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Thai Arms Smuggling Web Threatens Asian Stability
19 May 2002
Reuters
BANGKOK — As Thailand prepares to host talks between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels next month, analysts say its own role as a global arms smuggling hub is fuelling instability in the region.
Thailand is refusing to acknowledge a growing nexus between criminal gangs and militant groups and risks becoming the destination of choice for Asia's hounded extremists, say analysts and intelligence officials.
Thai police last month uncovered an arms cache... (GunPolicy.org)