Yet Somyot acknowledged that the bombing might have been set in motion by Thailand’s July 8 deportation of 109 Uyghur men and women back to China at China’s request–despite pleas from the international community and Turkey’s willingness to welcome them as ethnic Turkic brethren.
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“Undoubtedly IS has the capability and it hinges on local franchises, local organizations,” Davis said. And Muslim Thais could well be members of a brigade composed of volunteers from the Malay peninisula now fighting in Syria because hundreds of Malaysians, as well as some Indonesians and Flipinos are already known to be among these fighters.
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