6,500 dead over 12 years of unrest in Thailand's Deep South

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6,500 dead over 12 years of unrest
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- AS security tightened for the anniversary of an insurgent-led raid on an Army camp in Narathiwat province in 2004, the Prince of Songkla University Pattani Campus’ Deep South Watch (DSW) Centre yesterday said last year saw the lowest rate of attacks in the deep South.

The 12 years of deep South unrest saw a total of 15,374 attacks killing 6,543 persons - at the rate of 545 deaths per year - and wounding 11,919 others - at 993 injuries per year, the centre said.

It said violent attacks took place at the rate of about 1,281 incidents per year over the past 12 years. The two key phases were between 2004 and 2007 and between 2008 and 2015.

The former phase saw the most frequency - at about 1,926 attacks a year - while the later phase recorded about 960 incidents per year.

The good news was that the year 2015 saw 674 attacks, the lowest in 12 years, the centre added. A further breakdown by month found that attacks peaked in May at 119, followed by October at 114 incidents and July at 73, the centre said.

In May, 48 bomb attacks occurred and anti-Thai State signs were found at 27 locations from May 10 until May 15.

June was the month with the lowest number of attacks at 30 incidents killing 24 people and wounding 39 others, the centre said.

Since 2013, deaths and injuries from unrest seemed to have reduced gradually, according to the centre's report. Deaths declined from 456 cases in 2013 to 314 in 2014 and 244 last year. Injuries also dropped, from 978 victims in 2013 to 672 in 2014 and 544 last year.

The raid on the Army camp in Joh I Rong district took place on January 4, 2004. Insurgents stole 413 guns and killed four soldiers, and it was counted as the beginning of unrest in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/6500-dead-over-12-years-of-unrest-30276133.html


-- The Nation 2016-01-05

[ezzra]

A drop in the ocean, who cares? no buddy cares here in this country, life is cheap and this is

far from BKK or tourists areas, so many more will die needlessly, waiting for the day a real

leader of this country will emerge to put and end to this sorrowful situation...

[Ks45672]

The last place terrorists should be able to storm into and steal weapons is a national army base... I thought army bases were supposed to be secured?? Unless they worked there..... I would have assumed an army Base would be harder to rob than a bank.... Hopefully some commander for fired for that but more likely in Thai he got a promotion and transfer..

[fxe1200]

6500 deaths in 12 years truly reflect the political efforts of the Thai government to solve this problem.

[Srikcir]

2015 might also be noticed for the least amount of progress for peace talks.

Only military can be blamed for a nonexistent peace strategy:

The Nation 2015-06-27

"But judging from the meeting in mid-May between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and top bureaucrats from these ministries and agencies, it appears that these representatives are more interested in protecting their constituencies than in exploring creative ideas to support peace and negotiations.

Prayut is averse to the idea of MARA Patani because, in the view of the Foreign Ministry, it could lead to an internationalising of the deep South conflict.

Thai officials are often reminded how the now-defunct separatist umbrella group Bersatu helped garner political and financial support from Muslim countries in the Middle East.

Besides the worry over "internationalising" the conflict, there are concerns that the draft constitution doesn't permit the Kingdom to be divided."

Here is the future for peace under Prayut:

The Nation 2015-09-13

"Unfortunately, Bangkok never had a policy regarding the southern conflict. It has an attitude, sometimes confusing it with good intention, but never a meaningful policy that addressed the issue of historical mistrust and grievances of the Malays of Patani and how the state and the Muslims there could overcome these differences.

Like the previous policymakers, the current crop of junta is too full of themselves and don't seem to realise that their inflated ego, as well as their ethno-centric nation-state construct, is costing the lives of their own men, as well as innocent bystanders. More than 6,000 have died from this wave of insurgency violence that has been in full swing since January 2004.

The junta and the future government of Bangkok can talk to the armed separatists all they want - even into the next life, as Prayut said he was willing to do.

But if they don't realise that their state policy of assimilation is the problem, then there is not much hope for peace."

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Chaulk more deaths up for the religion of peace.

Check out this link, it is a bit long but some very interesting and alarming facts about radical islam, oddly enough it is presented by a Muslim woman who is against radical Islam.

http://go.clarionproject.org/numbers-full-film

[dominique355]

6500 deaths in 12 years truly reflect the political efforts of the Thai government to solve this problem.

It took the military only 1% of this death toll to stage a coup and get rid of democracy. But these 65 victimes where in Bangkok, whereas the 6,500 deaths are in the South where nobody gives a rat's a$$ ... unless of course, there was another reason...

[ggt]

Many countries on almost every continent are enjoying the interaction of law abiding citizens and Islamic separatists...the results are pretty much the same: kidnappings, car and motorcycle bombs, school children abductions, teachers and political figures targeted...

Yet, there is no world council to formulate a plan to discourage these criminals...disturbing world commerce and destroying citizen's right to a peaceful existence...

The West has only begun to see what the future holds for them as more Muslim immigrants find a foot hold in their countries...they will not assimilate...and given their militant nature...will only be a matter of time before the West fills the rath of a people who knows little happiness and killing infidels is a way of life...IMHO

[spiritrace]

So sad. It was 4000 when I joined Thaivisa......

[keithcresswell]

So about the equivalent of three months of those killed on Thai roads

[stickylies]

Does that number include the army massacre at Tak Bai?

[stickylies]

Chaulk more deaths up for the religion of peace.

Check out this link, it is a bit long but some very interesting and alarming facts about radical islam, oddly enough it is presented by a Muslim woman who is against radical Islam.

http://go.clarionproject.org/numbers-full-film

You obviously dont understand the issues in southern Thailand. Subordination and less opportunities are the basis NOT religious radicalism... Thaiification.