Deep South rebels attack monks, women

Violence against innocent civilians and unarmed clerics is wrong in any religious faith, critics of the insurgency say.

By Bas Pattani for Khabar Southeast Asia in Pattani

June 14, 2012

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Deep South rebels attack monks, women

Violence against innocent civilians and unarmed clerics is wrong in any religious faith, critics of the insurgency say.

By Bas Pattani for Khabar Southeast Asia in Pattani

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