Thailand

Muslim insurgents killed 2 police at a checkpoint, and murdered a village chief in Narathiwat province. The US is pushing the junta to allow democratic elections, and said only a free government can defeat the insurgency.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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