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...been in a hundred battles, but this is the only place I've had to fight ghosts," says policeman Samrid, a veteran of Thailand's anti-communist campaigns of the 1970s. The decree will not make the enemy any clearer. "We don't know who they are," he says. "So how can we win?" Meanwhile, wanted posters multiply at police and train stations and other public places. The Thai word for "dead"-that is, shot by security forces-has been scrawled over some mugshots, but most suspects are still at large despite the promise of hefty rewards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Troubled South | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

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