Forces scour South for attackers

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Forces scour South for attackers

Police insist arrested suspects not scapegoats

Published: 30 Jul 2012 at 00.00
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A combined force of hundreds of police, soldiers and civilian officials has been deployed to go after 13 armed militants who remain at large after unleashing a barrage of bullets at six soldiers patrolling on motorcycles in Pattani's Mayo district on Saturday morning.

Two military rangers stop and talk to the driver of a pickup truck in Pattani’s Muang district. Security officers have stepped up checks on vehicles following intelligence reports that insurgents are planning bomb attacks, with the bombslikely to be hidden in such trucks. PAREZ LOHASANT

Most of the militants were natives of Mayo and further investigations found they were still hiding in the district, Mayo police chief Pol Col Gong-aut Suwannakham told the Bangkok Post.

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geoffo
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Discussion 8 : 30 Jul 2012 at 07.308
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Gen Prayuth called on people posting video of the southern violence to stop doing so as it served no purpose. Wrong Mr P -it exposes the problem.

"Do they want the international community to get involved in this issue?" he asked. Answer :Yes Mr P

If there was ever doubt about how much "face " is the factor that governs all they do his words just proved it is the most important thing. Now we understand about the bomb detectors
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Discussion 7 : 30 Jul 2012 at 06.507
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What is that prove spiceman? My nephew is serving there right now and it nerving to think that anything could happen to him which of course would affect all of us as a family. Did you think America got it right spiceman?
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Discussion 6 : 30 Jul 2012 at 06.476
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"Who is doing the killing and WHY?"

Well, two days ago, the PTP government said this was all drug dealers. Whenever they can't solve a problem they just blame it on drug dealers. Try researching the subject. There's plenty of material available on many different theories of the causes of the civil unrest in the South. Some theories are religious, some cultural although it's probably some combination.
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Discussion 5 : 30 Jul 2012 at 06.195
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"We want more villagers who witnessed the crime scene and also knew these militants to help provide us with information that could lead to more arrests soon," the police chief said."

Very good idea, but, from what I've learned, it will not happen as long as locals see Thais as 'outsiders.' There's the real challenge!
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Discussion 4 : 30 Jul 2012 at 05.424
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May be we need to require whoever wants to serve as PM and MPs to have the members of their families serving in the military in the Deep South, in order for the Govt to finally get its priority right. As long as, the poor, lowly, and expendable soldiers, as well as, the poor villagers whom the soldiers are supposed to be protecting, are the ones who continue to pay with their lives, nothing will ever change. As all this Govt wants to do is to find a way to return TS to Thailand "in style."
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Discussion 3 : 30 Jul 2012 at 05.263
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Is the problem here a religeous one? Are the Muslims causing the problem ?Who is doing the killing and WHY?
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Discussion 2 : 30 Jul 2012 at 03.532
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Hey hey.. passenger-side approaches whenever possible. These female cops doesn't do the right thing.

Research conducted in California many years ago showed that more than 90% of the officers making a traditional driver’s side approaches missed a suspect hidden in the back seat of the car they had stopped. In contrast, officers who made a passenger-side approach found the hidden suspect 100% of the time.

After that training was adopted.. but not in Thailand.
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Discussion 1 : 30 Jul 2012 at 03.511
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This is getting on a par with Iraq.

Thailand you certainly thrive on extreme ways to be recognised.
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