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...duel with 57 Communist terrorists. In July, a Thai army unit, sweeping the region's Route 5, reported killing 18 guerrillas and arresting 140 suspects. A few weeks later, a Thai-Malay patrol moving in Land Rovers through a jungle gorge in southern Thailand's Betong district was ambushed, and ten of its 15 members killed. The attack shocked both Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur into action. Fortnight ago, Malaysian Home Minister Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman and Thailand's Deputy Defense Minister Dawee Chullasapaya sat down in Bangkok for a series of conferences to strengthen joint cooperation...
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