Bombs explode in Thai capital; 12 hurt

BANGKOK, Thailand - Small bombs exploded in at least four locations in the Thai capital on Sunday, injuring at least 12 people, police sid.

Police spokeman Gen. Ajirawit Suphanaphesat said on the iTV television network that police were inspecting six other locations where there were suspicious packages

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_re_as/thailand_bombs


Four bombs hit Thailand's capital

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The third bomb was planted at a police traffic post at an intersection in the north of the city injuring two, he said, while the fourth was also at a police post in the northern suburb of Nonthaburi. No one was injured there.

It was not immediately clear if the bombs had anything to do with a military coup on September 19 that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, or with an ongoing violent separatist insurgency in the kingdom's south.

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least six small bombs exploded in Bangkok on Sunday, wounding more than 20 people, police said.

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Militants in the Muslim-majority three southern provinces of Thailand near the Malaysian border have used such tactics of setting of a series of bombs over a short space of time in towns in the region.

They are not known to have launched attacks outside the region so far despite constant fears they would.

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The military coup government that ousted corrupt corporatist PM Taksin was extremely quick to rule out Muslim separatists in the south. They were just as quick to blame Taksin or his supporters, indirectly. This action has happened before in history hasn't it? As in, when authoritarians proceed to consolidate power after grabbing it. This could be a ploy to validate their hold on power and to lessen resistance to the delayed democratic vote and turnover of power after a new constitution is drafted. The current leader is a Muslim, as I understand.