[Excerpt: Yesterday, at least six more lives were added to the list of more than 350 already killed in the region this year. The violence came less than a month after Defence Minister General Chettha Thanajaro was given wide-ranging control over the police, military and intelligence activities in southern Thailand so that he could exercise unchecked power to combat the insurgency.]
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/sub/asia/story/0,5562,281339,00.html? Oct 26, 2004 Situation seems to be slipping out of Bangkok's hands, observers say ORDER in strife-torn southern Thailand seems to be slipping out of Bangkok's hands despite Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra' high-profile declarations to end the violence, observers say. Yesterday, at least six more lives were added to the list of more than 350 already killed in the region this year. The violence came less than a month after Defence Minister General Chettha Thanajaro was given wide-ranging control over the police, military and intelligence activities in southern Thailand so that he could exercise unchecked power to combat the insurgency. The military there was also to get more tanks and other weaponry, while judges - favourite targets of the Muslim insurgents - were to receive extra protection. Mr Thaksin has also hinted at martial law to end the three-year insurgency. Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, in charge of national security, gave a stern warning to the separatists: 'Don't even dare to think that you have won the battle.' enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
