Jihadist Bomb Attack in Thailand Kills 8 Soldiers - 1 Beheaded

Just your daily muslim jihadist attack from the land of Thailand. A group of Thai soldiers were hit by some sort of IED and after the initial explosion which killed many, the jihadists descended upon the scene and fired rounds into any survivors and then, one soldier was beheaded - apparently to send the message that the jihadists are just as sick as they appear to be.
The Thai government keeps appeasing and appeasing and soon, they will find it has no army left (which, of course, is the plan behind this kind of attack to begin with).

Here's the full story.

Attack in Thailand Kills 8 Soldiers
Jan 14 07:05 AM US/Eastern
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN
Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Suspected Muslim insurgents killed eight soldiers—leaving one beheaded—in a bomb and shooting attack Monday in restive southern Thailand, army and police officials said.
The soldiers were on a routine morning patrol in the Chanae district of Narathiwat province when a bomb hidden on the road exploded as their vehicle passed, said the spokesman, Col. Akara Thiprote.
After the blast, suspected insurgents attacked the vehicle with a barrage of gunfire, leaving no survivors, he said.
"One of the soldiers was beheaded. His head was found 50 meters away from the scene of the attack," said police Lt. Col. Chakkrote Nongmanee, who inspected the blast site.
It was not immediately clear at what point the soldier was beheaded.

An initial investigation indicated that about 20 suspected insurgents had been hiding behind brush along the roadside, Chakkrote said, adding that police found 10 weapons left in the area, including eight M-16 assault rifles, a submachine gun and a pistol.
More than 2,800 people have been killed in Thailand's Muslim-majority southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, and some parts of neighboring Songkhla, since a long-simmering Islamic separatist insurgency flared in January 2004.
The government has made little progress in curbing the violence, despite the presence of nearly 40,000 police and soldiers. Drive-by shootings and bombings occur almost daily, as rebels continue efforts to scare Buddhist residents away from the area.
More than 90 percent of Thailand's 65 million people are Buddhist, and many of the country's Muslims have long complained they are treated as second-class citizens.