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Almost without notice by the network news opinion spinners the situation in the 4 Moslem provinces of southern Thailand is getting more serious.
On 28 April hundreds of insurgents, mostly armed with knives, machetes, and shotguns attacked police stations throughout those four provinces. More than 100 insurgents were reported killed. The police had all the firepower, and they appear to have been informed before the attacks began that the attacks were coming.
According to reports during the attacks the insurgents used loud hailers calling on the local population to rise up in a "Jihad" against the Thai authorities.
Traditionally the Thai Muslim community in these provinces has been against radical Islamic doctrine. However a seperatist campaign, funded then by Libyan money did occur in the 70's and 80's.
Apparently calls are being made by more radical Islamic leaders in these provinces once again for a seperate "Islamic" nation. No one is really sure who is behind the latest calls for Jihad, but the radical moslem groups from Malaysia and Indonesia are the best suspects. However, there is surely a "home-grown" element in this. The Muslim population is dissatisfied with the Thai authorities treatment of the Muslem majority.
We will have to wait and see what happens, but this situation can get very serious if the population starts to listen to the radicals and join the "Jihad".
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So far, here in the US, we have changed school dress codes to allow the wearing of head scarves, and have watched as mosques have been built and loud speakers installed on the outside to announce the calls to prayers.
What's next, where, and when ?
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