September 20, 2006
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What You Won’t Find On American News
(Photo: Dr. Has)Above: Morning market
in Yala. Policemen and villagers have been shot here
and a bomb was found near the market.From the Thai-language
press: 80-day plan to form Pattani state – Betong to
be new capital city – translated
and summarized by Wisarut Bholsithi with further editing
by Asiper – from Manager
Online, February 20, 2005
More
on Troubles in the South
and Nationalism and Right-wing
Politics[You will not read this in the English-language papers,
but this is what many Thais are reading and discussing.
Is this a real plan or a ploy to build support for the
government's plan to withhold funding to some areas--or
both?
This article also demonstrates what we have mentioned
before--while in English the government generally insists
the separatist movement has nothing to do with foreigners,
in the Thai-language press, foreign elements are openly
blamed. This type of article is also why most Thais
will probably support the PM's hard line despite the
impression given by the English-language press that
the PM is undergoing a firestorm of criticism for his
handling of the South.]Hat Yai News Center: The Intelligence
office found a new piece of a plan to establish Pattani
state in five southern border provinces in 80 days.
The capital would be Betong and the state would cover
Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, three amphur (districts)
in Songkhla (Tepa, Sabayoi and Jana), and two districts
(Kuandone and Chalung) in Satun.The HQs for this insurgency are in Pattani, Yala, and
Narathiwat and they plan to set up a new capital city
in the Betong district of Yala while drafting an Islamic
constitution based upon the Iranian Constitution. They
will demonatarize the Thai baht. This struggle will
run for 80 days before being raised into an international
struggle and invite UN inspectors to handle this in
the same way Palestine and Free Ache Organization are
doing right now.Foreign forces such as JI, al Quada and Malaysia will
not join at this time, but will support the operation
once it is finished. They have disguised themselves
as tourists as well as the illegal labors from Indonesia.
They are trying to marry with Thai women including Thai
prostitutes from Hat Yai to Sugei Golok to form new
generations. They also invited Muslim Missionaries (Dah
Wah) and those Muslim Burmese from Arakan to join the
struggle. If the operation does not succeed in 80 days,
there will be a suicide in a mosque. They will set up
a suicide squad to plant human bombs at Masjid every
Friday afternoon during Friday prayers.The plan to form a Pattani state was made in 1992 and
first tried in 1993. The plan was modified in 1994 and
came to a deep crisis on its tenth anniversary in 2004.
The former plan was to rob guns at Battalion No. 4,
Amphur Jorai Rong, Narathiwat using commandos and having
a protest at Takbai, Nartivat. For that protest it was
forbidden to bring weapons and was supposed to stop
at 6pm, but it did not go as planned. The situation
went out of control causing damage, but an advantage
was that [the resulting deaths of protesters] will continue
to incite future generations. Other protesters disguised
themselves as reporters to broadcast news and blame
government officers.
It is found that in 2005 they plan to attack the police
and military checkpoints and kiosks–to be done by a
bomb squad (3-4 men). They are also going to plant big
bombs in Bangkok, Chang Mai and Phuket (3 bombs for
each targets) to distract the armed forces from concentrating
on one area.However the case of April 28, 2004 [the mosque shootout
where over 100 separatists were killed]–it was unconventional
plan by commander Uttaz Sohlae. He was blamed by the
movement and ordered to drink urine. However the two
events benefit the separatists by allowing them to blame
government officers.In 2005, they decide to plant bombs at police and military
checkpoints and kiosks–to be done by a bomb squad (3-4
men). They are also going to plant big bombs in Bangkok,
Chang Mai and Phuket (3 bombs for each targets). This
will distract the armed forces. They also plan to kidnap
one district officer from each district to be a hostage
to exchange for their members in jail.A D-day is planned. 10-15 days before D-day, commandos
who stay in the mountains of Thambon Ayer Wong, Betong
district of Yala will go to the villages that are organized.
Weapons will be transferred to each village in the day,
because there is less inspection than nighttime. On
D-day, commandos and PEMUDA will attack battalions,
destroy, steal weapons, and seize high-level government
officers as hostages. After that they will withdraw
back to forest and wait for the next attack. They will
continue attacking in many places combined with planting
flags in every village. This operation will be not concentrate
on causing damage, but on killing a great number of
people in order to get foreign support and have a dialogue
for a referendum for self-rule such as in East Timor.At the same time, 100 commandos in Yaha district of
Yala will operate at Yaha Police Office and get cooperation
from Muslim students in many universities who will protest
to make trouble. 3500 commandos were trained by 50 trainers
for 6 months. The members in the villages are organized
PEMUDA which is 70-100% composed of local supporting
groups. They have collected M-16 and HK 33 rifles and
5000-6000 shotguns. These weapon were collected over
40 years and are in Amphur Bannunagstar, Betong, Yala.
They will distribute 2000-3000 rifles to members in
five provinces along with funds collected daily and
monthly since 2002. Funds will also come from foreign
supporters in Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Philippines,
and Malaysia (Banling district of Kota Baru, Kelantan).The Ponoh who are involved will be in Yaha and Kabang
District of Yala. They have relationships with these
groups: GMIP, BRNCO, PULO, and BRN Congress. However,
the Wahabi Group will have a dialogue when the mission
is finished while foreign terrorists will also join
the big event.
