Thaksin's Revolutionary Season

By Ron Morris

The Thaksin-funded report to the International Criminal Court paints the Red Shirts as a non-violent movement and alleges that the government and military callously desired a bloodbath. Further assertions are made that the Red Shirts had nothing to do with the burning of Central World. The misrepresentation of these events in both the ICC report and in such articles as Thailand Under Abhisit: Burma with Luxury Hotels seems clumsy and overblown. It is hard to see how an international audience, increasingly savvy about events in Thailand, would be swayed by many of these claims.

The timing of the ICC report, as well as multiple claims from the Red Shirts about a coup, could be part of the ramping up of rhetoric as we near "Thaksin's revolutionary season"--March-April. This is when, during the last two years, well-planned efforts have been made to overthrow the government. It is a period when many provincial farms lie fallow and it is easy to recruit people for rallies.

The 2009 effort was well-planned and surgical. It was direct and militant in its language and aims. The 2010 effort was more grand and chaotic, ultimately depending on an occupation of the city center to force the military to finally fight it out and provide the long hoped for casualties the movement desired. Had the Red Shirt leaders not been divided among themselves and been more direct in their actions, it could possibly have been successful considering the reticence of security forces to act.

The claim that the Red Shirts were essentially peaceful seems hollow after hearing the daily threats of the Red Shirt leaders from the stage, the very public showing of how Red guards wired buildings for burning, and the pronouncements of rebel soldier Seh Daeng. The Red Shirts' expressions of anger and "dissatisfaction" as a pretext for violent acts is entirely in keeping with Thai cultural norms (more about this in Is everything in Thailand "unprecedented?" - May 24, 2010 and About Thai protests - April 30, 2010).

The idea that the military strongly desired a crack down is also not accurate. Historically, Thai governments were seen to lose legitimacy after violence was perpetrated on the populace and thus have to step down. Since the 2006 coup, the establishment has been at pains to avoid at bloodshed while the Red Shirts have pinned their hopes on it--from the surprise attack on Prem's residence to the 2009 Red Shirt rioting. Afterwards, each of these incidents were played up along the lines of "the government has shown their hand--they have hurt the people--this requires the government to step down." Repeatedly the Red Shirts have called on this political tradition to insist that the government is finished.

While there were no deaths caused by the military during the 2009 rioting, Thaksin and others immediately alleged there were many deaths and that meant the government had to step aside. Even when Red Shirts were attacking the Prime Minster's car in Pattaya or taking hostages and attempting to assassinate the PM, authorities were reticent to intervene, much less open fire.

During the 2010 Red Shirt rallies, there were finally scores of deaths. These rallies shook the establishment to its foundations (more about this here: Colonel Romklao's revenge - May 14, 2010) and showed the relative independence of both the military and police from civilian control and highlighted the extreme reticence of these forces to becoming involved.

Rebel military personnel (such as Seh Daeng) were taken out by snipers in response to the humiliation the military experienced when it was successfully challenged on Ratchadamneorn Road by the so-called "men in black." Seh Daeng repeatedly claimed that the defeat on Ratchadamneorn meant that the Thai state was finished and that he was in contact, if not leading, a shadow military force. Despite these and other boasts by the Red Shirts that their men in black were successfully fighting the military, the ICC report makes the strange claim that the men in black were actually part of a government plot to frame the Reds.

It is also highly likely (and a reasonable assumption knowing how the Thai establishment thinks) that snipers were deployed to make sure that Pathumwanaram temple would not be a continuing safe refuge for Red Shirts fleeing Rajaprasong. The establishment knew that violence was the long-sought after goal of the Reds and they would be giving them what they wanted, so the decision to finally wade into the Red Shirt rally site and fight it out must have been a difficult and calculated choice. Compared to the levels of violence perpetrated to "save" the Thai state in 1973, 1976, and 1992, it is surprising that security forces were able to react so quickly and decisively and that the government has able to avoid stepping down. This may be because, unlike the instances of using state power against protesters in past decades, the Red Shirts were not seen by the public as democracy protesters, but as a group funded by a politician for personal gain.

