29.08.09 Rebels 'cross in for major strike'
Insurgents from the Pattani United Liberation Organisation and the
Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate trained in bomb-making overseas
have infiltrated the South in preparation for a major strike, an
intelligence source says.
The young militants entered the region by crossing the border
between Narathiwat and Kelantan state in Malaysia, the source said.
They are currently in and around Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and parts
of Songkhla and are plotting a major campaign of violence in urban
areas in the near future, the source said.
Awae Kaelae, a suspected Pulo leader, made his way into the region
from a hideout overseas to take full command of the insurgency, the
source said.
Attacks may target villages in remote and mountainous areas rather than downtown areas, the source said.
Insurgents were bent on demoralising locals and Tuesday's car bomb
that injured 42 people in Narathiwat was an example of that, the source
said.
Police officers and Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, director of the
Central Institute of Forensic Science, yesterday continued their search
of an undisclosed vehicle repair garage for clues to the bombing.
A pickup truck used in the bomb attack was believed to have been
given a paint job at the garage in Muang district after suspected
insurgent leader Amran Ming, 28, and his members are thought to have
stolen it from Bacho district.
Police officers in 13 Narathiwat districts were yesterday trained
how to operate three GT 200 bomb detectors supplied by the 4th Army to
enhance their ability to prevent bombings.
In Yala, a fertiliser warehouse caught fire in Muang district early yesterday morning.
Damage was estimated at 300,000 baht. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Source: Bangkok Post, 29.08.09 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/22891/rebels-cross-in-for-major-strike
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