Roadside bomb in southern Thailand kills 3

[Coventina]

Source: International Herald-Tribune

BANGKOK: A roadside bomb in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand killed three policemen and wounded one other, a military spokesman said Thursday.

The policemen had escorted a group of teachers to school and were returning to their base in a pickup truck when the blast occurred in Pattani, one of three southernmost provinces that has faced an Islamic insurgency since early 2004, said Col. Parinya Chaidilok.

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Public school teachers are usually escorted to work and back by security forces. Police say the militants believe the government is trying to indoctrinate students with un-Islamic values at public schools, making teachers prime targets.

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More than 3,300 people, mostly civilians, have been killed as a result of the violence. The insurgents target Buddhists and Muslims who they believe have collaborated with the government, including soldiers, police, informants and civilians.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/12/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php

[Suji to Seoul]

1. Great. . .I'll be leaving Korea and teaching in Thailand in August.

Woo hoo!!!

[Coventina]

2. Where in Thailand?

This Islamic insurgency is mostly in southern Thailand. Every once in awhile, they bomb a nightclub in Bangkok, but for the most part the danger is in the south.