[arista]

"local news source"

Yes if the Army let them

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by arista

"local news source"

Yes if the Army let them

Come back to me when you know from experience how things work in Thailand. Sky, CNN and Fox won't be able to tell you that.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

3 were planted, one was discovered in time. Bali was mostly targeted at Australians in a Muslim country, if they are after Westerners, would have made much more sense to put one at one of the 3 enormous shopping malls in the area...not saying anyone did or didn't do it, just because I know Thailand so well I'm having a hard time making sense of who / why.

Possibly because they don't actually care who they kill and it's all about creating a world of fear

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Possibly because they don't actually care who they kill and it's all about creating a world of fear

That makes me so sad for humanity, Cherie Not saying it couldn't be true

[arista]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

Come back to me when you know from experience how things work in Thailand. Sky, CNN and Fox won't be able to tell you that.

CNN Live
are doing Great.

Now the Police are saying the Bomb
was in the Shrine

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

That makes me so sad for humanity, Cherie Not saying it couldn't be true

It is sad Ana But unfortunately it is the way we live now

[arista]

Briton Describes Moment Of Blast

[Four foreigners are among the victims
of an explosion near a shrine which
is popular with tourists.]


[A tourist who was in a hotel directly
above the bomb blast that
has reportedly killed at least
27 people has described
how "the whole building shook".
Former Bangkok resident
Lucinda-Jane Chastain told
Sky News: "It was just this
massive explosive noise.
The whole building shook.
"We all ran to the windows.
It was quite hard to see what
was happening but we could
see debris in the street.
"All we can see is a horrible
mess on the road.
This is at the very heart of Bangkok.]

http://news.sky.com/story/1537149/ba...oment-of-blast

[arista]

It appears Tourists
were part of the target


Cross this nation off your list, sadly


Ref: Ch5HD News

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by arista

"why there? "

Outside the Shrine
was selected.


Terrorists do not care if its a sacred place
Look at Isis the way they Destroy Sacred Buildings
The World can change fast

Actually sometimes they do. Bangkok is very rarely a target (and an odd choice tbh) and usually shrines are not touched over there in terrorism attacks. It's strange because the likely countries that could be behind the attack had people die in it.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by arista

It appears Tourists
were part of the target


Cross this nation off your list, sadly


Ref: Ch5HD News

Also if tourists were the main target thy would have picked somewhere that wasn't a shrine.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Also if tourists were the main target they would have picked somewhere that wasn't a shrine.

They Did BEN

but the other devices were stopped.


Cross it off your next Asia trip

[arista]

Police Hunt Thai Bomb Suspect Seen On CCTV

Its Now a Fact
a Pipe Bomb Full of TNT went off

Its a Nation without a Democratic Power
The Army took over last Year


Eight foreigners were among those killed and more than 120 injured when the device detonated at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok.

http://news.sky.com/story/1537377/po...t-seen-on-cctv

[Anaesthesia]

I think all Ben is saying Arista, as was I, that the bombing is very hard to make sense of according to its location and victims.

Nobody is denying that there was a bomb, or that it went off at a shrine, it's just because Ben also knows the East well, it is a very peculiar and unique kind of attack, and no group has yet claimed any responsibility...which is even more unusual.

At the moment it seems as though it was either a lone perpetrator, or a couple - the video footage shows a young man leaving a backpack on a bench which would presumably have been picked up and sited.

Commentators close to the political situation can also not make much sense of it...please see here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33970901

[MTVN]

It does all seem very confusing and there doesn't seem to be a clear motive yet, just calling it a terrorist attack doesn't mean that much by itself..

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by MTVN

just calling it a terrorist attack doesn't mean that much by itself..

Exactly that. It obviously has terrorist purposes within the definition of the word, but that means nothing without a motive. This is what everyone is struggling to understand.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Youtube video

[arista]

"it is a very peculiar and unique kind of attack"

For You Yes


But Last Year the Democratic Power
was taken down by the Army,
to me thats wrong

And If this is Yellow Shirts or Isis

Its all part of their plan

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

It does all seem very confusing and there doesn't seem to be a clear motive yet, just calling it a terrorist attack doesn't mean that much by itself..

Yes that will come.

But they are getting out of that nation first


Its Outright Terrorism
against a Nation run by the Army


do the Math

[Anaesthesia]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes that will come.

But they are getting out of that nation first


Its Outright Terrorism
against a Nation run by the Army


do the Math

Been trying to since yesterday...what conclusions do you come up with when you do the maths Arista? Sticking your neck out, who do you think is responsible, and why?

[arista]

If its a backash to having Army Run that nation
it can be many groups.

If its Isis then its even worse

The Police under Army Rule
say they have a open mind

[arista]

One of the Dead was from Hong Kong
a British National . Being Reported now


http://news.sky.com/story/1537665/lo...gkok-bomb-dead

[Anaesthesia]

I still think it must be a lone operator. Killing and injuring mostly Thais would suggest to me that it's one or two nutcases protesting against martial rule, which, let's be honest, considering the governmental corruption IS necessary as a stopgap administration.

I'll stick MY neck out, and say this is NOT ISIL.

Ofc I know no more FACTS than the next person. However, I do know Thailand and its people.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

I still think it must be a lone operator. Killing and injuring mostly Thais would suggest to me that it's one or two nutcases protesting against martial rule, which, let's be honest, considering the governmental corruption IS necessary as a stopgap administration.

I'll stick MY neck out, and say this is NOT ISIL.

Ofc I know no more FACTS than the next person. However, I do know Thailand and its people.

Yes could be.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Anaesthesia

I still think it must be a lone operator. Killing and injuring mostly Thais would suggest to me that it's one or two nutcases protesting against martial rule, which, let's be honest, considering the governmental corruption IS necessary as a stopgap administration.

I'll stick MY neck out, and say this is NOT ISIL.

Ofc I know no more FACTS than the next person. However, I do know Thailand and its people.

I suspect you're right, it doesn't seem to fit the profile at all for an ISIS attack and I'm pretty sure we'd know by now if they did have anything to do with it

[arista]

Yes Yesterday Another Pipe Bomb
that went off at a Riverside area (not killing anyone)
lucky it went off early or something
so I am saying its a Terrorist Group.


Meanwhile Police and Army are trying to find this suspect
who had a back pack going into to the shrine
and coming out no back pack.