Bangkok terror attack warning

[bust]

Bangkoktraveler said:

If you are right, then who are the ones doing the terrorist type activities in Iraq and Afghanastan?

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US UK and OZ officials now seem to acknowledge that the war has not lessened the likelihood of attacks inside the United States or it's allies. As CIA Director George Tenet testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee las year, Al Qaeda detainees "consistently talk about the importance the group still attaches to striking the main enemy, the United States.... Even catastrophic attacks on the scale of September 11 remain within Al Qaeda's reach."

 

If the Al Qaeda heavies had been wiped out in Afghanistan during the winter of 2001, President Bush might have gone down in history as one of the more adroit wartime presidents. Instead, Al Qaeda's leaders and many of its foot soldiers went on to fight another day. Making matters worse, then Bush the IMBOCILE volunteered us all for a counter productive war in Iraq that has cost dearly for all involved in one way or another hence we have threads like this one. Few mourn the defeat of Saddam, a tyrant who will surely join Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler in some especially unpleasant corner of hell. Getting of the topic I hope they save some room for the Burmese Generals who have been sometimes labelled the Nazi Party of the 21st century. However, the war against Saddam wasn't conducted under the banner of liberating the Iraqi people, but rather under the banner of winning the war on terrorism. And by that standard, it has been a grotesque failure.

 

What we have done in Iraq is what bin Laden could not have hoped for in his wildest dreams: We invaded an oil-rich Muslim nation in the heart of the Middle East, the very type of imperial adventure that bin Laden has long predicted was the United States' long-term goal in the region. We deposed the secular socialist Saddam, whom bin Laden has long despised, ignited Sunni and Shia fundamentalist fervor in Iraq, and have now provoked a "defensive" jihad that has galvanized jihad-minded Muslims around the world. It's hard to imagine a set of policies better designed to sabotage the war on terrorism.

So you ask who are doing or more to the point creating the attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, I hope I've just answered it for you.

[chuckwoww]

"So you ask who are doing or more to the point creating the attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan...."

 

I think that was a response to your suggestion about them not shitting in their backyard. I don't think the insurgents/jihadists/terrorists give a damn where or how they fight anymore. They just blame America/Israel for all their problems period. And Bush certainly hasn't helped change any minds. Also there seems to be an endless supply of suicide bombers or martyrs as they call them.

 

Flasher's right about Arabs in Bangkok....most of those guys you see over on Soi 3 are tourists or businessmen.

[Bangkoktraveler]

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So you ask who are doing or more to the point creating the attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, I hope I've just answered it for you.

 

No, you only caused some confusion.

 

From what I have been told, which I cold be wrong, is that the ones using themselves as a vehicle for a bomb in Iraq and Afghanistan are predominately Moslems. The point Chuckwoww made is that the Moslem terrorist factions do not seem to care whose back yard they shit in, which I agree. Which implies that terrorist activities can occur in Bangkok.

 

Back to the original question that deals with Bangkok being a target, the answer has to be YES. Those died when the Mosque in southern Thailand was attacked and those who died later on when their bodies were piled onto trucks like kindling wood must still have their flame for revenge burning ideeply n their hearts. This could end up being the catalyst which may bring havoc onto Bangkok. Being that Bangkok has been targeted in the past, I see nothing to lead me to believe that Bangkok is not being targeted now.

 

Being that Thailand supports the war in Iraq, this has further misaligned Thailand with other Moslem groups outside of Thailand.

[lembeh]

 

>you'll see that bust1 made a very good point. IDSS is a think tank with its own agenda.

 

 

Not if you do even a quick search, and find their web site. They are a research institute within the nanyang technological university in Singapore.

 

>you'll see that bust1 made a very good point. IDSS is a think tank with its own agenda.

 

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/idss/about_idss/director_welcome.html#

 

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/idss/about_idss/staff_profile_research.html

[Flashermac]

chuckwoww said:

Flasher's right about Arabs in Bangkok....most of those guys you see over on Soi 3 are tourists or businessmen.

 

 

An Israeli friend told me not to worry about the Arabs over there. As he put it, "Fundamentalists don't come to Bangkok on holiday."

[bust]

Those who died in the south in 2002 I think it was was not related to what we ae disccussing now. There is a big difference between an act of terrorism and the "WAR ON TERROR" A lot of what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan at the moment is a power struggle nothing to do with terrorism. It a internal battle now to find out who will control what. Sure there is the ongoing jihad against the infidel but some of it at times becomes blurred especially with some media outlets. I won't for one minute exclude Thailand as a potential target but I would suggest BKK would be highly unlikely although I do realize nothing is absolute.

[Nervous_Dog]

<<p.s. Amongst the alleged targets marked on a map taken when Ham-bali was captured were the Israeli guest houses and restaurants near KSR! >>

 

Which is interesting as its a short cut used by a lot of people travellin between the two heavy young farang areas.

 

DOG

[limbo]

BKKTraveler and Samak,

 

I agree with you guys that a Farang frequented area is a 'suitable' target, however, I don't think they can get as much mileage out of NP or SC than other Farang targets.

That's more in line with what I wanted to express and my two samples may not have been that good indeed.

[simie]

Limbo, i agree with you on this one. There would get far more international press coverage hitting a target like Phuket full of nice middle aged couples or KSR killing lots of sweet young things backpacking on daddies credit card. Coverage would be far less for a load of middle aged whoremongers/sex tourists in NEP or SC. Or at least thats the way the press would see them. Just look at the recent tragic case of the young student murdered on Samui and the HUGE tv and press coverage in the UK. You could have 50 middle aged sex tourists found with a plastic bag over their heads and hands tied behind their backs and it would be lucky if they got a couple of lines in the middle of the paper.

Simie.

[limbo]

Sad but true.