Enters Year Five!!
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Heloooooooooooo everybody just back from seminar ka
To day wanna shere about "Southern Discomfort of thailand" coz my dad work there he's a military I love him so much and think about him everytime coz i worry about him at there very danger!!! made me cried sometime when saw bad news from south
Narathiwat, Thailand. Friday, 4 January, marks the 4th anniversary of the start of the insurgency in Southern Thailand. To date, more than 2,700 people have been killed, 8,000 wounded. There have been more than 850 bombings, and many more failed or aborted bombings, including six bombs on New Year’s Eve in the border town of Sungai Golok, that wounded 32. There have been more than 600 arson attacks, including well over 250 schools. Militants have assassinated nearly 1,400 people.The death toll includes 133 soldiers, more than 150 police, nearly 1,300 civilians, roughly 70 teacher, five monks, 210 headmen/local officials, and more than 40 government officials and civil servants. Militants have beheaded more than 35 people, and there have been almost twice the number of attempted or botched attempted decapitations. The arson attacks on schools and murder of teachers has led to the shutdown of the education system in the deep south for months at a time. Buddhist communities have been cleansed from the countryside.By June, at the peak of the violence, an average of five people a day were being killed, making the conflict in southern Thailand the single most lethal conflict in Southeast Asia. In late June, the Thai military, in response to attacks with larger IEDs that were killing a record number of Thai soldiers, launched its own “surge,” Operation Southern Protection, and has stepped up a more aggressive counter-insurgent campaign.Without a doubt, the daily rate of killing has fallen by half. Yet the “surge” is problematic for two main reasons.
First, rather than assigning troops from the 1st and 3rd Armies (which hail from different regions of Thailand) to augment 4th Army troops spread across the provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani and Songkhla, the plan is to assign each army a province. Thus the newly deployed troops will have no local operating experience, network of contacts or any language skills. Even with the increase in the number of troops, they are barely visible in the south, confined to barracks and rarely out on patrol.Second, the military has stepped up an aggressive campaign of arrests, roughly 2,000 in 2007, alone, but