Thailand: The War You've Never Heard Of

From Global Post:

As Thai military arms for battle, a shadowy Islamic separatist network continues its beheading campaign.

BANGKOK — Each week in Thailand’s deep south, new blood is spilled in the name of a forgotten Muslim sultanate.

This guerilla war seems worlds away from Bangkok and Thailand’s neon-soaked coastal playgrounds. But it has ground Thailand’s military to a halt.

The campaign, little known outside the region, is being waged to restore Pattani, a small Islamic kingdom absorbed by Thais in 1908. So entrenched is Thailand’s southern violence that, when decapitated heads tumble across public streets, the killings are reported in passing.

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My Comment: Like the Muslim insurgency on the Philippine island of Mindanao, major news organizations are staying away from this story and other small war insurgencies with a Muslim religious component in the conflict. Your guess is as good as mine on why this is the case.