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- Published: Sunday, 27 April 2014 14:32
27 April 2014
To understand this dispatch in context, please read the previous dispatches:
Are Thai Protestors Violent?
Whistleblowers: A Meta Organization
We begin:
PDRC members after a deadly grenade attack on a PDRC march. The grenade landed near PRDC leader Mr. Suthep Thaugsuban. Security told Mr. Suthep to get in a car to be whisked away, but he refused to leave and continued marching.
A smaller Whistle Blowing ally of PDRC is Kor Por Tor: KPT is the Student and People Alliance for the Reform of Thailand. Various groups have both English and Thai names and acronyms. In English language newspapers, KPT is often called NSPRT.
KPT has separate leadership and methods, but they ally with PDRC. KPT also allies with aggrieved rice farmers due to their common goals. KPT is the only pro-reform group willing to wage open battle.
Read more: Anatomy of Current Thai Protests
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- Published: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 14:44
22 April 2014
PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban: PDRC crowds are easy to spot by the whistles and Thai flags.
To understand this dispatch in context, please read the previous dispatch:
Are Thai Protestors Violent?
We begin:
PAD and UDD crowds are easy to spot: PAD = Yellow Shirts. UDD = Red Shirts.
Yellow is the King’s color. PAD is strongly pro-Monarchy. UDD leadership is sharply anti-Monarchy, though many individual Red Shirts do love the Monarchy.
Again, Yellow Shirt and Red Shirt gatherings are easy to spot: large numbers of people wear Yellow or Red shirts. It can be that simple.
Read more: Whistleblowers: a Meta-Organization
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- Published: Sunday, 20 April 2014 14:01
20 April 2014
Witness to the 26 December 2013 fighting, Din Daeng, Bangkok
The question is straightforward but the answer is not. First, we must delineate the main participants. This dispatch will primarily discuss the Thai protestors known as "Whistleblowers." The Red Shirts will be analyzed in a separate piece.
Read more: Are Thai Protestors Violent?
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- Published: Monday, 31 March 2014 13:25
31 March 2014
This French military document is in French language. The images are easy enough to understand.
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- Published: Saturday, 29 March 2014 02:42
28 March 2014
The Red Barbarian is massing on the Ukrainian border. A hundred thousand Russian troops are said to be preparing to invade Ukraine. Russians can easily prevail against the tiny Ukrainian military if Ukrainians stand their ground. But a larger guerrilla war can be another story. We easily beat back the Iraqi Army and masses of Taliban, only to face long, bloody guerrilla wars.
Read more: Military Options for Ukraine
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- Published: Friday, 28 March 2014 13:45
28 March 2014
This document is in French, but the photographs are in English, and all languages.
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- Published: Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:03
27 March 2014
WARNING: Very graphic.
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- Published: Sunday, 23 March 2014 14:40
ตอนที่1 จากประมาณ10 ตอน
นำแสดงโดย:อภิสิทธิ์, ท่านพุทธอิสระ, หมอทำนายชาวพม่า, ประชาธิปัตย์, นักข่าวที่ดีและที่ไม่ดี, คปท., ชายชุดดำ, กปปส., พรรคเพื่อไทย, สันติอโศก, สาธิตเซกัล, สุเทพ, กองทัพบกไทย, ตำรวจไทย, เอกอัครราชทูตอเมริกาคริสตี้เคนนี่, เสื้อเหลือง, ยิ่งลักษณ์, คุณ
อภิสิทธิ์ ปฏิเสธการนิรโทษกรรม ในขณะที่ต้องหาคดีฆ่า 12 ศพ
อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะอดีตนายกรัฐมนตรีของไทย
มีความเข้าใจผิดว่าคุณอภิสิทธิ์กับผมเป็นเพื่อนที่เล่นกอล์ฟด้วยกันเพื่อนเก่าที่สนิทกันมานานสิ่งนี้ยังผลให้เกิดข่าวลือความจริงเกี่ยวกับความสัมพันธ์ของเราคือผมใช้เวลาเดินทางกับเขาหนึ่งครั้งจากหาดใหญ่ในปี2553 หลังจากที่การต่อสู้อย่างรุนแรงในกรุงเทพฯเพิ่งเกิดขึ้นหลังจากนั้นเมื่อหนังสือของเขา "The Simple Truth" ได้ตีพิมพ์สองหน้าหลังได้เขียนเกี่ยวกับผมผมได้อนุญาตให้ใช้งานในเฟซบุ๊คผมในหน้าเหล่านั้นเป็นการกล่าวแบบปกติว่าข้อหาฆ่าผู้อื่นที่คุณอภิสิทธิ์และรองนายกฯในขณะนั้น,คุณสุุเทพเทือกสุบรรณ, โดนกล่าวหานั้นไม่เป็นธรรมและไม่ยุติธรรม
ในช่วงสองสามสัปดาห์นี้เราได้คุยกันแบบส่วนตัวเป็นเวลารวมประมาณ3 ชั่วโมง
Read more: ความวุ่นวายในไทย: ข้อสังเกตและความคิดบางประการ
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- Published: Thursday, 20 March 2014 14:46
Part 1 of about 10
20 March 2014
Starring: Abhisit, Buddha Issara, Burmese Fortune Teller, Democrats, Farmers, Journalists good and bad, KPT, Men in Black, PDRC, Puea Thai Party, Santi Asoke, Satish Sehgal Suthep, Thai Army, Thai Police, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney, Yellow Shirts, Yingluck, You
Abhisit refused amnesty on 12 murder charges
Abhisit Vejjajiva is a former Prime Minister of Thailand.
