Thai general urges talks with Muslim insurgents (Gen Sondhi is 1st Muslim Head of Thai Army)

Financial Times ^ | September 1 2006 | By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok

[goldstategop]

Thais don't understand the Muslims are not looking for equality - they are looking for the conversion of the country's Buddhist majority to Islam.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[The Bronze Titan]

not good

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Just what these scum want, negotiation.

They only understand death, so give it to them.

[excludethis]

Muslims takeover an entire country without firing a shot. Simply infiltrate country's power structure and commit a coup! Liberals and Europe had better take notice!!

[gracex7]

ping

[Peach]

General Sondhi Boonyaratkalin said the violence, which has claimed more than 1,500 lives, would not be quelled if authorities only arrested the foot-soldiers of the militancy, but refused to talk to its instigators. “It is necessary to talk to make lasting peace,” Gen Sondhi, the first Muslim to head the Thai army, told Thai journalists on Friday.

1,500 people were killed yesterday?

[moonman]

"Gen Sondhi, the first Muslim to head the Thai army"

and they expected ?????

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

[shalom aleichem]

I just scoured an AP article on the coup and did not find the word Muslim or Islam anywhere. The MSM is complicit in this Islamic take-over of the world.

Also, the words the Pope chose from the old man really sets up the issue. I'm gald he said it. Even if all the Christian churches in Gaza will (supposedly) burn.

[ASA Vet]

No

[The G Man]

Good find. Thanks for posting.

[killjoy]

Can you please remove this from Breaking News? It is neither, just a rehash of stories from people who nothing about what is going on here in Thailand.

[killjoy]

Muslims takeover an entire country without firing a shot. Simply infiltrate country's power structure and commit a coup! Liberals and Europe had better take notice!!

The coup in Thailand has absolutely nothing to do with religion.

[ASA Vet]

Please disregard the rantings on this thread.
General Sondhi will negotiate in the style of Korben Dallas.

[Truth29]

Can you provide details? How is the article from people who know nothing about happenings in Thailand? Also, it is of interest that the Army Chief of Staff is a Muslim.

[killjoy]

Can you provide details? How is the article from people who know nothing about happenings in Thailand? Also, it is of interest that the Army Chief of Staff is a Muslim.

Sondhi is incredibly well respected and didn't get where he is by chance. He started his career in the military fighting alongside US troops in Vietnam. He went on to head the Thai Army's Special Warfare Command. I know many people who have served under him and they have nothing but respect for the guy.

The posts on FR condeming him are laughable. The posters have no idea what in the world they are talking about. If there is anyone in Thailand who can put an end to the troubles in the South of the country, it is him.

[wtc911]

Explain it to us then.

The part of the country that I call home is deep with educated foreigners from Asia, India and South America. Whenever we talk about US politics I realize how little they really understand about who we are and how we operate, even if they are now or about to be citizens.

On the flip side I have never known an American ex-pat who didn't profess to hold a deep and accurate understanding of all the subtleties of the culture that he has embraced.

[JasonC]

Um no, not in the coup, in the muslim insurgency in the south. Over several years.

Strange that you haven't heard it screamed about as a quagmire every day on CNN, isn't it?

[txrangerette]

There are Muslim extremists in predominantly Buddhist Thailand who have been committing violent acts for a number of years. The article is referring to the number of people killed in the violence over that time period. Not to a number killed on the day of the coup. The Muslim extremist violence in Thailand has not gotten much play in the news, which might be why you asked if that number of deaths happened yesterday.