Thai Embassy In Sweden Gets Warning

[george]

Thai embassy in Sweden gets warning

The Thai embassy in Sweden has been under security protection from Swedish authorities, after receiving a letter warning that Thailand could be a target for terrorists after sending soldiers to Iraq, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sihasak Puangketkaew said yesterday.

The letter was sent from Malmo to the embassy in Stockholm by Al Bashir Al Makkawi.

The spokesman said the embassy had contacted the Swedish government to help track down the motive behind the letter and any possible connections between the sender and any terrorist groups.

Swedish authorities were protecting the embassy at the request of the ambassador, he added.

The spokesman said the government decided to send troops to join the United States-led coalition in Iraq only for humanitarian reasons, with no other intentions. Thai troops are stationed at Camp Lima in Karbala.

--The Post 2004-04-07

[ASIC]

With useless friends like these....

ASIC

[george]

Threat says Thailand next "after Spain"

STOCKHOLM: -- Thailand's embassy in Sweden has received a letter threatening the southeast Asian country with attacks like

those on Spain in retaliation for sending troops to Iraq, Thai and Swedish officials say.

"Since Thailand has cooperated with U.S.A., the Satan's states, and have interfered in the concern of Iraq by sending 443 Thai soldiers to

the occupied land, we have our duty to inform you that Thailand is one of our targets after Spain," reads the letter, in ungrammatical English

and dated March 31.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry confirmed the text of the letter on Wednesday, which concludes with the Muslim phrase "Insha Allah" or "God

be willing" and the phrase: "Peace be upon those who follow the guidance".

Thai officials said it was signed with the Arabic name Al Bashir al-Makkawi.

"We are aware of this and we are working on it," said a senior officer at Sweden's Sapo security police.

"An investigation is under way into where it came from and who sent the letter," Bengt Berglund, an inspector at Stockholm police's

diplomatic unit, told Reuters. It was the first such threat reported by any embassy in Stockholm since the March 11 Madrid train bombings that

killed 191 people, Berglund said.

Thailand has about 440 medical and engineering troops in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, but the

Thai Foreign Ministry said that they were "not involved in military operations".

"They are only there for humanitarian reasons. We are helping the Iraqis," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Sihasak Phuangketkeow told

Reuters in Bangkok.

--Reuters 2004-04-07

[Nam Kao]

From Debka.com

Israelis advised not to travel to Thailand, Istanbul, Egypt or any other Arab country. Thai police warn of a five-motorbike bomb threat by Muslim extremists. Thai Stockholm embassy warned anonymously building will be blasted unless Thai troops withdrawn from Iraq

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