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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
The south of Thailand is not really a tourist region, it's a poor region, even poorer then the rest of Thailand. Very few westeners there so no real reason to waste the spotlight on them. That's how it works with the western media.
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But as tater points out, the slave trade in that region, this is usually in the western media news from time to time. Sick activity that it is.
But back to the original question....is it possible that this area lacking in oil is not an interest of the US thus no media attention? Often it is said that Iraq war is about oil. I agree to some degree. Perhaps the carpet bombings would begin if the interest of the US was there?