Asia's Bloodiest Insurgency -- Global PostAll-Buddhist militias in southern Thailand must defend themselves against Islamic militants. Their temples have become fortresses ringed with razor wire.
PATTANI, Thailand — Dawn smolders above this seaside city in Thailand’s southern borderlands. Troops already occupy the streets in force. Skinny conscripts with assault rifles patrol through the fog. German Shepherds sniff for bombs in the brush.
This is the hour of paranoia. Come mornings, gunmen slip through curtains of jungle foliage lining the roadside. They kill cops. Army officers. Teachers traveling to class. Kids sometimes. To stoke maximum horror, they decapitate Buddhist monks with machetes.
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My Comment: This insurgency has been ongoing since 2004, and it shows no signs of cooling-off. For more info and news on Thailand's Islamic insurgency, go to the following posts:
Part 1 - How did insurgents master bomb-making?
Part 2 - Buddhists make the best targets
Part 3 - Jihadis turn on their own
Part 4 - Quietly, the U.S. aids terror fight
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