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DeepSouthWatch
2009-02-23 11:48
Half a decade of violence and conflict resolution amid confusion
Srisompop Jitpiromsri
Deep South Watch
During five years of the resurging violence from January 2004 to December 2008, there were 8,541 violent incidents, causing 3,287 deaths and 5,409 injuries. Although violence seems to have declined since June 2007 when over 60,000 military and security forces were deployed in the deep South, the trend still fluctuates and continues. Violence has been reflected in many forms of physical attacks including shooting, bombing, arson and vandalism.
Violence peaked to the top in 2005 with 2...