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To: unclewest who wrote (32094)	6/11/2002 4:52:09 AM
From: Hoa Hao	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Unclewest, Many guerilla wars are won/lost due to the lack or availability of sanctuaries for the guerilla units. VN being a case in point. My point about nukes and SA is that if the Isrealis decide to go after those who support terrorists, hitting the SA is one place to do so... and it sure won't take much. Essentially, you hit the "water works" and 99% of the Arabs there will be flopping around like fish out of water from thirst before anybody could supply water. Action is already on going in SEA. al Q. is trying to create wars between countries in order to keep the US busy. Below is a description of a recent terrorist attack in Thailand provided by a Thai army officer: Yesterday we have terrorist attack against schoolkids. This is edited report from Bangkok Post and newspapers in ours. Is big operation going on now with Border Police and 31st Infantry Regiment to find those who do this. The attack on a school bus which killed three students and wounded 13 others in Ratchaburi yesterday was carried out by three killers, wearing military-style camouflage uniforms. They intercepted the vehicle at a hill-flanked bend on Rong Charoen-Pongjed road in Ban Kha sub-district of Suan Phung district about 0730 on its morning run to Ban Kha Witthaya school in Ban Kha sub-district near the Burmese border. The gunmen, whose faces were reportedly hooded, first tried to stop the modified pick-up truck, which was carrying 26 students aged 12-17 to school. They opened fire with their M16 assault rifles raking the bus with bullets from front to back. With bullets first smashing the windshield Thongmon and his 13-year-old son Nikorn, who was sitting in front, ducked down, narrowly escaping death. But the pick-up truck was a sitting duck for the hooded men in military uniforms. The attackers then walked to the rear of the vehicle and unleashed another hail of gunfire. The youngsters crammed into three rows of seats had no time to escape. "The kids screamed in terror, shouting at me to drive away," said Thongmon. "The gunmen were only five metres away...it was a shooting spree." Please to read that again. They walk to back and hose down group of kids with automatic weapons from range of five meters. Who this sound like? - Suphi Then the driver, Thongmon Khemthong, gunned the motor and sped away. Two students - Prasit Wanna and Vassana Thongkham, both 13 - were fatally shot and fell from the pickup. However, Thongmon said he sadly had no time to think about the two fallen schoolchildren as he had to drove his vehicle from the scene in order to save the others. He stopped a kilometre away and called for help to evacuate the casualties to hospitals in Suan Phung district and Ratchaburi. Lieutenant-General Lertrat said it was unlikely Burmese soldiers had anything to do with the attack as they did not use M16 rifles. Thai soldiers in Suan Phung also had good relations with the Burmese military units posted opposite them. Possibilities that have not been ruled out are that they were former Burmese students, forced to move when Maneeloy camp was recently closed, or members of the Karen National Union (KNU), who live in groups of 30-50 near the border. The gunmen might have planned to hijack the truck to a destination and might not have even known the vehicle was carrying students. Following the murders, more than 300 soldiers and police were deployed to seal off the border. All routes were blocked and forces combed the mountains in search of the gunmen. Four helicopters, armoured vehicles and sniffer dogs were also used. Mr Thaksin quoted Ratchaburi governor Komet Daengthongdee as assuming it was unlikely the KNU was involved because most students in the area were ethnic Karenni. Besides, 80% of people living in the area were Karenni and former Burmese students awaiting departure to a third country. The two students killed were both 13 years old. Prasit Wanna dreamed of being a policeman when he grew up. The ambition had blossomed after Prasit accompanied his father on a visit to the Police Cadet Academy in Samphran, Nakhon Pathom. Mr Lin had been hired to drive a son of a local joss stick manufacturer to attend an entrance examination there. "He wanted to be a police officer to protect his family. So I promised to help him make it,'' Mr Lin said, wiping away tears with his loosely worn old shirt." Mr Lin said his son was diligent, determined and more thoughtful than his brothers and sisters. "I was proud of this son and believed one day our family could depend on him." The family earns less than 6,000 baht a month (Please to note about US$120 - Suphi) selling pineapples and supplying raw materials for joss sticks. Prasit's mother Somsri, 47, clutched her son's coffin for a long while before declaring his death was her fault. "He had been taking the school bus service for only 15 days. He used to go by ordinary bus or rode a motorcycle to school, but I told him to take the school bus because I thought the service was safer and he would arrive earlier. He told me only yesterday that he did not like to take the school bus,'' she said, tears flowing down her cheeks. Wassana Thongkhamern had plans to enter the diplomatic service. Suchin Thongkam said the sudden death of his beloved and innocent daughter Wassana was the deepest sorrow of his life. Wiping away tears with hands still stained from farm work, Mr Suchin said Wassana was a bright girl and always got good grades at school. "She wished to become a diplomat because she was good at English. It was the dream from her childhood. I wish I could witness her success, but she has gone.'' Mr Suchin mourned. He was not brave enough to tell his ailing wife of their daughter's death. He doubted she could stand the sorrow. Wanpen Vari-ubon, the mother of Vanvisa Pleefag - one of the most seriously injured children - lives near the scene of the attack. She said she clearly heard the sound of gunfire but never thought it was an assault on the schoolchildren. "I don't know who should take responsibility for this brutal event, but whoever carried out this kind of murder should be punished by death. They killed innocent children, they should die," said a tearful Sriprai Manjai, whose 13-year-old son Sathit was shot in the head. Meanwhile, one more student was reported dead at 0500 due to excessive bleeding. This brings up the death toll to three. Do not have name and details yet. So far security forces are rounding up all usual suspects. But this has evidence of not being usual suspects. Is somebody else trying to get war started between us and Myanmar. Who that is now we look at. Those who attended an emergency meeting of government agencies informed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that the attack was not a normal crime because of its indiscriminate nature, a source said. The act was deemed a deliberate, organised terrorist act carried out by professional assailants. Our Prime Minister say the incident might have been the work of a third party looking to further damage the already strained ties between Thailand and Burma. Infantry - Let Us Prey End of Thai post An attack against one is an attack against all