With Thaksin's revolutionary season of March-April coming up again, it is time to watch if there will be a new ramping up of agitation and protest in coming months. With two failed uprisings already attempted, it will be interesting to see what tact will be tried next.

The urgency in 2009 and 2010 to topple the government was, in part, to prevent hardliner Prayuth in coming to power. With Prayuth in control and a dependable Chief of Police installed, it may be that the playing field has changed and that direct confrontation may not be as productive. The tact of using mass protest to force the hand of the military has not succeeded so far and, if anything, Thaksin's political proxies realize he will never be allowed to hold power again. The government, aware of the March-April rally period, could likely call new elections in a way that interferes with the ability and rational for protest during that time.

The case for more Red rallies in coming months is related to the fractious state of Thaksin's Peau Thai Party. Even if the grouping adheres together for the coming elections, there is a feeling that the establishment will never allow a party that vows to "bring Thaksin back" to form a new government--not after the chaos and level of rhetoric against the very highest institutions that has been generated over the past few years.

Knowing this, Thaksin may decide to shift focus from the fickle MPs of the Peau Thai and back to the Red Shirts. This means relying on Red Shirt mass action again and possibly covert methods of creating unrest to paralyze the state and force it to allow Thaksin to return to the political equation.

Ron Morris maintains the 2bangkok.com website, a paragon of journalistic integrity showcasing the good, the bad, and the ugly of all things Thai. 2Bangkok.com is an indispensable resource for those who want an objective view of unfolding events inside Thailand, where newspapers and publications from all sides can be found along with English translations. There is also a section covering Thai infrastructure containing an immense amount of information on Thailand's bridges, rail, and mass transportation systems.

BBC's "Stark warnings over Thai emergency laws"

Foward by Tony Cartalucci

Let's give some background before reading BBC's "article."

1. The International Crisis Group is a US based "think tank" with some of the highest level globalists making up its membership.

Kenneth Adelman: Former US Ambassador to the UN, former lobbyist for Thaksin Shinawtra, the very man behind Thailand's "red shirt" protesters, the riots, and the ongoing political instability in the country.
Wesley Clark: Council on Foreign Relations member, former NATO supreme allied commander.
Carla Hills; Council on Foreign Relations member, Trilateral Commission member, signatory of the CFR's "Building a North American Community" aka the North American Union.
George Soros: globalist extraordinaire, a personal and corporate member of the CFR.
Fidel Ramos: Former President of the Philippines, Carlyle Group member.
Richard Armitage: Council on Foreign Relations member, signatory of the Project for a New American Century,
Zbigniew Brzezinski: CFR member, Bilderberg member, Trilateral Commission member/director/co-founder.

This think tank is hardly an objective organization - as everything these men and women do in the CFR and Trilateral Commission revolve around the geopolitical manipulation of foreign nations and the extra-legal production of US policy. Kenneth Adelman's involvement alone derides any legitimacy ICG might have on the topic, as he is the former lobbyist of the "red shirt's" leader.

Nearly all of the ICG's "recommendations" are also, verbatim, Thaksin's ultimatums given to the government via his new pet lobbyist, Robert Amsterdam.

2. The word "terrorist" is not used once in describing the apparent bomb plot reported to BBC. In fact, the BBC takes a tone of warning directed towards the Thai government to back down or face inevitable violence. The legitimacy BBC tries to lend this story by including the ICG's statement, a repeat of Thaksin Shinwatra's ultimatums, coupled with the BBC's unprofessional, biased and frankly dishonest coverage of the violence in April/May 2010, illustrates how indeed the western media, along with these so called "think tanks" are merely another cog in the globalist gang.

If you are wondering why the globalists are so interested in Thaksin Shinwatra and the despoiling of Thailand via a communist "people's revolution," look no further than neighboring Cambodia where globalist shill, dictator for life "PM" Hun Sen has literally sold over half of his country right out from under his own people to foreign investors. Thaksin is the globalists' Thai "PM Hun Sen" in waiting.

