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Officials fiddle as terrorists gain

Violence and terrorism in the far South of Thailand has claimed more than 50 lives in the first two months of 2004. Missteps, mistakes and in-fighting between security forces have caused a serious problem to spiral almost out of control.

Wassana Nanuam is Thailand's leading analyst of military and security affairs and has reported from her native Thailand and other hot spots for the Bangkok Post. She wrote this background investigation exclusively for Newsean. Click here -> to read it.

Also: An account of the terrible night of the fires on January 4 (below). And in Bangkok, a conference to fight international terrorism and cross border crime starts promisingly. Then it tails off into gobbledygook, jargon and another missed opportunity to face up to the serious problems posed by criminals and terrorists who exploit national borders. Our report is here.
Night of the fires


Just as the New Year began, terrorists staged coordinated attacks in three southern provinces. They burnt 20 schools. At the same time, a group of raiders attacked a Thai army base, murdered four soldiers and stole weapons.

The attacks kicked off another round of mistrust and misunderstandings between the mostly Muslim southerners close to Malaysia and the Thai government. Martial law was declared, but the real danger is that international terrorists of Jemaah Islamiyah will exploit the problem... more ->
 
Terror's Southeast Asia connection

Another link to Thailand New revelations from a series of arrests in England.

The 9/11 Commission Report tells how the terrorist gangs considered Southeast Asia as a target, a fertile ground to scout and develop young terrorist talent and to find secure convention facilities in the good hotels and excellent restaurants of Bangkok.

Yet more proof has come in a London court of the clear, immediate danger, and a warning against continued dawdling over cross-border cooperation... Click here -> for the story.


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Quote of the week
'Now that they have signaled even Muslim lives can be taken, I think the Muslim community has to be more vigilant than before.'
Yaacob Ibrahim, Muslim Affairs Minister of Singapore, after the Turkey car bombings

 

 

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