the violence continues. While some militants are clearly being detained, as evident in the decline in violence, mass arrests are usually counter-productive, and are fodder for the militants. Most of those arrested are released after 28 days due to insufficient evidence, often exacerbated by poor cooperation and intelligence sharing amongst the police and military. The insurgents often recruit those who are released. Few if any leaders have been detained in these sweepsYet the real problem in countering the insurgency has been the government’s unwillingness to confront the true nature of the militants. For years they were dismissed as drug dealers, criminals, doped up teenagers. August bodies such as the National Reconciliation Commission refused to label the militants as either secessionists or religiously motivated. The 19 September 2006 coup leader, general Sonthi Boonyaratglin, refused to see any religious ideology in the insurgency.source by Daddy_love you so much ÃÕ·ËÒä¹Ë¹Ö觺ÃÃÂÒ¤ÇÒÃÃÙéÊÖ¡¶Ö§à ¾×èùÃѹà ÈÃéÒÃÒ¡ ÃéçäËéà ÅÂÃõùÃèÒ¹©Ñ¹¡ÅÑ鹡éùÊÃÃ×é¹ÊçÃ×ÃËèäÅØø§ªÒµÔä·ÂãËé¾Ñ²¹ìµÑé§áµèËÑǨ´à ·éÒ à ¾×èù·ËÒÃÊ觨´ËÃÒ©ºÑºË¹Öè§ãËé©Ñ¹áÅúáÇèҾѲ¹ìÊÑè§ãËéÊè§ÃѹãËé©Ñ¹ ËÒ¡à ¢ÒäÃèÃÕªÕÇÔµÃÂÙèáÅéÇ ..........à ¾×èùÃÑ¡ ËÒ¡á¡ä´éÃѺ¨´ËÃÒ©ºÑº¹Õé ©Ñ¹¢Ãâ·É·ÕèäÃèÊÒÃÒö·ÓµÒÃÊÑÂÂÒ·ÕèãËéäÇé¡Ñºá¡ä´é ¡â·ÉãËé©Ñ¹´éÇ áµè©Ñ¹ÃÂÒ¡ãËéá¡ÃѺÃÙéäÇé ©Ñ¹äÃèä´éµÒ¿ÃÕ ©Ñ¹µÒÂà ¾×èû¡»éç»ÃÃà ·È¢Ã§à ÃÒáÅä¹à ËÅèÒ¹Õé ·Õè¹ÕèºÑ¹¹Ñ§ÊµÒ·Õè¹ÕèäÃèä´éʺÒÂà ËÃ×ùÃÂÙè¡ÃØ§à ·¾à ·Ø¡¤¹ÃÂÙèÃÂèÒ§ËÇÒ´¡ÅÑÇ áÅÃËÇÒ´¼ÇÒ ÃÂèÒà ÊÕÂ㨷ÕèªèÇÂãËé©Ñ¹ä´éÃÒµÒ·Õè¹Õè á¡·Ó¶Ù¡áÅéÇ áÅéѹ¨ÃäÃèà ÊÕÂ㨡ѺÊÔ觷Õèà ¡Ô´¢Öé¹ ©Ñ¹à Å×á·ÕèµÒ¢Ã§©Ñ¹à ç ©Ñ¹ÃÙéÇèÒᡤ§à ÊÕÂ㨠áµèá¡¡ç¼èÒ¹ÃÃäÃ㹪ÕÇÔµÃÃ’ÃÒ¡ÃÒ áÅéѹÂѧÃÂÒ¡ãËéá¡à »ç¹à ËÃ×ù¤¹à ´Ôà ¤¹·ÕèÃÕÃÃÂÂÔéûÃÃ˹Ö觴ǧµÃÇѹ ¤¹¡ÅéÒ·Õè¨ÃÊÙéà ¾×èÃÊÔ觷Õè¤Ô´ÇèÒ¶Ù¡µéç ¶Ö§áÃéÇèÒᡨúèùéÓµÒµ×é¹ä»Êѡ˹èàáµèªÑ鹡çÃÙéÇèÒᡨÃԧ㨠¨§«×èÃÊѵÂìµèäÇÒäԴáÅäÇÒÃÃÙéÊÖ¡¢Ã§µÑÇà ç ÃÂèÒ»¡»Ô´Ãѹ ¨§»ÅèÃÂãËéÃÑ¹à »ç¹ä»ÃÂèÒ§·ÕèÃѹ¨ÃµéÃ§à »ç¹ µèÃ仹Õé©Ñ¹¤§äÃèä´éÃÂÙè¤ÃÂãËé¤Ó»ÃÖ¡ÉÒÃÃäáѺá¡áÅéÇ áµèá¡ÂѧÃÂÙèáÅÃÂѧµéçÊÙéµèÃä» ÃÂèÒ·éÃáÅÃÃÂèÒä´éâÈ¡à ÈÃéÒã´ æ ©Ñ¹ÃÙéÇèÒá¡·Óä´é ©Ñ¹ÂÑ§à »ç¹¡ÓÅѧã¨á¡à ÊÃà à ¾×èùᡠ¾Ñ²¹ì ¢ÃãËé¾Õè¾Ñ²¹ìËÅѺãËéʺҢú¾Ãäس·Õèà ÊÕÂÊÅÃà ¾×èÃá¼è¹´Ô¹¤à very sad!Causes of the insurgency :
Some claim that the insurgency is based on historic causes including a 200 year occupation, the 1960s resettlement of northeastern Thais [9] and to Thai cultural and economic imperialism in Pattani, including allegations of police brutality, criminal activity, disrespect of Islam, the presence of culturally in-sensitive businesses such as bars, drug trafficking, and corruption. However there are counter claims that drug trafficking is one source of insurgent money.
