“We are surprised that they launched their attack at our permanent camp instead of small temporary posts.” It is a departure from their usual attacks on teachers, rubber tappers, and telephone repairmen. Also, ex-politicians, village chiefs, married couples, and construction workers. “Insurgent attack kills 4 Thai soldiers,” by Kocha Olarn for CNN, January 20: Bangkok, […]
Merry Christmas, southern Thailand! You’re getting Sharia!
And that, of course, is what you have always wanted. But how long will it before you start to demand it in the rest of Thailand as well? “Thaworn sees sharia law as way forward,” from the Bangkok Post, December 25 (thanks to Weavo): The introduction of sharia law to the southernmost provinces has taken […]
Thailand-based jihadist group at heart of raids in Spain also had airport rubber stamps, relied partly on pickpockets
More on this story. “Spain Deepens Probe Into European Jihadist Passport Network,” by David Roman for Dow Jones Newswires, December 3: MADRID (Dow Jones) Spanish and Thai police have discovered a trove of documents including Chinese and European visas, as well as airport rubber stamps, amid a deepening probe into a Thailand-based Jihadist group, Spain’s […]
Thailand: Five villagers murdered by “suspected Islamic militants,” including one shot by gunmen dressed as soldiers
Just in case you were wondering if southern Thailand is still “restive,” it sure is. Also, as usual, “War is deceit.” “Five people shot dead in Thailand,” from Agence France-Presse, December 4 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): Suspected Islamic militants shot dead five people in attacks across Thailand’s restive south, including one Muslim man gunned down by […]
Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam disguised as cops fire on crowd, murdering five
The Islamic jihadists “began firing on people without distinguishing between Muslims and Buddhists.” They are trying to “strike terror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), and if some Muslims get killed in the process, that is collateral damage and does not mitigate the fact that the killers were waging Islamic jihad. […]
Thailand: Expat Muslim workers in Malaysia send back money to fund the jihad
After all, someone’s got to keep up the jihad against teachers, rubber tappers, telephone workers, and fathers and daughters, just to name a few. If they were into bumper stickers, the might run off a few thousand urging: “Keep Thailand Restive.” “Envoy: Thai workers in Malaysia funding insurgents,” from the Bangkok Post, September 10 (thanks […]
Thailand: Jihad against teachers
The intrepid mujahedin, gunning down teachers and forcing school closures in the entire province. Later on, they, along with analysts in the West, will complain about the region being poor and underdeveloped, and say it causes jihad. But this is a classic example of jihad causing poverty, and obliterating the means of improving one’s lot […]
Thailand: Jihad against ex-politicians, village chiefs, married couples, and construction workers
“Unrest … caused by Muslim rebels seeking secession from predominantly Buddhist Thailand.” And what would happen if the proverbial Coyote ever caught the Roadrunner? Would there be peace, and would life then go on? It’s much more likely the “rebels” seeking their own country to run would proceed to turn violently on one another over […]
Thailand: Jihad against rubber plantation workers
And policemen. “Three shot dead in Thai restive south,” from Reuters, August 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): YALA Thailand (Reuters) – Three people, among them a policeman, were killed in Thailand’s troubled southern region Saturday in attacks blamed on Muslim separatists, police said. A man and his wife were shot dead while […]
Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam murder eight with roadside bombs
Restive: An update on this story. “Police: 8 killed in Thailand’s restive south,” from AP, July 2 (thanks to Maxwell): PATTANI, Thailand – Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated roadside bombs that killed eight people, including one civilian, in two separate attacks in Thailand’s restive south, police said Friday. A bomb explosion in Yala province on Friday […]
Thailand: Jihadists kill 5 soldiers with roadside bomb
A noteworthy change in tactics, reflecting the broader trend in jihadist warfare elsewhere in Asia and the Middle East. “Thailand: ‘Muslim’ rebels kill five soldiers,” from AdnKronos International, July 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): Narathiwat, 2 July (AKI) – Security officials in Thailand said they suspect Muslim insurgents were responsible for a […]
Islamophobes bomb mosque in Thailand — no, wait…
Actually the perpetrators were most likely Islamic jihadists. Will the Islamophobia never end? “23 hurt by bomb near mosque in southern Thailand,” from AP, June 9 (thanks to Maxwell): PATTANI, Thailand – A drive-by bombing near a mosque wounded 23 people in Thailand’s turbulent south in what police said Wednesday was an attack by Muslim […]
Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam open fire at a teashop, murdering three and wounding nine
Apparently these jihadists didn’t get Sheikh al-Qaradawi’s memo about killing civilians — or maybe they just heard him the first time. “3 killed, 9 injured when Muslim insurgents fire at teashop in Narathiwat,” from The Nation, April 2 (thanks to Twostellas): Narathiwat – Three civilians were killed and nine other injured when two Muslim insurgents […]
Thailand: Jihadists ambush, murder six Buddhist villagers
And this Reuters article, true to form, says that the Muslims are fighting to gain autonomy in what was up until a hundred years ago a Malay sultanate — but it does not mention, of course, that the Malay Sultanate was making war against the Siamese during the war between Siam and Burma, and Thailand […]
Thailand: Jihad against telephone repairmen
And 61-year-old salesmen. Such intrepid mujahedin! “Suspected Muslim separatists kill four in Thailand’s deep South,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 11 (thanks to Twostellas): Pattani, Thailand – Suspected Muslim separatists on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the violence-racked southern province of Pattani, officials said. Assailants […]
Thailand: Jihadists shoot, kill father and 7-year-old daughter
The intrepid mujahedin, targeting a father and his daughter riding a motorbike home. “Father and daughter shot dead, bomb wounds 5 in Thai south,” from ChannelNewsAsia, March 3 (thanks to Twostellas): NARATHIWAT, Thailand: Suspected Islamic militants shot dead a father and his young daughter in Thailand’s troubled south, while a roadside bomb wounded five soldiers, […]
Thailand: Jihadists set off bomb in mosque compound, open fire on Thai soldiers
No one has claimed responsibility, but there is only one group in Thailand that opens fire on Thai soldiers. Thai Jihad Update. “Bomb near mosque kills soldier in Thai south,” from Reuters, January 29 (thanks to Twostellas): PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – A bomb killed a soldier in the compound of a mosque in southern Thailand […]
Thai jihadis ring in the new year with…more jihad terror
For a jihadist, nothing says “Happy New Year” like a few drive-by shootings! “Six killed in new attacks in Thai south: police,” from AFP, December 31 (thanks to Maxwell): PATTANI, Thailand — Suspected Islamist militants killed two soldiers and four civilians in drive-by shootings in the latest violence to rock Thailand’s insurgency-hit south, police said […]
Thailand: “More than 3900 people have died in shootings, bomb blasts, beheadings and crucifixions” since 2004
This AFP story departs from ordinary mainstream media practice by actually identifying the Thai jihadists as “Islamic,” and adds a final paragraph that is, well, killer: more than 3900 people (but apparently fewer than 4000), it says, have been killed “in shootings, bomb blasts, beheadings and crucifixions” since the jihad in Thailand began in 2004. […]
Thailand: powerful bomb attacks
Thai jihad update: “Southern Unrest: Powerful bomb blacks out central Narathiwat,” from The Nation, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A bomb blast blacked out the centre of Narathiwat town for three hours last night as Muslims prepared to mark the end of Ramadan. Security troops also found bombs at seven other spots in the […]