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Southeast Asia
Thai terrorists kill woman, set her on fire
2014-02-13
Suspected terrorists insurgents on Wednesday evening gunned down a female bank employee, burned her body and left a note with written message to Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.

The body of Sayamol sae Lim was discovered near her motorcycle on a local highway. When security officers and a paramedic team arrived at the scene, they found her head and upper torso in flames.

The victim was returning to her home when an unknown number of attackers shot her and used gasoline to burn her body. The assailants left a note with a written message that challenged security forces and Gen Prayuth. The message read: "Dear army chief this is not the last body after the three brothers."

The message apparently referred to the Feb 3 shooting attack that killed three Malay-Muslim brothers — aged 6, 9 and 11 years-old — and wounded their parents in Narathiwat province, in an incident that shocked local residents and the authorities.
Posted by:ryuge

#4  Our own Bangkok Billy
Posted by: Frank G   2014-02-13 21:52  

#3  I'm not well informed about the background and have no recommendations there. The newspaper that seems to have the best, most detailed reporting in the region is the Bangkok Post (as I used for this post). I'd mention Yon's posts on Twitter and Facebook, but you're already aware of him.
Posted by: ryuge   2014-02-13 21:51  

#2  I don't know. I'd have to start picking out a couple chapters each out of about a dozen and a half books.

Keep in mind a lot of the problems date back to the departure of England and France as colonial powers, and their eventual replacement by Russia and China as colonial overlords of the area.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-02-13 20:27  

#1  Questions for the professors of Rantburg U:

First, what sources do you recommend for learning more about tensions in Thailand and Burma? Michael Yon has posted some good information and some gut-wrenching photos. Any other suggestions?

Second, I'm having trouble using the "search" feature on the Burg to look up previous postings on these matters. I don't know whether your search engine just doesn't like my machine, or if I'm typing something wrong.

Thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thailand_provinces_en.svg

Useful map
Posted by: mom   2014-02-13 10:30  

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