Thailand drops paper birds on Muslim south: 100 million origami 'bombs' meant to ease tensions

msnbc.msn.com ^ | Updated: 1:47 a.m. ET Dec. 5, 2004 | Reuters

[Destro]

Thailand drops paper birds on Muslim south
100 million origami 'bombs' meant to ease tensions

Updated: 1:47 a.m. ET Dec. 5, 2004

PANARE, Thailand - Around 50 Thai Air Force planes “bombed” the largely Muslim southern with paper birds on Sunday as a symbol of peace for the restive region where nearly 500 people have been killed since January.

Villagers stared into the sky awaiting the deluge of an estimated 100 million paper birds, one of which was signed by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and carried the promise of a scholarship or a job for the finder.

.........and the paper bird drop came just days after police insisted they needed greater powers

[Destro]

What do you want? Thais are Buddhists.

[Destro]

Me thinks real bombs would have worked better

[FreedomCalls]

Already posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294116/posts

[dighton]

To paraphrase from another thread:

“We can drop these nice little birdies here. Would you like something worse?”

[TLI]

“We can drop these nice little birdies here. Would you like something worse?”

Bingo, got it in one.

[inkling]

The paper birds were all immediately beheaded.

[Destro]

This is a different article with more info - see police request for more powers.

[katya8]

Too funny, inkling!

:-)

[FBD]

group hugs all around...

[msnimje]

Napalmagami?

Moabagomi?

[Bandaneira]

My friends and I used to drop paper planes off the fourth floor of our science building at school. I know an expert paper folder who just might be suited to working with the Thai Military.

[Odyssey-x]

The Surrealist attack! Maybe it will work.

[StAnDeliver]

"As God as my witness, I though origami turkeys could fly."

[BJungNan]

Already posted:

The story at the other thread was a Rueters story. The story linked in this thread is from MSNBC. It has NOT already been posted!

[Paul_Denton]

I prefer bombs. Peace happens when the people who would ruin it are dead.

[JimSEA]

Today was the King's Birthday. Where I live (Buddhist area), everone celebrated by listening to some boring speeches and then going and getting some good food and beer.

In the South, the Muslims celebrated by murdering a local official and setting out some bombs that were found before they went off.

I guess it is just a difference in perspective????

[festus]

Someone starts flying over my house tossing paper birds on me I'm calling the constable and if he can't do nothing I'm reaching for Mr. Mossberg.

How the heck is this supposed to ease tensions ?

It'll just piss em off.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Thailand drops paper birds on Muslim south 100 million origami 'bombs' meant to ease tensions infected with antrax.

[FreedomCalls]

This is a different article with more info - see police request for more powers.

Yes, you are correct. My bad. This story documents the actual bombing. Thanks for the correction.

[LA Conservative]

Hmmm, this can only mean one thing to those single minded Islamists;
WEAKNESS!