There is a misconception that Abhisit and I are golf buddies, old pals who go way back. This is the result of propaganda. The truth of our relationship is that I took one trip with him to Hat Yai in 2010, just after the intense fighting in Bangkok. Later when his book The Simple Truth was published, the final two pages were written by me. Those pages were taken with my permission from Facebook, simply stating that the murder charges against him and his Deputy Prime Minister at the time, Suthep Thaugsuban, are bogus and unjust.
Read more: Thai Turmoil: Some observations and thoughts
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- Published: Sunday, 23 February 2014 16:07
Published: 23 February 2014
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- Published: Saturday, 22 February 2014 16:46
22 February 2014
(It has been a long day, and tomorrow comes early. I rush to write these words with a single pass and no edit. Please forgive me.)
We begin:
This is a difficult struggle to overthrow an enormously corrupt Thai government. The struggle is marked by a series of independent victories.
This afternoon I spent more than two hours with a well-known retired general discussing the matter, and then I spent more than three hours with farmers. All agree that Yingluck's days are growing shorter.
One farmer is Ravee Roongraung. Khun Ravee is a rice farmer from Petchaburi. Khun Ravee has risen to the occasion to lead farmers from seven provinces to demand payment for their stolen rice.
Read more: A Simple Man scores a Major Win
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- Published: Thursday, 30 January 2014 14:38
30 January 2014
This is the Canadian Brigadier General that I wrote should be fired for incompetence in Afghanistan. This caused me no end of troubles but was worth it. My work directly resulted in Menard's firing and he departed the Army.
And now he is in jail in Afghanistan. Maybe he has been set up -- I have no idea. But I do hope that he is released from the Afghan jail and sent home in good sorts.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/29/former_canadian_brigadiergeneral_daniel_menard_in_afghan_jail.html
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CJ Grisham was arrested in Texas a second time this past November for criminal trespass.
18 December 2013
A troubled US Army Soldier claimed to be assigned to the US Embassy in Bangkok for an unknown purpose.
The active duty counterintelligence soldier, who has a Top Secret clearance, is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Until recently, when I alerted the Army of a possible rogue operation, the counterintelligence sergeant listed his duty station as the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.
The soldier has never been stationed in Thailand. There is no evidence that he has ever visited Thailand.
Read more: US Embassy Bangkok: US Soldier Running Rogue Operation?
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- Published: Monday, 09 December 2013 15:09
Aleppo, Syria
09 December 2013
The Syrian war is growing. Growing in size and complexity.
Yet the more one learns about this conflict, the less accurate it becomes to call it “The Syrian War.” Thousands of foreigners have flooded in. Some are moving through southern Turkey today. Just this weekend Jihadist hardliners seized yet another town on the Turkish border, ten minutes drive from a Turkish town. Barbarians are at the gate, and the gate is wide open.
As these words are written, foreigners are fighting inside and creating international contacts that will transcend this place and time.
Read more: Not a Crosswalk
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- Published: Sunday, 08 December 2013 16:36
08 December 2013
Many of our Soldiers in Afghanistan are required to carry this paper in a pocket at all times. Troops are expected to memorize the talking points and cough them up to any journalists coming through.
We decided to help headquarters spread their message.
Many complaints about poor morale are coming from Afghanistan. Most troops are kept on base, where they undergo mindless inspections and even small ‘parades’, and of course rocket and mortar strikes.
Read more: Afghanistan: Talking Points US Troops
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- Published: Wednesday, 04 December 2013 15:14
04 December 2013
I am in Turkey to study the Syrian civil war. Yet this is also a crucial moment in Thailand. A few words on the Kingdom are due.
December 5 is His Majesty's birthday. As an American, I was raised since birth to reject all kings. That is our upbringing and what we are taught in school, and with good reason.
The King of Thailand is a rare exception.
Read more: Thailand: Pause on Fighting for King's Birthday
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- Published: Monday, 02 December 2013 00:41
1 December 2013
Given by Kawa Khalil, annotated by Michael Yon
The Syrian rebel Kawa Khalil told me the recent story of the Holy Cross church.
Before the war, the church doubled as a school, attended by Muslims and Christians. After the destruction of Syria began, classrooms became homes for refugees.
On 27 October, the Holy Cross Armenian Orthodox Church was burned in Tal Abyad, Raqqa, Syria.
Read more: Al Qaeda in Syria: A Snapshot
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30 November 2013
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- Published: Friday, 29 November 2013 00:35
28 November 2013
Government opposition has grown in Thailand to historical proportions. Millions of Thai people from all walks of life, and from across the political and economic spectrum, are uniting to overthrow the current government, which is corrupted to the core.
So far, the massive anti-government rally has been peaceful. Many government buildings have been peacefully seized and are being occupied.
Read more: From the Hearts of Thai People
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- Published: Monday, 25 November 2013 16:03
25 November 2013
Some people love war. For most others, the disease is difficult to live with.
Parents have it bad. They are challenged to safeguard children while showing strength when schools close, food runs out, and fetching water can end with a sniper’s bullet.
An oft-repeated parental worry is that they will be killed and nobody will care for their children. Some orphans fall into the safety net of a large family, while for others the loss of a father can leave the mother begging for a lifetime along the roadways, the children spread to the winds as prostitutes, beggars, thieves, or in rare cases, suicide bombers.
Read more: How you Got Hit
