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2010-04-16 Southeast Asia

Thai PM puts army chief in charge of security

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Posted by Phiter Stalin5608 2010-04-16 12:09|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 the gloves come off?

Posted by Frank G 2010-04-16 18:58|| 2010-04-16 18:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Unless you have ethnic divisions or a totalitarian regime, neither of which applies to Thailand, it can be pretty hard to get the rank and file to shoot their fellow citizens, no matter what the generals order.

BTW, the earlier shootings look like a deliberate provocation by the military dressed as red shirts.

Posted by phil_b 2010-04-16 19:58|| 2010-04-16 19:58|| Front Page Top

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