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...Southeast Asia much more important," says Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book about al-Qaeda in Asia. But Hambali is now clearly on the run and, according to a regional intelligence source, "that will cramp his style quite a bit." The last confirmed sighting of Hambali was in Bangkok in February 2002. Some say he's now in Java, Bangladesh, or Cambodia, where intelligence sources say he has a Cambodian Muslim wife...
...victims have included a woman who was eight months pregnant, a 75-year-old grandmother and a 9-year-old boy shot in the center of Bangkok. All three of those victims were unarmed. The National Human Rights Commission has received dozens of complaints from people who say their enemies have erroneously told police they are dealers. Others have apparently taken direct action against petty rivals or estranged business partners. "It's a license to kill for personal vendettas or disputes over illegal businesses," says Sunai Phasuk of Forum Asia...
When Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to eliminate illegal drugs from "every square inch of the country" by Apr. 30, listeners could be forgiven their doubts. This was the man, after all, who once pledged to untangle Bangkok's perpetually snarled roads. Traffic, it turns out, is still a problem, but early results of this new drug war suggest that traffickers are becoming an endangered species. During the first week of February, the police announced that 9,232 alleged dealers were arrested, and nearly 7,000 more surrendered. Authorities seized upwards of 41 million amphetamine pills. It seemed Thaksin...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...