Thailand at War
Written by Mike on July 11th, 2005The War against Radical Islam has intensified recently in Thailand. I spent a week in Bangkok at the beginning of July and while the newspapers seemed to constantly mention the conflict in the southern provinces bordering Malaysia, most of the locals seemed not to be too worried that 790 people have been killed and 1,217 wounded over the past year and half.
Some 517 of the dead were classified as civilians, 83 were police or soldiers, and 190 were Islamic militants or demonstrators killed in clashes with Thai security forces, the national police office said in a statement.
The police figures also showed 1,217 people wounded from the attacks, which included 507 ambushes of police and civilians, 264 bombings and 551 arson attacks on schools, government buildings, checkpoints and phone booths.
Hat-tip: Geopolitical Review
The Fourth Rail has a nice round-up of the most recent happenings in this engagement, well worth a read.
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Thanks for the link and spreading the word about the violence in Thailand.
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wow…. so that total number of dead actually has already eclipsed the number of US servicemen who have died while fighting the war on terror for the past 4 years…. interesting
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Well we have lost 1953 soliders in both Iraq and Afghanistan, while the Thai millitary/police have only lost 83. Our civillian count is much higher as well when you add in all of the deaths during the 90s and Sept. 11th and then factor in the number of American civillians killed in Iraq. So I would say that they are the second hardest hit after us. I also read recently that the death toll is now up to 880 so the figure of 790 is a little dated.