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In today’s news, Islamic insurgents bombed polling stations as voters cast their ballots in…
You thought I was going to say “Iraq”, didn’t you? Or maybe “Afghanistan”?
No, it’s Thailand. Southern Thailand, in the predominantly Muslim provinces of Pattani and Narathiwat. Southern Thailand has caught a severe case of Jihad in recent years — take a look at the Bloody Borders Project to see the concentrations of Islamist attacks along the Thai section of the bloody border.
The mujahideen took the opportunity of today’s general election to make their presence felt. According to TMCnet,
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called the election early in the midst of controversy over his authoritarian tendencies as leader. The prime minister dissolved parliament after demonstrators took to the street, protesting his rule and demanding his resignation.
So democracy is not always easy, and jihad doesn’t make it any easier.
According to this report from Xinhua, in addition to the bombings, the terrorists engaged in a practical form of taqiyya:
Keep an eye on Thailand.
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Targeting the Voters
In today’s news, Islamic insurgents bombed polling stations as voters cast their ballots in…
You thought I was going to say “Iraq”, didn’t you? Or maybe “Afghanistan”?
No, it’s Thailand. Southern Thailand, in the predominantly Muslim provinces of Pattani and Narathiwat. Southern Thailand has caught a severe case of Jihad in recent years — take a look at the Bloody Borders Project to see the concentrations of Islamist attacks along the Thai section of the bloody border.
The mujahideen took the opportunity of today’s general election to make their presence felt. According to TMCnet,
Three explosions wounded three soldiers and a policeman in the southern province Narathiwat on Sunday shortly after polls in Thailand’s general election closed at 3 p.m.
Police Col. Thanongsak Wansupha, chief of the Jo Ai Rong police station, said one bomb exploded at a polling place as officials were closing the station.
Another blast occurred while officials and security personnel were carrying ballot boxes to a counting station.
And the third explosion was reported at a nearby administrative office in the Tak Bai District, also in Narathiwat.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called the election early in the midst of controversy over his authoritarian tendencies as leader. The prime minister dissolved parliament after demonstrators took to the street, protesting his rule and demanding his resignation.
So democracy is not always easy, and jihad doesn’t make it any easier.
According to this report from Xinhua, in addition to the bombings, the terrorists engaged in a practical form of taqiyya:
Earlier, suspected militants tried to disturb the election by placing empty boxes with a mobile phone taped on it to make people think they were explosives at seven areas in Pattani’s Yarang district.
Police cordoned off the areas only to find that they were empty boxes.
Keep an eye on Thailand.
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In a "game" researchers use to test personalities and winning strategies, they often employ the Prisoner's Dilemma, which is a hypothetical situation played between two people. The Prisoner's Dilemma says "imagine you have two men who committed...
- What If?
People the world over say that if Israel is dismembered and handed over to the Muslim world then all the world's problems will cease overnight. Will It? Here is a news article from today’s BBC; Bombs follow Thai PM peace visit Three bombs have exploded...
- Military Coup In Thailand?
It looks like a military coup might be underway in Thailand. According to CTV: Thailand’s prime minister has declared a “severe” state of emergency after rumours of a military coup swept the capital and tanks reportedly took position outside government...
- 23 Bombs Explode In Thailand Attack (and The Two Reactions)
“Yala - Muslim militants launched 23 coordinated time bomb attacks at commercial banks in this southern province Thursday, killing at least one man and severely injuring at least four bank customers, police said. “The bombs, mostly left on bank counters...
- Jihadists Murder Thai Teacher In Front Of Students
Thai plainclothes forensic officers examine a classroom where a suspected Muslim insurgent shot to death a primary school teacher in Narathiwat province, southern Thailand, Monday, July 24, 2006. The gunman disguised himself in a student uniform, entered...