Police seek 2 more over blasts

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Sukhumbhand urges alert for whole of city

Published: 18/02/2012 at 03:31 AM
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Police investigators believe two other suspects may have been involved in the bomb blasts that shook Sukhumvit Soi 71 on Tuesday.

A security officer uses a Segway to cover more ground around the sprawling Suvarnabhumi Airport as security is tightened further. PATIPAT JANTHONG

National deputy police chief Pansiri Prapawat said authorities are now seeking to arrest a man they have identified as 52-year-old Nikkhahfard Javad who was seen on surveillance tapes in the area of a Sukhumvit 71 home just before an explosion ripped through it on Tuesday afternoon.

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nowayout
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Discussion 19 : 18/02/2012 at 06:57 PM19
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Some posters keep asking who supplied the C4 and it can be traced etc. C4 an explosive is suppose to be controlled by the Army but everyone knows its readily available on the black market and the armouries are often raided with weapons and explosives going missing. Could have also been smuggled in from one of the several neighbouring countries. Did they ever solve where the C4 bomb found at Pantip Plaza years ago came from?
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Discussion 18 : 18/02/2012 at 03:19 PM18
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As the photo illustrates, there is now a heightened level of security at the airport.
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Discussion 17 : 18/02/2012 at 02:57 PM17
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D16: You should tell it to Yutthasak Sasiprapa that Iran are not friends with Thailand.
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Discussion 16 : 18/02/2012 at 02:32 PM16
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Discussion 4 :
"I'm amazed the Thai FM has not summonsed the Iranian ambassador yet to explain their side. As the two countries are very good friends they should be working together to solve this problem and the Iranians should be searching for the woman involved."

Sorry lazar... you may think that Iran is a "very good friend" of Thailand, but you'd be wrong. Iran is an Islamic republic. They are the (or one of the top) exporters of state-sponsored terrorism in the ME & Asia! Do you think that they will help a Buddhist nation (idolatrous to them) to catch their own citizens?!?
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Discussion 15 : 18/02/2012 at 02:12 PM15
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Many of us asking the question of how these terrorists got their C4 explosive and bomb making material. Obviously they are not brought into Thailand by these terrorists. So the obvious reason is that it is obtained locally. The authority should be looking into this local suppliers and I am sure the police and army may have already done so. It is not too difficult as the C4 should have certain marking embedded.
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Discussion 14 : 18/02/2012 at 01:54 PM14
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med142 D10: it will be easy to find out where the C4 come from if Pattaya is involved. Just a matter of greasing the right palms.
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Discussion 13 : 18/02/2012 at 01:07 PM13
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Public CCTV is very good, its not a breach of liberties. If you have something to hide or up to no good then, yes those people would be against them. They are there to monitor the area and try to help in protecting people. They can be used to convict people and to prove people are innocent also. They can save peoples lives also. They are also a crime deterrant,pickpockets,drug transactions etc, can be monitored.
Innocent people going about there everyday lives would be grateful for this. Criminals are not. They do not like CCTV.
This is in answer to Disc 7#.
CCTV works very well. it even catches 2 people in compromising situations also.
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Discussion 12 : 18/02/2012 at 12:27 PM12
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Will Thailand remain fiends with Iran if more evidence comes to light that the covert arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards is behind these blasts? Isn't it about time the Iranian ambassador is warned if such evidence emerges, there will be consequences for Thai-Iran relations?
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Discussion 11 : 18/02/2012 at 11:38 AM11
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What about the obvious network that is here in Thailand? It could be in pattaya? where did the exposives come from? From the accounts that have been reported, pattaya. Man arrives at hotel.Phones friend.Friend turns up with suitcase. C4 in it? I think the area they really need to concentrate on is Pattaya.
How much C4 is in pattaya? and where?
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Discussion 10 : 18/02/2012 at 11:37 AM10
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Why would a high official feel it "inappropriate" to profile middle eastern people? Who has carried out the most recent terrorist attacks against Thailand and its people? Not Mormons or Amish.
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