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Article: Islamic separatists challenge Bangkok; Bias, neglect cited in insurgency.(WORLD)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 16, 2004
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Byline: John R. Bradley, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
YALA, Thailand - An uprising in southern Thailand by Muslim separatists - in which Thai soldiers recently killed more than 100 suspected radicals on a single day, including 30 who took sanctuary in a historic mosque - has opened a new front in Southeast Asia's war on terror.
More than 200 people have been killed this year in the three southern Muslim-majority Thai states that border Malaysia. At least 107 Muslim militants were killed on April 28 when security forces who had been tipped off repulsed coordinated raids on several security posts in the region.
The violence has become Bangkok's biggest ...