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Narathiwat attacks come as no surprise
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2013
» The two bomb blasts that wounded one soldier and four civilians on Friday in Narathiwat might have been intended by the perpetrators to send a message that they are against or are not interested in the olive branch extended by the government.
Malaysia can help to secure peace
News, Published on 02/03/2013
» The news that Thailand has agreed to formal Malaysian facilitation of a dialogue process to end the long conflict in southern Thailand is surely welcome. Most immediately it reflects that both the Thai government and all its parts, as well as the shadowy insurgent movement and all its parts agree that Malaysia needs to be part of the solution to the conflict that has raged for nine long years and cost more than 5,000 lives.
Bringing insurgency to an end will be a long, hard slog
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/03/2013
» The media hype in Bangkok surrounding Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's recent meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in Putrajaya sounded as if peace was at hand in Thailand's restive southernmost border provinces where a deadly Malay-Muslim insurgency has festered for almost a decade.
Chalerm takes a gamble on Wadah faction
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 25/02/2013
» The Wadah group is back in the limelight, and that is good news for it, the government and the Pheu Thai Party. But it is not a move for the southern insurgents to necessarily despair about.
Chalerm put in his place
News, Published on 21/02/2013
» Finally, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung to visit the troubled deep South.
Botched base raid fails to slow insurgents
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 21/02/2013
» It was a matter of life and death for officers at the 2nd Rifle Company of the Royal Thai Marines in Bacho district of Narathiwat as they waited for an expected armed attack by southern insurgents on the night of Feb 13.
Insurgents have 'a deep pain' in their hearts
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2013
» A two-minute video clip of the funeral of some of the 16 dead Islamist insurgents from the failed attack on a marine outpost in Narathiwat's Bacho district was posted on the YouTube social network last Friday _ just two days after the attack.
Battle won but strife not over
News, Published on 15/02/2013
» The militants' attack on the Bacho marine base in Narathiwat at 1am on Wednesday was supposed to be their crowning moment. After all, an endless string of high-profile attacks since the beginning of this year had not failed to put the security forces to shame while keeping the southern Muslims in paralysing fear.
Caution needed in far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/02/2013
» There is good cause for many of us to feel proud of, and to commend, the marines at a make-shift base in a rubber plantaion in Narathiwat’s Bacho district who fought off the major onslaught by well-armed Islamist insurgents early Wednesday morning.
Backup plan needed instead of curfew
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/02/2013
» Despite the overnight attack on a military base in Narathiwat, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung faces an uphill battle to impose a night curfew in parts of the far South.