Big bombs explode in Pattani

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The government recently rejected a conditional offer for peace talks from one of the main insurgent groups, the Barisan Revolusi Nasional, which demanded international mediation or observation.

Why?

 

Clearly the problem is beyond internal mediation and outsiders are required.

 

Start the peace talks and end this conflict.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

It is a islam thing.

Terrorists.

It's an independence/autonomy thing.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, seajae said:

again this shows the cowardice of these low lifes, aiming to kill women and children. When is the govt going to issue death warrants on these people instead of hiding from them. Put bounties on their heads and pay for them to be shot, like most terrorists they get their jollies by killing innocent people that cant shoot back at them. They know who many of them are, time to issue reward posters on them, 1 million baht dead or alive, make them watch their own backs and not be able to trust anyone, seize anything they own as well, pussy footing around with them is doing nothing.

Starting meaningful peace talks has a better chance of success.

[Bluespunk]

 

1 hour ago, ikke said:

ignorance all over, no not all muslims are terrorist, but all terrorist are muslim , or am i wrong ?

 

Yes, you are wrong.

[ikke]

Just now, Bluespunk said:

 

Yes, you are wrong.

Explain, So they where/are not muslim ? if not, i admit I am wrong .

[Bluespunk]

7 minutes ago, Thechook said:

The religion of peace again

The quote of laziness again.

[Orton Rd]

1 hour ago, joecoolfrog said:

Ignorant , bigoted , shameful !

Are you saying the terrorists are not Muslim then?

Edited May 9, 2017 by Orton Rd

[Orac]

I agree but i just read in a European newspaper that Pattani is a well known tourist place in Thailand.........that makes a lot of difference.

You are right in that poor reporting of this will possibly effect tourism.

[Wilsonandson]

Looks like a gas cannister explosion.

[Wilsonandson]

Inside the bombed supermarket.

 

[Wilsonandson]

2nd Explosion full 5 minute video.

You need to watch this!

Edited May 9, 2017 by Wilsonandson

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

27 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Why?

 

Clearly the problem is beyond internal mediation and outsiders are required.

 

Start the peace talks and end this conflict.

The answer is maybe that Bangkok think that they can lose the important offshore Oil and Gas fields if they are not in control of the area? 

[Bluespunk]

Just now, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

The answer is maybe that Bangkok think that they can lose the important offshore Oil and Gas fields if they are not in control of the area? 

They aren't.

 

Time to negotiate and come up with a settlement all can live with.

 

Neither side can win this and it's time to end the violence.

 

It's failed both sides.

[BEVUP]

3 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

I have seen Merdeka (Malay language meaning independent or free) spray painted on many road sign in Pattani, Yala and in Narathiwat. This will be a hard battle for Bangkok to win.

It will never change even when you get the so called inosent that say they move to another area to leave all that behind 

It's their way of gaining another area 

Shut the boarder & flush them out 

I bet some of them are even a resident & a western falang are denied

[Enoon]

32 minutes ago, ikke said:

Explain, So they where/are not muslim ? if not, i admit I am wrong .

 

Unified Communist party of Nepal (Maoist)

 

National Liberation Army of Colombia (Marxist)

 

Peoples Liberation Army of Manipur (Socialist)

 

There are plenty more.

 

Is it your ignorance that makes you lazy and unwilling/unable to find out, or your laziness that makes you ignorant?

 

No need to admit anything.  Anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows you are ignorant and wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2017 by Enoon

[BEVUP]

47 minutes ago, CGW said:

No religion is a religion of peace! why single out Islam? look back in history, the Catholic church! etc etc etc................

Religion is a good control apparatus though!

Who cares about religion 

I don't go to church every Sunday ' the church roof may fall on me ' im no saint

Its about how it was proved that they changed the Coram to suit them self in gaining control of the world

This was presented as a documentry on TV by experts that knew how to read the language

[BEVUP]

2 hours ago, Lingba said:

and yet the Thai govt continues to do nothing about this...instead they buy submarines.....either go down there and clean this sh*t up or give them their land back and segregate yourselves from them

It's not their land 

Like most wars i think boarders are won & lost ' so once an agreement is sought that's the end 

& i reckon if you think you can come back just willy nilly & think it's yours they should be dealt with like Japan in WWII

[Mickmouse1]

2 hours ago, joecoolfrog said:

Ignorant , bigoted , shameful !

Absolute bigot. ..most victims are likely to be Muslims. ..I wonder who is really behind this?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

10 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

That is why there has to be a negotiated settlement so all can share in its potential.

 

The govt and separatists have to accept neither can get all they want and peace needs to be made.

 

That has to involve compromise in all fields, including the future of these natural resources.

 

Otherwise the killing will continue.

The killing will continue, This land was not part of Thailand before. Bangkok will never admit too that they are the ones in the wrong here and when it comes to share and compromise the Thais are like talking to a wall (IMHO).  

[Bluespunk]

5 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

The killing will continue, This land was not part of Thailand before. Bangkok will never admit too that they are the ones in the wrong here and when it comes to share and compromise the Thais are like talking to a wall (IMHO).  

Well, personally I hope that is not true.

 

There must come a point when someone with courage will admit enough is enough.

 

I only hope it will happen before the carnage claims more lives.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Well, personally I hope that is not true.

 

There must come a point when someone with courage will admit enough is enough.

 

I only hope it will happen before the carnage claims more lives.

