Two killed in far South

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Published: 3/02/2012 at 06:56 PM
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A woman was shot dead in Pattani and an illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Narathiwat on Friday morning, in attacks police blamed on insurgents.

Saiburi police chief Arsis Umayee said a woman was killed and her husband and young son seriously injured in a drive-by shooting in Pattani’s Saiburi district this morning.Korde Leeheng, 40, was driving his Honda sedan to Saiburi on the Narathiwat-Pattani road together with his wife, Sakina Phitak, and his eight-year-old son when gunmen on another car sprayed bullets at them with AK47 and M16 assault rifles. The attackers then fled.Mrs Sakina took several bullets in the torso and died instantly in the front passenger seat. Mr Korde and his young son were each hit several times in the body and taken to hospital.Police blamed separatist militants.In Narathiwat, an illegal oil vendor was killed in an ambush in Bacho district early Friday morning.Bacho police chief Issares Sanguannam identified the victim as Vachira Chanthit, 36, a resident of Narathiwat’s Tak Bai district.Witnesses told police that Vachira and his two friends were travelling in a pickup truck to deliver smuggled oil from Tak Bai to a customer's house at Moo 5 in tambon Bareh Tai of Bacho.Vachira was standing in front of the customer’s house while the two friends were carrying...

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dickemery
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Discussion 2 : 05/02/2012 at 09:11 AM2
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where are the southern leaders who a few days ago called outrage when rangers shot some insurgents today local people get killed by local insurgents but they keep quiet why its ok for muslims to kill muslims but infedels who try to protect them is outrage double standards
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Discussion 1 : 03/02/2012 at 08:08 PM1
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The situation is clearly escalating, something needs to be done, but what? There are so many murders now, and this is the second time in a week that a child has been shot. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the different sides they at least need to be talking about a solution. It is very depressing, and everyone I speak to about it is either too scared to even consider the issue, or simply ignores it.

As others pointed out elsewhere there is a 'double standard' in that any time somebody is killed by the Army or Police there is an outcry, but 'ordinary' murders by insurgents are mere statistics. Until the powers in the land launch a bold initiative this will go on indefinitely. I don't mean 'observation' balloons or more 'forces' either, it is surely time to TALK.
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