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Southern Thailand's Insurgency Turns Jihadist

Southern Thailand's Insurgency Turns Jihadist

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Jan 19, 2013
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Thailand's Malay Muslim insurgency in the south of the country appears to be going in a worrying new direction, becoming more Islamist in nature. Although the insurgency has a long history, resistance to Thai rule has waxed and waned according to local grievances. Historically, rebellion in the deep south has essentially been nationalist, not religious.

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