#  No End in Sight as South Thai Rebellion Enters Fifth Year 

 





January 03, 2008

 

 

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

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Brutal killings have reached unprecedented levels in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, experts say, as the region enters the fifth year of a separatist insurgency that is tearing communities apart.  
  
A government policy of reconciliation in the region has backfired, analysts told AFP, with rebels beheading, mutilating and even crucifying victims to try to spark a backlash and create divisions between Buddhists and Muslims.  
  
"They kill in such brutal ways: beheaded, hacked to death, set on fire ... the idea is to provoke a strong reaction of the Buddhist Thais against Muslims," said Sunai Phasuk, a Thailand consultant with Human Rights Watch.  
  
"The Buddhist Thais feel that they have become subject of atrocities, and many of them even feel that ethnic cleansing is going on."



 

 

 



 

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- [ Peace/War ](/news-stories/peacewar)
- [ Buddhism ](/religions/buddhism)
- [ Interfaith ](/religions/interfaith)
- [ Islam ](/religions/islam)
- [ International ](/tags/international)
 
 

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