5 reasons the Bangkok bombing was a real terror attack?

[Devil's Advocate]

I think we can observe by the way it's been reported, the differences between this attack, and any number of recent attacks in African, European or Middle Eastern countries which had the trade marks of, at worst, a false flag, or at best, an opportunistic response to an unplanned event.

In the Bangkok case I have observed -

1. The perpetrator was not named almost immediately. They are still not named at the time of me writing this. Usually the "terrorists" are named before the smoke even clears.

2. No one has claimed responsibility. There is usually an anonymous social media post that the media all run with as a verified admission of guilt.

3. The Geographic location. Sure it might be America's way of moving into China's backyard and destabilizing the region, but I really don't see much geo-political value in this for them at the moment.

4. It has received minimal coverage in the West and the media are not using it for fear mongering.

5. This would be an easy opportunity to say that ISIS has infiltrated local groups, and that the terror problem is worse than ever. Yet no one has even hinted at that. If ISIS propaganda wasn't controlled, i'm pretty sure that at least one high profile media commentator would have thrown the idea into the mix.



Of course, I could be totally wrong and they might come out tomorrow and claim that ISIS are now based in China, and the US must set up more bases in the region, but i'm not really seeing that sort of posturing at all.

[Masato]

Wow, had to log in just to say what an excellent post

I too am fascinated by western mainstream media patterns, and though I haven't been following the BKK event it is interesting to hear that you see these differences.

Mainstream media is so fucking obvious and predictable to me, I'm glad some others here see it too and can read it somewhat through these kind of eyes

DA FTW

[Devil's Advocate]

I do think that this attack was politically motivated and it may have even been pulled off by the muslims in South Thailand, but the government there are implying that it was the Red Shirts, a local opposition group to the Government of the day. I think the Thai government are going to use it if they can for political purposes, but the silence by the international political honchos speaks volumes, in my opinion.

For me, this is a good way to observe a non-staged attack verses a staged one. It can also be seen in certain mass shootings as well, some of them receive huge media focus and others are but a fleeting paragraph or two on page 3.

[Devil's Advocate]

The official response is now that it is not believed to be linked to "international terrorism" but at the same time they cant say who did it. But a photofit image of a mysterious man known only as the foreigner is being circulated by the media. He is a brown skinned man, so they could be keeping their options open in case they want to play the Jihadi card later on.

[Daglord]

I guess it wasn't a motorcycle bomb. backpack IED.

Published on Aug 18, 2015
Bangkok bomb: Video shows suspect leaving backpack
Video footage has emerged of a man police want to question in connection with a bomb blast in the Thai capital Bangkok on Monday.
The footage, from a CCTV camera, shows a man in a yellow shirt leaving a backpack in the Erawan Hindu shrine. At least 20 people died in the explosion, including eight foreigners, and scores were injured. In a separate attack on Tuesday, an explosive device was thrown from a pier in Bangkok but no-one was hurt. Authorities had already released still images of the man in the yellow shirt, who is wanted for questioning.

[Daglord]

pong talked about the bangkok bombings in the china explosion thread in the AZ. some good stuff:

http://masatotoys.freeforums.org/huge-explosion-in-in-tianjing-china-nothing-reported-yet-t2498-70.html

it appears there were a series of bombs. hopefully he will correct me if I'm wrong. one went off in the shrine, another disabled by the police that was intended to hit the first responders & another tossed on a bridge that missed & detonated underwater. pretty fucked up. CT'ers went apeshit yesterday when they detained an american with a pink floyd T-shirt on. ended up being a problem with his passport IIRC.

there are some GREAT posts in that thread re: this, but it started to go more the way of 'anarchy zone' material than 'rebel alliance'. they released an image of the guy & it looks almost exactly like a certain ey poster. lol.

always knew that forum would create a terrorist of some kind. my money would have been on something involving sandy hook though.

[Daglord]

the "american" in question. spoiler because he was released (& I hate HUGE pics):

Spoiler:

doesn't look like the same guy to me, but close. notice the burn marks where the forearm bands are on the suspect on CCTV?

passport he was traveling with:

Spoiler:

I generally stay away from MSM unless sourcing, but the only major attack on foreign land that I can remember the MSM covering (& spinning) continuously here was the 7/7/7 bombings. MSM is covering BK, but it's pretty small potatoes compared to china right now imho. even that isn't getting much coverage after the initial blast. I blame the state dept. for that. black hole of journalism. it basically amounts to accepting the official story & moving on.

agreed on politically motivated. something I probably wouldn't be able to comprehend.

rumor is that it could have something to do with the uighurs forcibly returned to china from thailand.

“I am confident that there are Thais involved but I am not saying it is just Thais or that there are foreigners. Police are not ruling out anything including (Thai) politics and the conflict of ethnic Uighurs who, before this, Thailand sent back to China”

[Som-Pong]

BINGO! The Uighur theory is the one that is most widely believed by the geniuses at the YD bar. Needless to say the reward the police is minuscule.

I have a very hard time believing it has anything to do with the Red Shirts, they aren't really known for terrorism and tend to actually select their targets carefully. Then again I am a symphatizer of the Reds so whatever...