Insurgent Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) behind firebomb spree in the South raises the stakes

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Anas Abdulrahman is the lead negotiator for the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) which met the Thai Peace Dialogue Panel led by General Wanlop Rugsanoh, a senior security official with Thailand’s Ministry of Defence, on August 1st/2nd in Kuala Lumpur in talks being facilitated by Malaysia.

 

by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

Deadly attacks which killed one and injured eight were condemned by the government as an ‘outrage’ but are believed to have been a response to a lack of progress at peace talks being facilitated by Malaysia where the parties last came to gather on August 1st and 2nd in Kuala Lumpur. It is understood the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) want to see more ambitious progress and legal immunity for exiled leaders to return.

This month’s coordinated firebomb attacks in the Southern provinces of Thailand which saw 17 different locations targeted at the same time in the early hours of August 17th with an earlier attack on August 15th is a clear signal to officials in Bangkok that the main insurgent group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) is ready to pursue a scorched earth policy in the region targeting national firms and infrastructure if talks between it and a Thai government panel being held in Malaysia fail to make a breakthrough. 

 

An analyst and former student activist has suggested that the co-ordinated bombing spree which occurred across the southern provinces in the early hours of Wednesday 17th of August last with an earlier incident on August 15th was the work of the revolutionary group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) and a response to a stalemate in talks between the government and the leadership of the insurgency which are sponsored by Malaysia.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/08/29/brn-insurgents-in-the-south-raise-stakes/

 

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[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

was the work of the revolutionary group Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) and a response to a stalemate in talks between the government and the leadership of the insurgency which are sponsored by Malaysia.

Yes, nothing speaks more in Islamic peace talks as more Islamic terrorism