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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient's leg shackles at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Mr. PRASIT in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. Prasit said he came to the home five years ago because he was having mental problems brought on by black magic. He said he is better now, cured by prayer and herbal medicine, but he stays to help others at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Mr. PRASIT in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. Prasit said he came to the home five years ago because he was having mental problems brought on by black magic. He said he is better now, cured by prayer and herbal medicine, but he stays to help others at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  SUKRIA eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. After saying his name is Sukria he added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  SUKRIA eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. After saying his name is Sukria he added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  SUKRIA eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. After saying his name is Sukria he added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A trustee carries a tray of food to a patient room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A trustee brings food to a shackled resident at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: Toothbrush and toothpaste in front of a patient's room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A trustee passes a resident in shackles at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident stands outside of his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident eats in his room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A patient who serves as a trustee of sorts collects lunch plates from residents at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMentalHome025.jpg
  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident prays at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMentalHome024.jpg
  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident prays at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattaniMentalHome023.jpg
  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A resident prays at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A resident at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient's chains at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A resident at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said he is a survivor of the Tak Bai incident in which the Thai army killed more than 80 people protesting against the government. He said he didn't remember his name or how he came to be at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  An empty songbird cage hangs in front of a patient's room at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A neighborhood boy brings food to a patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient's leg shackles at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. He said one of his names is Sukria, but then added, "I have so many names I don't remember who I am anymore." He is kept shackled in his room at the home. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A neighborhood boy throws fruit to a patient at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Neighborhood children bring fruit to patients at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  The Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:   Patient housing, some dilapidated, at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Chickens peck in the dirt between rows of patients' rooms at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms.  Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  NURIAH JETEH looks out from her house at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms. Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  NURIAH JETEH looks out from her house at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a ponoh school, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms. Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 OCTOBER 2012 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  NURIAH JETEH looks out from her house at the Bukit Kong home in Mayo, Pattani. The home opened 27 years ago as a Pondo School, or traditional Islamic school, in the Mayo district of Pattani. Shortly after it opened, people asked the headmaster to look after individuals with mental illness. The headmaster took them in and soon the school was a home for the mentally ill. Thailand has limited mental health facilities and most are in Bangkok, more than 1,100 kilometers (650 miles) away. The founder died suddenly in 2006 and now his widow, Nuriah Jeteh, struggles to keep the home open. Facilities are crude by western standards but the people who live here have nowhere else to go. Some were brought here by family, others dropped off by the military or police. The home relies on donations and gets no official government support, although soldiers occasionally drop off food. Now there are only six patients, three of whom are kept chained in their rooms. Jeteh says she relies on traditional Muslim prayers, holy water and herbal medicines to treat the residents. Western style drugs are not available and they don't have a medic on staff.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A sign on the side of a highway in Pattani province of Thailand warning motorists of IEDs on the road. The signs have been showing up on highways in Pattani and Yala provinces. No one has taken credit for the signs and the Thai government doesn't know who is putting them up. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED just a few kilometers from this sign, outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A sign on the side of a highway in Pattani province of Thailand warning motorists of IEDs on the road. The signs have been showing up on highways in Pattani and Yala provinces. No one has taken credit for the signs and the Thai government doesn't know who is putting them up. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED just a few kilometers from this sign, outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier pauses on the side of a road in Pattani province after a truck carrying eight of his colleagues was destroyed by an IED Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  The crater left by an IED used to attack Thai soldiers in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A member of a Thai army bomb squad inspects an Army truck destroyed by an IED in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: The wrecked Thai army truck behind the crater created when an IED went off under the truck in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  The crater left by an IED used to attack Thai soldiers in Pattani Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai security personnel walk up to the scene of an IED blast in Pattani Monday after the scene was cleared by the bomb squad. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier, carrying the helmets of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier, carrying the helmets of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND: A Thai soldier, carrying the rifle of one of his colleagues wounded in an IED blast, walks back to his vehicle after clearing the scene in Pattani province Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers stand watch as explosives teams and forensics experts work on a truck destroyed in an insurgent IED blast Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2013 - MAYO, PATTANI, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers stand watch as explosives teams and forensics experts work on a truck destroyed in an insurgent IED blast Monday. Eight Thai soldiers were injured - one seriouly and seven with minor injuries - when their truck was hit by an IED outside Mayo, Pattani province in southern Thailand Monday. The soldiers were returning from a teacher protection mission when their truck ran over the explosive. The attack was thought to be conducted by Muslim insurgents who have been battling the Thai government for greater autonomy. The conflict in southern Thailand has claimed about 5,000 lives since 2004.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: Participants in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, cheer before the start of the run, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: A couple dances before participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: Members of the Mariachi group Alma del Sol (Soul of the Sun) perform before 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: Rodeo bucking bulls used in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, wait in their pen for the event to start, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit, Sunday, May 5, 2002. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Bulls 04.jpg
  • 05 MAY 2002 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA: People participating in the 1st Annual Running of the Bulls at Rawhide in Scottsdale, Arizona, run the course with bulls in pursuit. The event was a part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration. About 400  people paid up to $80 each to run with the bulls. The event was fashioned after the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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