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THAILAND: New reports have emerged in Thai media linking Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) with militants in the kingdom's south.
An unnamed security source told Thai media that militants in restive southern provinces have received bomb-making training from the JI.
The source also linked a key member of JI, said to be behind the July 17 Jakarta hotel bombings, to Thai insurgents.
He also said radios, rather than mobile phones, were being used to detonate bombs.
It is believed that this method escapes detection by authorities who often track phone signals.
The information appears to corroborate with a recent bomb attack in Thailand's Yala province.
Two soldiers were killed over a week ago when a bomb believed to have been detonated by radio signals went off.
Radio transceivers are known to have triggered other recent bombings in Thailand's restive south.
These transceivers are believed to be more efficient than mobile phones as authorities cannot interfere with the signals.
The JI is also believed to have helped the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group to carry out bombings on the southern island of Mindanao early this month in which eight people were killed and over 100 injured.
- CNA/ir
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