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Critics of the arms proliferation are calling for the government to address the root causes of discontent in Thailand's south - on both sides of the sectarian divide. Buddhists complain that an environment where simply commuting to work exposes them to possible assassination is unacceptable. They feel that too few...
Trigger-Happy? There's no question that Thailand's southern tip is increasingly awash in guns. The number of legally registered weapons in the three provinces has jumped 10% each year since 2004, and many more are owned illegally. The state readily distributes firearms to everyone from teachers to government...
As the guns proliferate, there are also worrisome signs that some Buddhists are straying from a defensive posture into vigilante justice. In June, 11 Muslims were shot dead by a posse of gunmen while praying at the al-Furqan mosque in Narathiwat province. Official speculation first centered on Muslim radicals...
Four bombs in four days rocked Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, including a Nov. 10 explosion in a crowded marketplace near Peshawar that killed 34 people. Extremists have targeted the region in retribution for the Pakistani army's offensive against Taliban fighters in South Waziristan, a militant enclave along...
"My view is that the regime was planning to continue whipping up hysteria, and to try to retaliate diplomatically against Algeria in international and Arab circles - whether in the Arab League, or FIFA or the North African Football Association - to keep scoring local points," says Hamalawy. "But I guess they...