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Thai Militants Attack Army Base

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By William Tucker

Thailand’s troubled south experienced one of the largest militant attacks in several years yesterday leaving 16 militants dead in the assault. Locals in the area tipped off the Thai military a few days prior to the attempted assault allowing for a successful defense of the targeted base. Unfortunately, the Malay insurgency doesn’t get much international coverage and only larger skirmishes are report. But the century old insurgency has gone through spikes and lulls with the most recent activity starting again in 2004 and leaving over 5000 people dead. The violence typically occurs in the three southern most provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala where marshal law had been instituted in 2007. Since that time, the government in Bangkok has established curfews in some areas that have had a positive effect. These measures taken by the Thai government may be useful in the short term; however a long term political solution must be found.

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The Battle for Aleppo

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By William Tucker

Syrian opposition forces have followed up their assault on Damascus by seizing and holding territory in the northern city of Aleppo. The fighting in Aleppo is shaping up quite differently than the assault on Damascus. Rather than seize government building and force Assad loyalists to retake portions of the city block by block the opposition withdrew from Damascus after a few days of fighting.

Syrian Rebels Strike Damascus

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By William Tucker

To start, it is important to note that the claims by opposition forces and the al-Assad regime concerning the fighting in Damascus cannot be verified; however we cannot ignore that fighting is indeed taking place. That by itself is a significant development in the Syrian saga. In the past few days and weeks, several high level defections have taken place raising the prospect of a ‘palace coup.’