Suspected car bomb injures 12 in Thailand

At least 12 people were injured and as many houses burned down, after an explosion in southern Thailand Sunday morning. Investigators believe that a car bomb caused the explosion. The region has seen a rise in insurgent activity recently. 9 civilians were killed and 2 injured in a bombing last week.

The government suspects muslim separatists who have long been at odds with the government in the mainly buddhist country. I think that a lot of the articles we have read for class mainly Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" underline the inherent tensions in the region.

Dylan Tate

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/thailand.blast/index.html