Global Post Tuesday 9th December, 2014

Photo of jihadi holding a soldiers severed head by the hair: 403 shares.

Death threat against a Thai college student accused of insulting Islam: 150-plus comments, many of them clamoring for her beheading.

Thailands jihadis are often compared to ghosts. Theyre notoriously mysterious - a network of underground cells that strike suddenly and vanish into the jungle. Unlike the braggarts of al-Qaeda or the Islamic State, these fighters operate under a strict code of silence.

Or at least they used to.

These days, the ghosts are chattering on Facebook. Their Timelines are terrifying, gorier than snuff films. They post photos taken in the aftermath of grisly roadside bomb strikes. They single out Thai soldiers by name and call for their heads.

"Now youre finished, you dickless pig in a skirt," writes one self-proclaimed jihadi in a death threat, written in Thai. "Siamese pig" is their go-to insult for Thai troops.

They show off buckets full of 5.56mm bullets. Thats the caliber of ammo used by their weapon of choice: M-16s stolen from slain Thai troops. Under one close-up photo of assault rifle ammo, a jihadi asks, "Any pigs wanna suck on these?"

Their interests appear incongruous at times - hinting at youthful zeal rather than seasoned focus. Images of beheadings mingle with cat photos. The militants "likes" include pages devoted to Quranic scri...

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Red Light Jihad Thailands new breed of Facebook jihadis