thailand junta need show great flexibility talk malay muslim insurgents bring board main rebel group still fight end decades bloodshed senior group member tell reuters rare interview pak fakih secretive barisan revolusi nasional brn say army current peace talk factions doom government must drop pre-conditions show great respect separatists adopt open-minded approach mistake think want negotiate current circumstances say fakih 67 say fight since 15 lose son conflict seven years ago 6,500 people kill since 2004 alone insurgency south mostly buddhist thailand soldier policeman kill thursday 26 people wound roadside bomb follow new session talk malaysia army insurgent factions brn never claim reject specific attack fakih say policy would continue widely see group great control combatants three southern provinces attack confine deep south send signal thai government never want cause widespread harm say fakih decline photograph government say fight ghost south want show exist mean business thai government make immediate comment april prime minister prayuth chan-ocha reject brn offer talk mediate neutral third party say require international mediation observation government also set recognition thailand constitution pre-condition dealbreaker brn annex 1909 thailand three southernmost provinces pattani yala narathiwat part independent malay muslim sultanate insurgent group long emphasize struggle identity religious war people like fish water inseparable fakih say brn part talk army seize power 2014 stay negotiations restart army 2015. talk take place government mara patani umbrella group claim represent major rebel factions fakih dispute claim include brn members say former members say thai government policy toward south also complicate different factions security force jockey power fight control budget administer region rather actually listen say say key southern thailand insurgent group say current talk doom