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 […]