3. BBC also features the "persecuted" Samyos Phruksakasemsuk, author of "Voice of Taksin." Samyos claims that the curbs on media are unreasonable and will force people underground. Of course, BBC makes no mention that Samyos's publication regularly featured death threats, calls to arms, and violent rhetoric that served as the blueprint for the violence that struck the city in April and May of 2010. Let's take a look at a few selections from Samyos' "Voice of Taksin" and see if this sort of hatred would be protected under any nation's "freedom of speech" provisions.








Translations can be found here.
http://2bangkok.com/category/thai-politics/red-shirt-publications

Obviously calls to kill people, burn down people's property, and otherwise destroy society at the expense of 65 million people's rights isn't protected under freedom of speech. Typically, if you threaten to kill someone or destroy someone's property, this is called "conspiracy to commit a felony/conspiracy to commit murder." Not only do you have no right to threaten others, you also face serious jail time for doing so.

4. And finally, not even a month went by after this article was published with its "stark warnings" that two bombs went off in the city, claiming the life of one, and seriously injuring 9 others.

Now, without further ado, the BBC article, giving Thailand "stark warnings."

Stark warnings over Thai emergency laws

By Alastair Leithead BBC News, Bangkok

With a state of emergency extended, there have been suggestions that underground groups are getting prepared to use violence in Thailand.

The details are unspecific and hard to verify, but pose a stark warning for the government to act with caution.

A "red-shirt" security guard during the protest in Bangkok city centre, who has been in hiding since the army ended the demonstrations six weeks ago, has told the BBC he has been asked to join an organisation training to make bombs.

"We have been approached by two or three groups who used violence during the protest and shot at soldiers," he said, over the telephone from an unknown location.

"They said they are operating underground and would like us to join them but we are waiting for now.

"I understand from the discussions among these groups that there will be bombs. There are 30 to 40 people being trained in how to use petrol to make a big explosion."

Most protesters on the streets of Bangkok from March to May were peaceful, but there was a violent element responsible for firing grenades and automatic weapons at soldiers and police.

There have been a number of small blasts in the last week, but it is not known who is responsible. A grenade attack on an empty gas storage vessel in Bangkok is suspected to have been carried out by serving troops.

'No more instability'

Fears over security was the reason given by the Thai government for extending a State of Emergency in Bangkok and 18 other provinces for another three months.

Five provinces previously under the Emergency Decree, which gives security forces extra powers, had the laws relaxed.

A recent report from the International Crisis Group recommended the government remove these laws, described as "draconian", across the whole country in order to prevent forcing opposition underground.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva: "We need to restore order now"

It also called on protest leaders to have charges of terrorism dropped in order to achieve effective reconciliation.

Ahead of the cabinet decision, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told the BBC: "There will be a gradual lifting of the state of emergency in the various provinces.

"We need to restore order, the last thing we need now is a repeat of violence or clashes," he said.

"We will do all we can to get back to normalcy as soon as possible. The last thing the country wants now is more instability."

The account from the unnamed former red-shirt security worker suggests the government has reason to worry about the threat of violence, but Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, disagrees.

"The continued imposition of the State of Emergency is alarming, it violates basic civil liberties," he said, speaking before the cabinet decision.

"It is being used increasingly as a political instrument of the government and the powers-that-be in Thailand to maintain control, to try to put a lid on the opposition, to stifle dissent.

"It will not allow space for dissent, disagreements and grievances to be expressed. If those exist they will be pent up and when they have a chance to come back they will be much more furious than we have seen."

'Repressed'

Opposition media has also been silenced in much of north-eastern Thailand, where the red-shirt movement originates.

It is here the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra focused his spending efforts and gained popular support while in power.

Samyos Phruksakasemsuk says the media curbs force critics underground

He is seen as a hero by many poorer people who gained from his populist policies of cheap healthcare and credit, but treated as a manipulative and corrupt leader by his opponents, who removed him from power in a coup in 2006. He has been convicted of abuse of power while in office.

Thaksin is blamed by the government for funding and encouraging the anti-government rallies in Bangkok and the efforts to force the current prime minister to stand down.

