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Thai Insurgency UpdatesBy Zachary Abuza
The headlines out of southern Thailand have focused on 1-2 August’s spate of violence, 125 incidences in one night, including 70 bombings and arson attacks. These included a bombing of a rail line that killed three police and wounded another and a Buddhist temple that was destroyed. There have been few breakthroughs. Five suspects were arrested, but a far cry from the number of people involved in such attacks. The government is still unable to cope with the growing violence. Since January 2004, more than 1,300 have been killed and several thousands more wounded. In other news, this week saw an assassination attempt on a senator, as well as an attempt on a prominent mayor’s son and a former MP’s sister, all Muslim. These are the first concerted attempts by the militants to systematically target members of the Muslim political elite and their families. The governor of Narathiwat province stated in the press that the militants had dispatched 5-man hit teams to each of the three provinces to target the elites, though the army denied the reports. Finally, in a major report filed today, the BBC aired a spokesman from PULO who did not discount the possibility of carrying out terrorist attacks in Bangkok. “Maybe we will target other areas, like Bangkok or Phuket - I can't guarantee it won't happen.” This threat should be guarded with caution: PULO is all but a defunct organization. While the violence in southern Thailand since 2004 has been considerable, there is very little evidence that PULO has anything to do with it. Most of the violence has been perpetrated by the Barisan Revolusin Nasional Coordinate (BRN-C), the Gerakan Mujihidin Islami Pattani (GMIP), Runda Kumpularm Kecil (RKK), and elements of New PULO. The insurgency, with its distinctive Islamist overtones, has little to do with the secular and moribund PULO.
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