I would also love to see peace in the area but I can't see it happen with the present rulers.

[CGW]

1 hour ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

I would also love to see peace in the area but I can't see it happen with the present rulers.

There is possibly more chance of peace with present regime than some of the previous democracy's

Things were relatively quite until Thaksin stirred the !hit down there during his time in power, it's never recovered since then.

It doesn't help having a ridiculous border as well, blame the British for that!

[Dunky]

Anyone stupid enough to believe this nonsense deserves the the army in their home which is what this nosense is hoping to achieve

[balo]

Pattani is not on my travel list that's for sure. Or any muslim country . 

 

[anon4546543]

10 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

I have seen Merdeka (Malay language meaning independent or free) spray painted on many road sign in Pattani, Yala and in Narathiwat. This will be a hard battle for Bangkok to win.

This is a hard battle Bangkok will never win.

The money trail and weapon supply is easy to follow back to a major US ally. 

For me, sell the land to Malaysia and give them the problem. Nothing much good comes out of Sth Thailand unless you like trouble, extreme Islamists and dead doctors, nurses teachers and so on. Thailand deserves better than Islamists.

[webfact]

Dozens injured in Pattani double bomb blasts
By The Nation

 

 

Many children among casualties; ‘mass killing’ cited as motive

 

PATTANI: -- ABOUT 50 people were injured by a huge car bomb outside a department store in Pattani in the deep South yesterday afternoon that also caused widespread damage.

 

The bombers used a common tactic in the insurgency – triggering a small initial explosive inside the Big C department store, which sent shoppers running outside in panic, before the second bomb concealed in a pickup parked at an entrance door was detonated. The first bomb also seemed intended to distract authorities ahead of the second much bigger blast.

 

The attack took place at the store in Muang district at about 2.30pm, a time when the store was crowded with parents and children looking for school items including uniforms in preparation for the new semester.

 

Among the dozens of people injured in the blasts were store staff, at least one of whom was seriously hurt, as well as many children.

 

Colonel Pramote Prom-in, spokesman of the regional Internal Security Operations Command, said the bombers seemed intent on “mass killing”. 

 

“The bombers parked the pickup in front of the entrance of the store, clearly showing their intention of mass killing. However, the suspicious vehicle was spotted and people were evacuated from the area in time before the second explosion,” Pramote said.

 

 

Fourth Army Region commander Lt-General Piyawat Nakwanich and security officials visited the site of the attack to inspect the area. 

 

Initial reports from rescue workers said no one had been killed while 30 people, including store staff, were injured. The number of injured was later put at 50.

 

The first explosion was caused by a large firecracker that diverted attention, allowing the bombers to move the pickup to the store entrance. He said the second bomb was hidden in a bag in the pickup, which had the licence plate Bor Jor 3303. 

 

Pramote said security workers at Big C saw the bombers, and officials were examining security camera footage to determine their escape routes.

 

Security, forensic and explosive ordinance disposal officials were combing the area, which was sealed off to the public, to collect evidence and search for other explosives, Pramote said.

 

Pitikarn Sitthidej, director-general of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, condemned the attack, saying it was a cruel act that violated people’s rights to freedom and security.

 

The attack also tarnished the image of the country and people as a whole, Pitikarn said.

 

Unicef also condemned the attack. “According to reports, children are among the dozens of people injured in the bomb attack on a large and busy shopping centre in Pattani, Thailand, this afternoon,” it said in a statement. “Unicef condemns such indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, where children and their families are known to be present. No child’s life should ever be put at risk in this way. This is wholly unacceptable.”

 

Meanwhile, police identified Nuson Kajornkam as the owner  of the pickup. When they visited his house in Yala’s Muang district, they met his wife, who said her husband had gone to Pattani.

 

Facebook user Montakanti Kasemsuk, who captured the second blast on Facebook Live, said she was about to leave the store when the first bomb exploded. She then stayed in the parking lot and began recording the incident. 

 

Montakanti’s video initially showed people outside of the store in the Big C parking lot after the first blast. When the second bomb went off near her, her video clip captured a ball of fire before the video became shaky as she ran from the scene.

 

The attack was the third time that a branch of Big C has been the target of bomb attacks. 

 

The first attack took place on August 1, 2005 when a bomb hidden in a tree at a parking lot went off. 

 

The second happened in the middle of night on March 1, 2012 when an incendiary bomb hidden in shelves exploded, causing a fire. No one was injured as the attack took place at night.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30314755

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-05-10

[metisdead]

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[Ebony19]

14 hours ago, hansnl said:

It is a islam thing.

Terrorists.

It is a Christian thing.

Terrorists.

[impulse]

12 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Why?

 

Clearly the problem is beyond internal mediation and outsiders are required.

 

Start the peace talks and end this conflict.

 

Or, have the Elites from the Bangkok clique quit with the dodgy land papers driving families off land they have lived on for generations.  

 

But we all know that ain't gonna happen.

 

For a close parallel, look at Ireland's history.  Not many Muslim bombers in the IRA.

 

Edited May 10, 2017 by impulse

[OmarZaid]

I say let the Muslims have it -- evacuate all Thais and government services -- man the borders like a war zone, and let the Muzzies eat each other for a few years ...

 

Malays tried to recruit me as an MD to service these cowardly creeps ... and as these folks on both sides of the border are increasingly incompetent in just about every walk of life, let them fully degenerate and return to the bush like the animals they've become.