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<DIV>Thailand is one of the many parts of the world Osama has listed as frontline battlegrounds in his global jihad. His list covers a 13,500 mile long swath of territory that includes Nigeria, Sudan, Ogaden, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kashmir, the Phillippines and a roughly 20 other hot spots. Howard</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/29/2004 5:48:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, checker@panix.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>21 Islamic schools 'fostering militancy' face closure<BR>Bangkok's Independent Newspaper<BR>http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.arcview.php3?clid=3&id=103138&usrsess=1<BR><BR> Published on Jul 27, 2004<BR><BR> Authorities yesterday threatened to shut down 21 Islamic boarding<BR> schools in the deep South and throw their owners in jail, after<BR> accusing them of being breeding grounds for militants.<BR> Intelligence information indicated that students and teachers from the<BR> 21 schools, known locally as pondoks, have been involved in creating<BR> violence in the region, Deputy Education Minister Sutham Saengprathoom<BR> said.<BR> The Education Ministry will summon the schools' owners and teachers to<BR> ask for their cooperation in the detection of militant movements in<BR> their respective schools, he said. If the owners refuse to cooperate,<BR> they will be imprisoned for six months or fined Bt50,000 - or both, he<BR> said, adding that the schools will also be shut down.<BR> Of the 21 schools, five are in Yala while there are eight each in<BR> Pattani and Narathiwat.<BR> The government has clear information that teachers at two of the<BR> schools have indoctrinated their students with anti-government<BR> sentiment, Sutham said.<BR> He said staff at the two schools were indirectly involved in violence<BR> in the region.<BR> "Within a couple of days the ministry will summon owners and teachers<BR> of the two schools first, and the other 19 will be called later when<BR> we find clear information," he said.<BR> Sutham declined to name the two schools in question.<BR> A spate of violence has gripped the region since the beginning of the<BR> year, claiming more than 200 lives. Among the dead are the 108 Islamic<BR> militants gunned down by authorities during a series of attacks on<BR> several security outposts on April 28.<BR> Assassinations aimed mostly at security officers take place on a daily<BR> basis in the region. The government has blamed separatists and<BR> home-grown militants for the violence.<BR> Interior Minister Bhokin Bhalakula said yesterday he was scheduled to<BR> meet with Malaysian officials in Phuket next month to ask Kuala Lumpur<BR> to hunt down some 30 suspected separatists.<BR> The names of the suspected separatists were submitted to the Malaysian<BR> government during Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's visit to the<BR> country in April.<BR> Kuala Lumpur is yet to take any action because it does not have clear<BR> information about the suspects, Sutham said, adding the government<BR> will submit more details of the suspects to concerned Malaysian<BR> ministries.<BR> In a related development yesterday, a leaflet critical of Thaksin and<BR> the Fourth Army Region Commander Pisan Wattawongkiri was distributed<BR> in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla.<BR> The leaflet portrays Thaksin pointing his right finger and a<BR> Thai-language caption saying, "I know. . . I see . . . I could reach<BR> out so I am the top commander."<BR> It also shows a picture of Pisan holding an M16 over the caption: "He<BR> acts like a babydoes everything to be a field marshal.''<BR> An official said authorities were attempting to find the source of the<BR> leaflet and the motivation behind its distribution.<BR> The leaflet is different from previous leaflets distributed in the<BR> region due to it being written in Thai and not Malay, Sutham said.<BR> He declined to offer an interpretation of the meaning of the leaflet<BR> or its significance.<BR><BR> Nation Multimedia Group<BR> 44 Moo 10 Bang Na-Trat KM 4.5, Bang Na district, Bangkok 10260<BR> Thailand<BR> Tel 66-2-325-5555, 66-2-317-0420 and 66-2-316-5900 ; Fax 66-2-317-2071<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>paleopsych mailing list<BR>paleopsych@paleopsych.org<BR>http://lists.paleopsych.org/mailman/listinfo/paleopsych</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">----------<BR>Howard Bloom<BR>Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century<BR>Visiting Scholar-Graduate Psychology Department, New York University; Faculty Member, The Graduate Institute<BR>www.howardbloom.net<BR>www.bigbangtango.net<BR>Founder: International Paleopsychology Project; founding board member: Epic of Evolution Society; founding board member, The Darwin Project; founder: The Big Bang Tango Media Lab; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of Political Science, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society for Human Ethology; advisory board member: Youthactivism.org; executive editor -- New Paradigm book series.<BR>For information on The International Paleopsychology Project, see: www.paleopsych.org<BR>for two chapters from <BR>The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, see www.howardbloom.net/lucifer<BR>For information on Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, see www.howardbloom.net<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>