One of the least known and least publicized current wars involving Islamic
extremists is the ongoing jihad in southern Thailand. Muslim separatists in the
southernmost portion of the country have been committing a seemingly unending
series of terror attacks on Thai Buddhists, on other Muslims (apparently as
punishment for not supporting the violence) and on the Thai police and military.
This has been going on at least since 2004, and most likely much longer (though
unseen by the outside world). The goal of the terrorists is to create a
Muslim-controlled independent state ruled by Islamic law.
The few reports of the Thai jihad that reach the western press are almost
invariably purely textual descriptions of the violence; only rarely are photos
to be found in media reports, and almost none of those photos show what's really
going on: beheadings, corpse desecrations, torture, bombings, and more.
An anonymous correspondent (based in Malaysia) recently sent to a
series of extremely explicit photographs depicting some of the violence being
committed by Islamic terrorists in southern Thailand. Extensive online searches
through various news archives failed to turn up the precise origins of these
photos, nor of any photos even vaguely similar. Because of this, the images are
newsworthy, and I decided to make these photographs available online as a sort
of "evidence archive" of what has been happening in southern Thailand recently.
A Thai Buddhist motorcyclist who has been killed and beheaded.
The sign on his motorcycle says, in Thai script, "If Thais continue to capture/kill Malaysian (Muslims) in Thailand, we'll continue to kill Buddhists."
The head of the motorcyclist, lying nearby. The lower jaw has been severed as well.
A victim of an Islamic terror attack. He appears to have died in an explosion or fire, though his body may have been scorched after he was already dead.
His attackers tried (unsuccessfully) to hack off his head.
His body was severely burned. The document underneath is part of some police paperwork; the visible portion reads, "...before getting permission," along with some identification numbers
A member of the Thai military who has been killed and whose body was severely disfigured
The Thai military and the Thai police recovering the body.
Victims on a railroad bridge; one body has been draped over a girder; the other has been placed on the tracks and cut in half by the wheels of a passing train.
The same victim, shown from the other side.
Rescue workers recovering the partial corpse.
A severely burned body, in a photo possibly dated 2003. Although this was included with the other photos of terror victims, there is no way to determine exactly what happened to this particular victim.
extremists is the ongoing jihad in southern Thailand. Muslim separatists in the
southernmost portion of the country have been committing a seemingly unending
series of terror attacks on Thai Buddhists, on other Muslims (apparently as
punishment for not supporting the violence) and on the Thai police and military.
This has been going on at least since 2004, and most likely much longer (though
unseen by the outside world). The goal of the terrorists is to create a
Muslim-controlled independent state ruled by Islamic law.
The few reports of the Thai jihad that reach the western press are almost
invariably purely textual descriptions of the violence; only rarely are photos
to be found in media reports, and almost none of those photos show what's really
going on: beheadings, corpse desecrations, torture, bombings, and more.
An anonymous correspondent (based in Malaysia) recently sent to a
series of extremely explicit photographs depicting some of the violence being
committed by Islamic terrorists in southern Thailand. Extensive online searches
through various news archives failed to turn up the precise origins of these
photos, nor of any photos even vaguely similar. Because of this, the images are
newsworthy, and I decided to make these photographs available online as a sort
of "evidence archive" of what has been happening in southern Thailand recently.
A Thai Buddhist motorcyclist who has been killed and beheaded.
The sign on his motorcycle says, in Thai script, "If Thais continue to capture/kill Malaysian (Muslims) in Thailand, we'll continue to kill Buddhists."
The head of the motorcyclist, lying nearby. The lower jaw has been severed as well.
A victim of an Islamic terror attack. He appears to have died in an explosion or fire, though his body may have been scorched after he was already dead.
His attackers tried (unsuccessfully) to hack off his head.
His body was severely burned. The document underneath is part of some police paperwork; the visible portion reads, "...before getting permission," along with some identification numbers
A member of the Thai military who has been killed and whose body was severely disfigured
The Thai military and the Thai police recovering the body.
Victims on a railroad bridge; one body has been draped over a girder; the other has been placed on the tracks and cut in half by the wheels of a passing train.
The same victim, shown from the other side.
Rescue workers recovering the partial corpse.
A severely burned body, in a photo possibly dated 2003. Although this was included with the other photos of terror victims, there is no way to determine exactly what happened to this particular victim.
