Well damn! If this isn’t interesting. When the news of the coup in Thailand came in last week one had to wonder about the Muslim insurgency in the south. Nothing was said about it. Corruption and no support among the urban sophisticates were the explanations… Going on nothing more than the allegations in this article it will be interesting to see how the Generals change the strategy.
THE Royal Thai Army will adopt new tactics against a militant Islamic uprising, following the coup that sent Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, into exile in London last week. According to sources briefed by the army high command, Thaksin’s bungled response to the insurgency in southern Thailand, which has claimed 1,700 lives in two years, was a critical factor in the generals’ decision to get rid of him.