Some locals in the area support some kind of independence from Thailand. Others clearly do not. The referendum to support the junta backed constitution was favored by a majority in all three southernmost provinces and passed overwhelmingly in the southern region of Thailand with 87% of the 3.7 million voters who participated there approving it.[10] While some in the insurgent groups support armed conflict most Southern residents seem to want negotiation and compromise and the rule of law to return to the area along with and end to human rights abuses on both sidesPolitical factors:
The insurgency is probably not caused by the lack of political representation among the Muslim population. By the late 1990s, Muslims were holding unprecedentedly senior posts in Thai politics, for example with Wan Muhammad Nor Matha (a Malay Muslim from Yala) serving as Chairman of Parliament from 1996 to 2001 and later Interior Minister during the first Thaksin government. Thaksin’s first government (2001–2005) also saw 14 Muslim MPs and several Muslim senators. Muslims dominated provincial legislative assemblies in the border provinces, and several southern municipalities had Muslim mayors. Muslims were able to voice their political grievances more openly and enjoy a much greater degree of religious freedom. However, in the face of growing violence during 2004 and 2005, Muslim politicians and leaders remained silent, thus eroding their political legitimacy and support. This cost them dearly. In the 2005 general election, all but one of the eleven incumbent Muslim MPs who stood for election were voted out of office.Human Rights Issues :
Human Rights Watch cites abuses on both sides. The insurgents have attacked monks collecting alms. School teachers, principals, and students have been killed and schools torched presumably because schools represent the Thai Government. Government workers have been targeted for assassination. Buddhist villagers have been killed going about their routine work like rubber tapping. According to the Thai Journalists Association, there have been over 500 attacks resulting in more than 300 deaths in the four southern provinces were the insurgents operate in 2008.Meanwhile, Muslims have been beaten, killed, or "disappeared" during police questioning and custody. Human Rights Watch has documented at least 20 such disappearances. Soldiers and police have sometimes been indiscriminate when pursuing suspected insurgents resulting in civilian collateral damage.Economic factors:Poverty and economic problems have been cited as a factor behind the insurgency. However, the performance of the deep South’s economy actually improved markedly in the past few decades. Between 1983 and 2003, the average per capita income of Pattani grew from 9,340 baht to 57,621 baht, while that of Yala and Narathiwat also increased from 14,987 baht and 10,340 baht to 52,737 baht and 38,553 baht, respectively. However, the border provinces did have the lowest average income among all the southern provinces.Household income improved from 2002-2004 by 21.99%, 19.27%, and 21.28% for Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, respectively. For comparison, income growth for all of Thailand in the same period was just 9.4%.The percentage of people living below the poverty line also fell, from 40%, 36%, and 33% in 2000 to 18%, 10%, and 23% in 2004 for Narathiwat, Narathiwat, and Yala, respectively. By 2004, the 3 provinces had 310,000 people living below the poverty line, compared to 610,000 in 2000. However, 45% of all poor Southerners lived in the 3 border provinces.In general, Muslims in the border provinces have lower levels of educational attainment compared to their Buddhist neighbors. 69.80% of the Muslim population in the border provinces have only a primary school education, compared with 49.6% of Buddhists in the same provinces. Only 9.20% of Muslims have completed secondary education (including those who graduated from private Islamic schools), compared to 13.20% of Buddhists. Only 1.70% of the Muslim population have a bachelor’s degree, while 9.70% of Buddhists hold undergraduate degrees. However, one must keep in mind that schools are taught in Thai, and there is much resentment and even outright pulling of children out of Thai run schools.Muslims also had reduced employment opportunities compared to their Buddhist neighbors. Government officials comprised only 2.4% of all working Muslims in the provinces, compared with 19.2% of all working Buddhists. Jobs in the Thai public sector are difficult to obtain for those Muslim students who do not ever fully accept the Thai language or the Thai education system. Insurgent attacks on economic targets are further reducing employment opportunities for both Muslims and Buddhists in the provinces.The South Thailand insurgency is a separatist campaign by Islamist terrorists which is taking place in the predominantly Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand, with violence increasingly spilling over into other provinces. Although separatist violence has occurred for decades in the region, the campaign escalated in 2004.In July 2005 the Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, assumed wide-ranging emergency powers to deal with the insurgency. In September 2006, Army Commander Sonthi Boonyaratkalin was granted an extraordinary increase in executive powers to combat the unrest. Soon afterwards, on 19 September 2006, Sonthi and a military junta ousted Thaksin in a coup. Despite reconciliatory gestures from the junta, the insurgency continued and intensified. The death-toll, 1,400 at the time of the coup, increased to 2,579 by mid-September 2007 and to nearly 2,700 by January 2008. Despite little progress in curbing the violence, the junta declared that security was improving and that peace would come to the region in 2008.The military junta claimed that the insurgency is being financed by restaurants selling Tom Yam Kungsoup in Malaysia. The Malaysian government called the claim "absolutely baseless," and "very imaginative."The true identity of the insurgents and their supporters remains a mystery.sad sad sad sad sad
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