Thai soldiers examine the wreckage of a pickup truck which was hit by a bomb while their colleagues were riding on for a morning patrol in Yala province, southern Thailand Friday, June 15, 2007. Seven Thai soldiers were killed in the attack Friday one of the deadliest attacks on security forces this year in Thailand's restive south, amid tightened security on a key anniversary of a 15th Century Islamic sultanate. Since a Muslim rebellion flared in Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in early 2004, near-daily bombings, drive-by shootings and other attacks have killed more than 2,300 people. (AP Photo/Sumeth Panpetch)

Thai soldiers carry the coffin of a commrade at Pattani military airport, in southern Pattani province. At least seven soldiers were killed Friday in a roadside bomb blast and a shooting attack by Islamic insurgents in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, police said(AFP/Tuwaedaniya Meringing)