Friday, June 22, 2007

முஸ்லீமையே முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் தலையை வெட்டியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

தாய்லாந்து அரசாங்கத்தில் வேலை செய்வதற்காக ஒரு முஸ்லீமையே முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் தலையை வெட்டியிருக்கிறார்கள்.

தாய்லாந்தில் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட அரசாங்கத்தை கவிழ்த்து ஆட்சியில் இருக்கும் ராணுவ தளதியே ஒரு முஸ்லீம்.

தாய்லாந்தில் மத வேறுபாடின்றி முஸ்லீமாக இருந்தாலும் ராணுவ தளபதியாக உயர்த்தினார்கள். அவர் அவரை தள்பதியாக ஆக்கிய அரசாங்கத்தையே அவர் கவிழ்த்து விட்டார்.

Muslim man partially beheaded
From correspondents in Narathiwat, Thailand
June 22, 2007

SEPARATIST militants in southern Thailand shot a Muslim man and then partially severed his head, while the nation's junta leader was visiting the region, police said today.
The man, a 29-year-old local government official, was returning from evening prayers late Thursday when he was ambushed by suspected insurgents in Narathiwat province, police said.

The slaying was the most gruesome in a string of attacks around the Muslim-majority region, where more than 2300 people have been killed in three years of separatist unrest.

Ten people, including five soldiers, were hurt in two separate bombings early Friday, while a 54-year-old Buddhist was gunned down in a drive-by shooting late yesterday, police said.

The attacks came as General Sonthi Boonyaratglin was making a two-day visit to the troubled region along the southern border with Malaysia.

The junta chief, who is the first Muslim army head in this mainly Buddhist nation, met yesterday and today with local religious leaders and military commanders.

Gen Sonthi seized power from prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup last September.

The Government he installed has made a series of peace initiatives that so far have failed to quell the unrest.

Defence Minister Boonrawd Somtas said in Malaysia yesterday that the insurgents were on their "last legs" and trying to escalate the conflict in a last-ditch bid for international attention.

Thai authorities have yet to clearly identify who is behind the violence. No one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks or made any specific demands of the Government.

The region was once an autonomous Malay sultanate until Thailand annexed the region more than a century ago. Separatist violence has simmered ever since.

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