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New Violence Hits S.Thailand After 'Peace Bombing'
Reuters ^ | 6 November 2004 | Reuters

Posted on 12/05/2004 10:41:16 PM PST by Racehorse

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Fresh violence flared in mainly Muslim southern Thailand on Monday, only hours after the Air Force dropped an estimated 100 million origami "peace birds" to quell unrest which has claimed nearly 500 lives. Police said a bomb exploded at an intersection near a market in the southern province of Narathiwat on Monday morning, injuring at least one soldier.

Overnight, the home of a teacher in the same province, one of three near the Malaysian border plagued by violence, was burned to the ground. In neighboring Yala, a school building was slightly damaged by fire, although nobody was injured, officials said.

On Sunday, while a fleet of around 50 Thai Air Force planes "bombed" the largely Muslim region with paper birds as a symbol of peace, two gunmen shot dead a former prosecutor at Pattani province, police said.

The bird campaign, launched by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra weeks ahead of a general election, caught the imagination of the predominantly Buddhist country, even in Bangkok where sympathy for the Malay-speaking south is limited.

Everyone from cabinet ministers to cab drivers huddled in groups to fold birds -- they were meant to be doves, a symbol of peace, but most turned out to look more like cranes -- after Thaksin called on all 63 million Thais to make one.

Probably the biggest origami airdrop in history was meant to sow peace, harmony and goodwill in the region, where an insurgency began in January with a raid on an army camp in which 300 assault rifles were stolen.

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The origami initiative, carried out to mark the birthday of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, had its critics among some Muslim leaders who said it did not gel with local culture and should not be a substitute for more traditional peace efforts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: insurgency; islam; malaysia; muslims; napalminthemorning; peaceinitiative; rebels; religionofpeace; southeastasia; thailand; wot

1 posted on 12/05/2004 10:41:16 PM PST by Racehorse
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To: Racehorse

Muslims getting violent -- Who'da thunk it? I guess it was a bad sign when the locals beheaded all the paper birds.


2 posted on 12/05/2004 10:45:45 PM PST by inkling
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To: Racehorse

That's why they should've dropped napalm pig-grease bombs on those Islamofacists instead of "spitwad" bombs!


3 posted on 12/05/2004 10:57:00 PM PST by American_4_Ever (America, F yeah!!!!)
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To: Racehorse

This episode singularly embodies the situation as it pertains to the liberal West and the Muslim world. Tolerant liberals attack militant Islam with paper bombs and terrorists respond with real explosives.


4 posted on 12/05/2004 11:00:12 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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Tolerant liberals attack militant Islam with paper bombs and terrorists respond with real explosives.

And ain't it a pity that the terrorists can't confine their murderous antics exclusively to those pantywaist Liberals?

5 posted on 12/05/2004 11:18:58 PM PST by Prime Choice (I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
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To: American_4_Ever

That's why they should've dropped napalm pig-grease bombs on those Islamofacists instead of "spitwad" bombs!
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Maybe our US Troops in Iraq should try remote controlling a car filled with pig-grease into an insurgent trouble spot, then press the button to make it blow up, and thus splatter the bastards with their favorite substance?

Well... Oak Hay... so it was just another silly thought... but who knows what it might accomplish, eh? ;-))


6 posted on 12/05/2004 11:24:42 PM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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To: GeekDejure

That's a good strategy


7 posted on 12/05/2004 11:38:02 PM PST by American_4_Ever (America, F yeah!!!!)
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To: Racehorse
The origami initiative, carried out to mark the birthday of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, had its critics among some Muslim leaders who said it did not gel with local culture and should not be a substitute for more traditional peace efforts.

I think the Mother of MOAB would be quite traditional, and something even the jihadists can understand.

8 posted on 12/05/2004 11:52:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal Creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it.)
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First the birds of peace, and if that doesn't work then comes the bombs. Some people just wont learn even if you are nice to them. Good luck to the Thai authorities in their quest to stop the violence in their southern region.
9 posted on 12/06/2004 1:04:30 AM PST by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon...)
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