Same question as in Bangladesh. From AP, with thanks to Twostellas:
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Evidence is mounting that foreign terrorists have provided funds and advice to Islamic rebels in Thailand’s south, terrorism experts and a military officer said Monday, despite the government maintaining that the violence is the work of local separatists.
The issue over whether foreign terror groups are involved in the rebellion, which has left 700 dead since early last year, has gained attention recently by Thailand’s media and experts as violence mounts in the country’s three predominantly Muslim provinces bordering Malaysia.
Vitaya Visetrat, a Muslim academic, said it was clear that those who set off a car bomb in the south last month were either schooled or assisted by international terrorists.