Current Insurgency
Patani separatist groups, most notably the Patani United Liberation Organization (PULO), began to use violent tactics in 2001. There have been suggestions of links between PULO and foreign Islamist groups, such as al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah.
Estimates of rebel strength vary widely from only 500 to more than 15,000. Weekly reports throughout recent years show an unpleasant activity by extremists, and killings of soldiers, supposed rebels and civilians are quite common. Roadblocks are a common sight everywhere across the three southernmost Thai provinces. Armored military vehicles have vanished in public on the roads and within the cities and villages.
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