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Der er nok også en 'hård debat-tone' i Thailand…
Det MÅ der være.

Hvorfor skulle følgende ellers være at læse i The Manila Times i dag?

Friday, October 28, 2005
http://tinyurl.com/cclqa

Muslim insurgents launch 34 attacks in south Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand: Suspected Muslim insurgents seized dozens of weapons
in 34 coordinated nighttime attacks across southern Thailand, leaving
six people dead, the military said Thursday.

The attacks took place over several hours along the Malaysian border in
Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani provinces, said regional military spokesman
Col. Somkuan Saengpataraneth.

…More than 1,100 people have died since a south Thailand Islamic
separatist movement reemerged in January 2004.

Most of Thailand’s 65 million people are Buddhists, but about 10 percent
are Muslims who live in the three southern­most provinces.

They have long claimed they are treated as second-class citizens, and
the south has been restive for decades.

Utroligt, hvad muslimer verden over må lide af fortrædeligheder - de
stakler...



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Med venlig hilsen
GB

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GB wrote:

> Der er nok også en 'hård debat-tone' i Thailand...
> Det MÅ der være.
>
> Hvorfor skulle følgende ellers være at læse i The Manila Times i dag?

Hvis man vil læse om begivenheder i Thailand, er det mere nærliggende
at vælge en thailandsk avis, f.eks. The Nation:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com


> They have long claimed they are treated as second-class citizens, and
> the south has been restive for decades.
>
> Utroligt, hvad muslimer verden over må lide af fortrædeligheder - de
> stakler...

Muslimerne i det sydlige Thailand har samme rettigheder som andre
thailændere. De er ikke undertrykte. Det er bjergstammerne i det
nordlige Thailand derimod.

Det er meget muligt, at muslimerne i det sydlige Thailand har lidt
under, at de udstationerede embedsmænd har været korrupte. Men det
har de til fælles med thailændere i al almindelighed.

Bent