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Southern carnage fuels curfew call

PM endorses plan after attacks kill 7, wound 11

Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 18.00
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed support for a curfew in the far South after a string of attacks killed five soldiers and two other people in the region Sunday.

Police examine debris of a car that was carrying a massive, concealed bomb in tambon Tha Thong of Raman district in Yala province Sunday. The car bomb was detonated when a truck carrying troops was passing by. (Photo by Muhammad Ayub Pathan)

Another 11 people, both military and civilian, were also injured, including three children.

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brilliant
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Discussion 66 : 11 Feb 2013 at 20.4866
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Rab. - "The PM is genuinely concerned and trying to stop the killings."

Can you provide some evidence of this? Some action she personally has taken that verifies what you're saying?
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Discussion 65 : 11 Feb 2013 at 19.3165
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Two Issues with curfews

1) How does a curfew stop attacks during the day?
2) A curfew can be viewed by people that are sympathetic to the cause but not actively taking part in the insurgency as an oppresive act and may lead them to take a more active role
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Discussion 64 : 11 Feb 2013 at 19.0464
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kasper D41

I would not rush to accept the advice of either the Americans or the Israelis, they may have experience of this type of conflict but their tactics at best maintain a status quo, neither are showing any sign winning against determined terrorists. The problem is the more you kill the more are recruited to the cause.
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Discussion 63 : 11 Feb 2013 at 18.2063
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Live-fire zones could be set up on some Bangkok streets by AV government. So, not a big deal to impose curfews in some parts of the deep south, where killings of soldiers, teachers and other civilians had been taking place almost daily. In fact, AV government should have done that long ago.
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Discussion 62 : 11 Feb 2013 at 17.4362
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D50 You mean identify them as the police identified the "drug dealers" back in 2004?

They supposedly KNOW who the leaders are but still can't find and catch them.

Your way could start a bigger fire than is burning there now ESPECIALLY in cases of "mistaken identity".
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Discussion 61 : 11 Feb 2013 at 17.2161
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A curfew will be a complete waste. This group of amateur leaders a.k.a. PT have not got even the slightest idea of how to deal with this horrible situation as they are far too busy with populist schemes and scams which they are good at.
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Discussion 60 : 11 Feb 2013 at 17.2060
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#59 The point is to use the exerciset to get advise from several different prospectives, many nations or represented and might have vauable imput. I understan several drug operations have been uncover in the operation in north during these exercise in the past
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Discussion 59 : 11 Feb 2013 at 16.5559
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Disc 54, massein: Cobra Gold is a training exercise, not prepared/set-up to fight an insurgency.
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Discussion 58 : 11 Feb 2013 at 16.4758
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Disc 12, nickjam: I would agree with you on using armored military vehicles instead of jeeps and trucks. I would also agree that superior miltiary tactics must be used to defeat an insurgency. It's easy to place blame on those involved in dealing with the issue, but to do so, proves nothing and does nothing to resolve the matter.
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Discussion 57 : 11 Feb 2013 at 16.3757
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Every year the US welcomes 100's senior officers from around the world to attend the senior officer war college, has the Thai military every availed it self to receive this training, I know nobody likes America, but you have to admit that they are getting better at taken our their enemies
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