Guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [color:"white"] . . . . [/color] There are several important NEWS events that are not getting reported or are not mention much. [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"green"] Here are a few. [/color] The one I find puzzling is the theft from a school of about 40 propane tanks down south. These could be used as weapons, and being that elections are almost upon us, even the Thai government is concerned about this turn of events. Another piece of news that is no longer being reported is the new number of people dead from the tsumani. Last I read, it was approaching 220,000. With problems in the south and elections approaching, the possibility of terrorist activity in Thailand is a good possibility. Some precautions should be taken, but nothing has been mentioned about this either. [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"green"] You know of any others? [/color] [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Hi MM, this article has been on The Nation website for 3 days. ------------ Bomb-plot fears grow after 40 gas cylinders stolen Published on Jan 21 , 2005 Police worried 40 stolen gas cylinders to be used in violence on election day Pattani - A senior police officer yesterday expressed concern over the theft of 40 cooking-gas cylinders stolen from the kitchens of three public schools in the restive province of Narathiwat over the past few days, saying they could be used to carry out bombing activities. Provincial Police Region 9 deputy commissioner Maj-General Thani Thawitsri voiced suspicion that the theft could be linked to reported preparations by militants to mount a major operation to disrupt the February 6 general election. In June 2001, police defused a car bomb near a hotel in Narathiwat, he said. Militants had left a car filled with gas cylinders packed with Power Gel explosives. ?I suspect militants might try to stage car-bomb attacks on election day,? he said. Shop owner Chuchart Silamart said one of his cylinders was stolen and that the same item had also been taken from other shops. Meanwhile, police in the three southernmost provinces are working overtime to investigate a series of terror attacks over the past two days. The development coincided with Muslim celebrations marking the end of the pilgrimage season. An unknown number of militants tossed a home-made fire-bomb into a tea shop in Pattani?s Muang district late on Wednesday night, said Pattani police superintendent Colonel Somchit Nasomyont. Shop owner Danai Kanchitanurak heard a window shatter and was able to douse the fire before it could cause much damage, said Somchit. Danai found a suspicious-looking box under a tree near his shop about three hours after investigators left the scene, he said. Investigators returned to check Danai?s shop and the box before calling in the bomb squad, he said. ?The box contained a home-made bomb consisting of 2 kilograms of urea fertiliser as an explosive and attached to a mobile phone converted as a detonator,? he said. Police suspect that the bomb was meant to harm investigators while checking the scene, but it failed to go off. The police superintendent said the bomb was assembled in a manner similar to two others defused last month in Nong Chik and Yaring districts. In neighbouring Narathiwat, police said two unidentified assailants opened fire on fruit vendor Winai Hayakangchat and his friend, Uthis Kheow-on, in Sungai Kolok district on Wednesday night. Winai and Uthis were seriously wounded and remain in intensive care at the district hospital. In a separate attack on the same night, suspected militants torched a mushroom-nursery building belonging to ex-policeman Weerapol Srisuk in Narathiwat?s Waeng district. In Yala, two residents yesterday suffered bruises while ducking shots fired by two gunmen in Raman district. Tayudin Sa-ong and Masabri Hawa said they were behind a religious school when they saw a motorcycle approaching them. An unidentified male riding pillion pulled out a pistol and began firing at them, the two said in a statement filed with police. The two suffered bruises on their hands and knees caused by crawling under a makeshift wooden structure to dodge the bullets. Provincial police suspect the militants were responsible for the pre-dawn torching of a public telephone booth in front of a mosque in Krong Pinang sub-district earlier yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 [color:"white"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [/color] [color:"green"] You know of any others? [/color] Yes, just saw on the news about a local company here that just sold 155 new firetrucks for the city of Bangkok..... BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 220 000 in total MM or in Thailand? DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nervous_Dog said:220 000 in total MM or in Thailand? DOG in total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I know - I was wondering if MM had news that wasnt reported! DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasdave49 Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 when are the elections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thats not ebing told either, they are keeping the date a secret DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krml Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 vegasdave49 said:when are the elections? I believe it is on February 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 Wooah! Conspiracy theories abound. Time methinks to don the hats made from tin foil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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