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THAILAND (DNSI)-With the recent upsurge in terrorist and guerrilla activity in the Thai south, the big question here in Bangkok is, "Who are the guerrillas and what are their political goals?" The leader of the Islamic community in Thailand refuses to comment on the situation, as do all other Muslims here. A Muslim friend of mine, who was born in the south, offered to give his view of the problem...
Among the radicals who once fleetingly held center stage is Anthony Tankersley, a former Berkeley graduate student convicted of the Sept. 1, 1968, terrorist bombing of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. high-tension tower. Tankersley, the son of a Navy officer, then fled to join the U.S. expatriate community in Canada. For 18 months, Tankersley and his wife Susan re-examined their political philosophy. As a result, last February he turned himself in to federal authorities as his own "statement against violence" and is now serving a one-to five-year sentence in a California prison. From his cell, Tankersley...
What about the future of violent protest? "Bernardine Dohrn and the others on the top of the terrorist heap can only be moved to reconsider the role of violence if they are convinced it is tactically counterproductive. Violence is just a tool for them, and they use it when they think it is necessary. They might think the use of that tool is alienating people now, but I assure you that restraint is a very temporary thing. I'm sure it's going to get worse. The gap is still too big. There is no communication between...
...least ten lives were lost in Northern Ireland last week. Five men were killed when their Land Rover struck a terrorist mine in County Tyrone. On the Ulster-Eire border, a bomb destroyed a customs post. Belfast suffered the greatest destruction. There have been more than 160 bombings during the past year; one suspected fire-bombing lit up the night sky as nearly $4.8 million worth of cut timber burned in a lumberyard...
Anarchic Slum. With the I.R.A. Provisionals bent on escalating warfare -against Protestants, the British troops and even the Marxist-oriented members of the "official" I.R.A.-London faced some difficult decisions. The British could round up terrorist leaders and intern them under the Special Powers Act, but this might swing the Catholic moderates to the militant cause. The British could withdraw their troops, but then there would be no buffer between Protestants and Catholics. Or London could impose direct rule from Westminster, but this, too, would unite the Catholics and lead to greater violence...