02-17-2005, 08:58 PM
A car bomb exploded Thursday in a busy nightlife district, killing five people and injuring more than 40. The car bomb was believed to be Thailand's first. This is the most recent is a series of smaller attacks during the past year that has been blamed on Islamic separatists.
As usual, if there is any retaliation there will be consequences:
The scale and organization of the violence has raised suspicions of foreign terrorist involvement. Thai authorities have acknowledged that the insurgents have had contacts with the regional terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah, but deny there is significant foreign influence. Although the thinly veiled threat from Abdulsamad tends to support the view that foreign terrorist organizations will soon be involved if not already.
Jemaah Islamiyah, the group believed to be responsible for this bombing, bombed nightclubs in Bali, Indonesia, in October 2002, killing 202 people, and the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in August 2003, killing 12. The group is believed to be linked to al-Qaida. Well surprise, surprise, surprise, al-Qaida taking out the "threat" so prevalent in Thailand.
This should lay to rest the absurd thought that terrorism is only a threat to the US or other western countries that supported the US led war on terrorism. It's a global threat - just as the supporters of the war have been saying all along.
As usual, if there is any retaliation there will be consequences:
Quote: "The Muslim world is monitoring the developments in this region closely, and when they find that we are being ignored or sanctioned by the government then they will step in to help," said Abdulrohman Abdulsamad, chairman of the Islamic Council of Narathiwat.
The scale and organization of the violence has raised suspicions of foreign terrorist involvement. Thai authorities have acknowledged that the insurgents have had contacts with the regional terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah, but deny there is significant foreign influence. Although the thinly veiled threat from Abdulsamad tends to support the view that foreign terrorist organizations will soon be involved if not already.
Jemaah Islamiyah, the group believed to be responsible for this bombing, bombed nightclubs in Bali, Indonesia, in October 2002, killing 202 people, and the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in August 2003, killing 12. The group is believed to be linked to al-Qaida. Well surprise, surprise, surprise, al-Qaida taking out the "threat" so prevalent in Thailand.
This should lay to rest the absurd thought that terrorism is only a threat to the US or other western countries that supported the US led war on terrorism. It's a global threat - just as the supporters of the war have been saying all along.