Thread: Bomb Explodes In Downtown Bangkok

Bomb explodes in downtown Bangkok
Blast wounds one; police, bomb squads investigating

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18506192/

BANGKOK: -- A bomb exploded near a telephone booth in downtown Bangkok on Saturday, wounding one person, Thai police said.

The bomb was planted in a side street of the bustling Thai capital, police spokesman Ronnarong Yangyaen said.

The iTV television channel said the slightly wounded person was a 22-year-old man.

Police and bomb squads rushed to the scene to investigate the attack and authorities sealed off the area to vehicles and public.

"We cannot speculate about the culprit (behind the attack) for the time being," Bangkok's police superintendent Lt. Gen. Adisorn Nontree told reporters.

Thailand has been rocked by both political instability following a military coup last September which ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a bloody Muslim insurgency in its southernmost provinces.

Nine bombs exploded in the Thai capital on New Year's Eve, killing three people and wounding more than 40. Authorities have yet to unravel the motives behind the attacks or arrest the perpetrators but it is generally believed that politics rather than the insurgency were behind the bombings.

--MSNBC 2007-05-05

This is not good, I'm not seeing anything indicating things will get better...just hoping things will not get any worst than this.

Originally Posted by panhunger

Bomb explodes in downtown Bangkok
Blast wounds one; police, bomb squads investigating

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18506192/

BANGKOK: -- A bomb exploded near a telephone booth in downtown Bangkok on Saturday, wounding one person, Thai police said.

The bomb was planted in a side street of the bustling Thai capital, police spokesman Ronnarong Yangyaen said.

The iTV television channel said the slightly wounded person was a 22-year-old man.

Police and bomb squads rushed to the scene to investigate the attack and authorities sealed off the area to vehicles and public.

"We cannot speculate about the culprit (behind the attack) for the time being," Bangkok's police superintendent Lt. Gen. Adisorn Nontree told reporters.

Thailand has been rocked by both political instability following a military coup last September which ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and a bloody Muslim insurgency in its southernmost provinces.

Nine bombs exploded in the Thai capital on New Year's Eve, killing three people and wounding more than 40. Authorities have yet to unravel the motives behind the attacks or arrest the perpetrators but it is generally believed that politics rather than the insurgency were behind the bombings.

--MSNBC 2007-05-05

Probably in relation to Steve McMahon's comments

Right!

I'm gonna take bets on how long it takes this seemingly informative thread to become a vitriolic anti-Thai rant ....

Any offers?

Originally Posted by panhunger

Authorities have yet to unravel the motives behind the attacks

Originally Posted by panhunger

or arrest the perpetrators

Originally Posted by panhunger

but it is generally believed that politics rather than the insurgency were behind the bombings.

I see by their sleuthing they are really narrowing things down!

What is curious about these Bangkok bombs, they don't pack the punch of those Deep South bombs. Few have died and few have been injured. In the south, heads are literally rolling down the street.

I wonder why?

They're just "political" bombs.

yeah, could be politics. then the question is, if it's not the southern insurgents, then why not? why haven't they taken the fight to where it will hurt even worse?

The level of insight here astounds me .....

If the insurgents did that, the Thais would drop the gloves and get out the knives. It doesn't really benefit the insurgents to enlargen the enemy, so perhaps their priority is to establish as much control as possible over what they perceive to be their ancestral homeland.

It was reported in the media here that there is growing frustration with the performance of the current regime, and another coup may be on the way. Guess who'll be pulling the strings?

Originally Posted by defender

I'm gonna take bets on how long it takes this seemingly informative thread to become a vitriolic anti-Thai rant ....

Any offers?

Well you're wrong. You've turned it into a anti-everyone who posts rant...we appreciate the contributions...you might want to get back to ball and foot threads...

Oh is this an American-only thread then .... sorry you should have said .... as you were.

Originally Posted by Hootad Binky

If the insurgents did that, the Thais would drop the gloves and get out the knives. It doesn't really benefit the insurgents to enlargen its enemy, so perhaps their priority is to establish as much control as possible over what they perceive to be their ancestral homeland.

Then there's nothing much to fear. We can have our Nana, the plaza, the parking lot, the disco. Thanks be to god...ah, GOD!