BuffHello Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 New wave of explosions rock Thai deep South font size Another wave of explosions rocked Thailand's troubled deep South Friday morning, following Thursday bombing that killed 3 and injured more than 20 persons. The bombs were mostly located at railway station restrooms across the three border provinces, and while few persons were injured, many have been inconvenienced. In Yala, the first bomb went off at 7 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the provincial railway station. The bomb which was planted in a station toilet caused some damage to the building but no injuries were reported. About 8:30 a.m. (0130 GMT), a car bomb exploded at Manangdama intersection in Yala's Kabang district. Assistant district officer Mustorfah Masaa, his wife Paweena were seriously injured and taken to Yala hospital. Their car was completely destroyed. In Pattani, a bomb inside a toilet at Khok Pho district railway station exploded, without causing injuries. Five bomb incidents were reported almost simultaneously at different locations in three districts of Narathiwat. The first explosion was in a toilet at Tanyong Mat railway station in Rangae district at 6:50 a.m. (0150 GMT). A second bomb went off in a toilet at Maruebo-ok railway station in the same district, with several persons reportedly injured. About the same time a bomb exploded in a garbage bin at Sungai Kolok railway station, near the Malaysian border. The explosion caused no injuries. A fourth bomb was at a ticketing booth at Ban Lalo railway station in Rue So district, but was defused before it exploded. The latest explosion took place along a road some 500 meters from the Rue So district office, also with no reported injuries. A joint security force of over 100 military, police, and civilian personnel searched three targeted houses in Rangae district and found an Indonesian man and a bag of urea nitrate -- a chemical substance thought to be used in making explosives -- and metal spikes. The foreigner was brought to Rangae district for initial questioning before being remanded to the Royal Thai Army southern region command in Yala. Source: Xinhua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffHello Posted June 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has blamed the police for failing to stop a spate of bombings in the country's troubled south. More than 40 explosions have killed two people and injured many others. Mr Thaksin says police had intelligence late last week warning of Wednesday's attacks by separatist militants. However, he says they failed to act, resulting in lives being lost. The bombings, all within minutes of each other, exploded at checkpoints, police stations and inside toilets of various public buildings, including town halls. A tea house was also hit. Foreign link The prime minister says the materials for the bombs must have come from outside Thailand, but he refused to specify a country. Over the past two years there has been an escalation of violence in southern Thailand, which shares border with Malaysia. The region home to a large proportion of Thailand's minority Muslim population. The government of the overwhelmingly Buddhist country has tried many ways to end the violence, but attacks on security forces, officials and ordinary people continue almost daily. ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 it sounds like the problem is too many toilets. Get rid of the toilets then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Public restrooms obviously are anti-Islamic. One should crap instead in the prayer room. p.s. Now back into my foxhole ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiafun Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Its bad politics for the PM to blame the Malays in that manner. There is only so much they can do and running his mouth like that will not exactly earn him much goodwill. I am sure he will respond with heavy handed tactics that will only exacerbate the situation. How much longer until we have bombs going off in a major tourist spot? Multiple bombs, increasing sophistication and alledged JI involvement does not bode well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Well, the far south had been rather quiet for some years ... until Mr T sent in the goon squads. That is his technique, same as he did with the alleged drug dealers. Mr T himself is the one who poked the stick in the hornet's nest. The Pattani United Liberation Organisaion (PULO) was estimated to number only about a hundred or so. Bet it's a lot bigger now. And again an Indonesian! During the attack on a Thai Army base, where they killed some soldiers and stole many weapons, locals said they heard attackers speaking Indonesian -- not the local Malay dialect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiafun Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 If they were speaking Indo-Malay then that would lend strong credence to JI having strong contacts in the area. Contacts that the Thai govt would be eager to downplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaginaholic Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Asiafun, Not disagreeing with you, but wouldn't the govt want to play up support coming from Indonesia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiafun Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Not necessarily as the government has been trying its best to make it seem like it is more of an crime issue than anything else. Just today there was a news article about all of the bombings and shootings and they were trying to imply it was related to criminal activity such as drugs. They are afraid that if it appears that this is a terrorist problem then it will devastate the tourism business and that they are incapable of handling their own problems. (A face issue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 "Not necessarily as the government has been trying its best to make it seem like it is more of an crime issue than anything else" sometimes ( or most of the time) does it seem to you gov. ( not just thai) automatically try to come up with something other than the actual truth, wheather it matters or not? ( maybe those "in charge" get some kind of a ego boost b.s. ing the public) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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