Two Buddhists and Muslim killed in Thailand’s un-restive south

I smell a revenge killing here but read it as written.

18 Nov 18, 2008, REUTERS
PATTANI, Thailand: Suspected militants shot dead a Muslim and two Buddhists in two separate incidents in Thailand’s far south, police said on Tuesday, the latest violence in a five-year separatist rebellion.

The 24-year-old Muslim was shot dead and his mother was injured as they rode a motorcycle to a rubber plantation in Pattani, one of three southern provinces roiled by violence that has killed 3,200 people since 2004.

In a nearby district, two Buddhist truck drivers were shot dead and mutilated by four unknown gunmen at a rubber factory, police said.

The killers sped away on two motorcycles with one of the victims’ amputated arms, police said.
-Sounds like they needed proof, now who would pay them to commit terror?

Pattani and the neighbouring provinces of Narathiwat and Yala, abutting Malaysia, were a Muslim sultanate until annexed a century ago by predominantly Buddhist Thailand.
Around 80% of people there are Muslim and speak a Malay dialect, not Thai.

The violence has ranged from drive-by shootings and bombings to beheadings, and appears to target both Buddhists and Muslims associated with the Thai state, such as police, soldiers, government officials and teachers.
-Some of these attacks are revenge but most are just jihad.

Since it erupted in 2004, the rebels have never revealed themselves publicly or claimed responsibility for the violence, which has remained limited to the rubber-producing region.

There has been no evidence to suggest direct links with international militant groups such as Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda or its regional affiliate, Jemaah Islamiah.
-There is a connection, a simple book called the koran, I have no doubt local muslims are getting help, why do I think so-read their book. Anyone who thinks simple muslim rubber farmers just suddenly knew how to make bombs and conduct ambushes needs to seek the wizard and ask for a brain.

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