Posted on 06/15/2006 12:39:10 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
Bangkok, June 15. (AP): A suspected Muslim insurgent exploded at least 46 bombs in attacks today on Government offices and other targets across Thailand's restive south, killing at least two people, as the deputy Prime Minister visited the region, officials said.
Two people were killed by the blasts in three provinces, and another 24 wounded, said police spokesman Co. Pattanawu Angkanawin.
The bombings in the three southern Muslim-majority provinces of Narathwa, Pattani and Yala, most of which took place as people headed to work between 8:30 a.m. and 9 am local time (0700 IST and 0730 IST), represented the most extensively coordinated attacks in many months by the suspected Islamic separatists, whose activity surged in January 2004.
One of the bombs went off at a Government office in Yala minutes before Deputy Prime Minister Chitchai Wannasathit was due for a visit n te area. Chitchai is in charge of overseeing security in Thailand's south.
More than 1,300 people have been killed in sectarian fighting in the past two-and-a-half years. Government efforts to contain the violence, mainly by pouring security forces into the area, have failed to make much headway.
The attacks came just two days after Thailand finished celebrating the 60th anniversary on the throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and was a sharp reminder of the problems down south after a period of relative calm.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said intelligence information had indicated the insurgents were planning a "major operation" for today, but that the government's security operation was "not good enough" to block the attacks.
Its always Islam..
It must be Bush's fault! </sarcasm>
....46 bombs and just two deaths? Thank God these losers flunked bomb-making school.
46 bombs and only two deaths? Geez! No wonder we're kicking yer a$$. You muzzies SUCK at war!
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