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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 09:50 AM
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Two soldiers beheaded in Muslim southern Thailand
Source: Reuters

BANGKOK, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim rebels killed and then decapitated two Thai paramilitary rangers on Monday in the Muslim-majority far south, which has been plagued by five years of separatist unrest, police said.

"They were both shot dead while they were riding out of the village and were then decapitated," a policeman, who did not wish to be identified, told Reuters.

The head of one of the soldiers, a Muslim, was removed from the scene, while that of his Buddhist colleague was burnt along with his body and motorbike, the officer said.

There was no claim of responsibility, a feature common to all the attacks that have claimed more than 3,000 lives in Thailand's four southernmost provinces since 2003.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSBKK405634
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:22 PM
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1. Oh, good. Dead first.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 04:56 PM
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2. Religion Of Peace strikes again
:hide:
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marshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 04:57 PM
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3. They're at peace now
Maybe that's the new spin.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 12:49 AM
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5. there are no religions of peace
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Sultana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 03:01 AM
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8. Truth!
As a Christian I could never claim Christianity as a religion of peace, look at the track record. Yikes!

I don't understand why Muslims keep refering to Islam as a religion of peace, my bf doesn't either and he is Muslim.


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Hanse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 01:00 AM
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6. It's getting to the point where paramilitary troops aren't safe any more.
:crazy:
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The Brethren Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 12:42 AM
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4. That is just sick.
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Alamuti Lotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 02:28 AM
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7. What part?
Royalist paramilitaries from the north harassing local villagers (that's why they're stationed there), or local paramilitaries hitting them back for it?
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pork medley Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-09 04:18 AM
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9. The "Muslim" part, duh.
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