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More insurgents ready to defect

Only 3 of first batch face criminal charges

Another group of suspected southern insurgents is likely to surrender this month, according to Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa, who supervises security affairs.

Troops take part in paintball and BB gun training exercises at the 11th Infantry Regiment before being sent to the deep South to tackle the insurgency. PATTANAPONG HIRUNARD

Gen Yutthasak yesterday quoted the governors of the southern border provinces as reporting that another group of suspected insurgents was preparing to turn themselves in to provincial authorities.

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  • cadcolin

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    Discussion 6 : 18 Sep 2012 at 13.316

    a load of insurgents surrender within a week no doubt the deputy PM will spin it as his victory but in my mind it’s just on-going operations coming to fruition congratulations should be going to the previous people running the security operations you may have got a load of smaller less dedicated people but all is not won yet you now will be left with a dedicated fanatical core who won’t be swayed by pardons and incentives these are the people that you have to stop and how are you going to do that
    No easy answer to that one stamping down on the local population will create sympathisers and new recruits
    You need to make the local population want the rule of government more than dreams of independence
    This is the start of a long process

  • aussie

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    Discussion 5 : 18 Sep 2012 at 12.005

    Ok we all surrender too Chalerm , now how much do we get for that exactly , ka ching ?

  • dao

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    Discussion 4 : 18 Sep 2012 at 10.454

    I find it curious that after Chalerm gets put in charge suddenly people just decide to surrender .Why is that ? Are they being bought ? Thats the only answer I can see .

  • bern1005

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    Discussion 3 : 18 Sep 2012 at 09.383

    I agree with pjt (D1) that all steps on the path of violence must be welcomed, but it appears that the vast majority of these "defectors" are not men of violence at all.

  • jacksprat

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    Discussion 2 : 18 Sep 2012 at 09.112

    The defections at least are a start. If they really thought their side was winning, the defectors would not quit.

  • pjt

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    Discussion 1 : 18 Sep 2012 at 07.021

    I know there is a lot of scepticism in certain quarters about these defections, however all should be welcomed if they are a step along the way of the community (and their families) turning against and isolating the hard core terrorists. This is an essential step to bringing violence to an end in a way that relying only on military action will not achieve

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