I heard Ford Motor Co was having a bad year but burning out there competition is a little extreme. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-11-09 08:11 |