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PM orders south Thai attacks probe

Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports on Thailand's unresolved conflict in the southern provinces Thailand's prime minister has ordered security officials to look into the latest attacks in the country's southern-most provinces, saying they appeared more violent than previous recent attacks. Abhisit Vejjajiva said he had instructed National Security Council officers to analyse two attacks which killed eight soldiers on Thursday and Friday, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported. The first attack on Thursday night killed five members of a security patrol in Ruso district in Narathiwat. Eight soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings over two days [Reuters] The attack on Friday took place in neighbouring Yala province, where another roadside bomb killed three soldiers in a pickup truck. More than 4,000 people have been killed in the southern-most provinces since the insurgency reignited in 2004. Sumber: Suntingan daripada Al-Jazeera Net, 5/7/2010