Someone told me that all the notes and propaganda left by the insurgents from the beginning mention revenge for Muslims killed by Thai security forces. Anyone have any info on this?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I suspect that the Thai authorities or their proxies are killing Muslims in the deep south on a regular basis as part of efforts to suppress the insurgency there. However, I’ve seen no evidence.

Does anyone have any thoughts or information on this?

My hunch is based on a few things.

First of all, the Thai government has admitted to recently covering up one such incident.

Second, there was a recent series of ***-for-tat attacks which the government flatly claimed were all by Muslims.

Third, the Tak Bai and Krue Sae incidents, the disappearance of lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, and the bogus detentions of many southerners demonstrates that the authorities use such tactics. The emergency decree in 2005 gave authorities specific immunity from being held to account for such tactics.

Muslims as well as Buddhists are getting killed down there almost every day.

What is going on?

Opinions, facts, and advice on resources that could shed light on this would be appreciated. Feel free to pass on names of people who are in a position to talk about it.

Is the Thai media addressing this at all, beyond repeating the government line that hard-line Muslims insurgents and criminal elements are preying on other Muslims?

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References:

May 1, 2007

Thai army admits government-backed militia, not insurgents, shot dead four Muslim youths

¶ BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ A Thai army spokesman acknowledged Tuesday that four Muslim youths riding in a pickup truck had been shot dead by government-backed village defense volunteers, rather than Islamic insurgents as authorities had originally announced.

Full article at http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6936&z=163

May 26, 2007

Distrust, brutality and gun glut puts Thai south at risk of communal combat

¶ BAN BALA, Thailand (AP) _ Failed government efforts to quell the Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand have left the area's Buddhists frustrated, armed and raring to fight back.

¶ The violence has taken an ominous turn lately with a string of what have appeared like ***-for-tat outrages.

¶ On March 14, hooded insurgents ambushed a van and killed eight Buddhists, including two teenage schoolgirls. That evening, two bombs outside a nearby mosque and at a teashop killed three Muslims and injuring about 20, and five days later, gunmen opened fire at a dormitory of an Islamic boarding school, killing three students.

¶ On Saturday, a bomb at a mosque killed at least one man. Two days later, the bodies of two Buddhist men _ one of them beheaded _ were found along with a note saying the slayings were revenge for the mosque bombing.

¶ It's the first time Islamic institutions have been targeted since the insurgency broke out in 2004.

¶ No one has claimed responsibility, and the government has maintained that all the attacks _ on both Buddhists and Muslims _ have been carried out by Muslim militants bent on stirring communal tensions, and have discounted any suggestions that they involve Buddhist acts of vengeance.

See full article at: http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/04/26/southern_thai_violence_takes_new_turn/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Bai_Incident

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency

I do not know about the real situation in the south.

I wanna comment that your post isn inappropriate to me.

Which buddhist kill muslim?

Hard to say. Could be police, military, private groups acting with the authorities active or passive support.