Many of the community radio and TV stations which were platforms for the anti-government red-shirt message have been shut down by the government and there is anger among people there who feel they have been silenced.

Samyos Phruksakasemsuk is an activist who produced a magazine called Voice of Thaksin, which was also banned, and has recently brought out a new publication called Red Power.

He expects it to be banned as well, but warned the government: "People feel repressed as they can't voice their opinions openly, so the fear is they will go underground and there'll be more violence."

Mr Abhisit said more space would be provided for opposition media.

"The stations closed have been involved in incitement of violence. That's not something I think the country can afford."

A number of commissions have been set up to look at national, constitutional and media reform, as well as a truth inquiry to establish exactly what happened during the protests. He says reconciliation is a priority.

But the red-shirt security guard sent a stark warning.

"What happens depends on what the government does against us. How much pressure they put on us and how patient we will be.

"I don't want anything to happen to our country, but when that day comes it might not be as we hope - the violence will be double what we have seen in the past."

The original article can be found here on BBC's website.

Globalist Hit Fails in Bangkok

By Tony Cartalucci

As the media tries to canonize fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinwatra as a visionary of democracy, and patriarch of Thailand's "red shirt" movement, his proxies on the ground in Thailand are either in jail or on the run.

“It is the beginning of class war,” said Natthawut Saikua, a UDD red shirt leader. Mr. Saikua, who was once a member of Thaksin's political party, had called on protesters several times before the final confrontation to "burn all of Thailand to the ground," should the red shirt leadership be caught.



The violent nature of the red shirts is well known in Thailand, but for observers overseas depending on the mass media for information, they appeared as gallant, slingshot wielding protesters on par with the Greeks. They attacked banks, just like the Greeks and fought against heavily armed riot troops, just like the Greeks. What wasn't mentioned was the fact that Thailand wasn't under any "austerity" measures. The media had also done a masterful job of concealing the army of ex-rangers, dressed in black, working on behalf of Thaksin and the red shirts.

They ambushed the military during a crackdown on April 10th, 2010, after conducting weeks of drive-by shootings and grenade attacks on offices and business fronts, including banks that were personal enemies of Thaksin Shinwatra.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2N8xAF5eUw&has_verified=1

From Reuters, "The red shirts' international spokesman, Sean Boonpracong, told Reuters elements of the army are with their movement. They are known as 'watermelons' -- green on the outside but red in the middle -- and they include the shadowy, black-clad men with military weapons that were seen at the April 10th crackdown.

'They are a secret unit within the army that disagrees with what's going on. Without them, the black clad men, there would have been a whole lot more deaths and injuries,' he said."

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-47881220100421

Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol, know as 'Seh Daeng,' or 'Red Commander,' was a close associate of Thaksin Shinwatra, meeting him several times in Dubai during Thaksin's exile, also made a startling admission that indeed, there was an armed, militant wing of professional killers working on behalf of Thaksin. This report comes from "The Age."

"In one recent interview he declared that he had 300 armed men trained for ''close encounters'' and armed with M79 grenade launchers. In other interviews he denied he was the leader of the military wing of the UDD.

When a senior military officer was killed by sniper fire last month, he told the media that it was the work of a shadowy unit supporting Thaksin inside the military, dubbed the Ronin Warriors (a reference to the era of Samurai warriors in Japan). He strongly denied he was the leader of this death squad."

http://www.theage.com.au/world/red-commander-saw-himself-as-thai-william-wallace-20100518-vc54.html

Despite open admissions of armed insurrection against the Thai government by red shirt leadership, the mainstream news media did its best to bury these facts and continue portraying Thailand as another "Greece." Another premise they have made was that this movement was grassroots, organic, and fluid. Again, those in Thailand knew otherwise.

The red shirt leadership is an exclusive club of Chinese trained Maoists, current and former members of Thaksin's political party, and entertainers paid to place their stamp of approval on the movement for their impressionable audience. The organizing of the "red shirts" can be best described by this article from ISP, which exposes the fact that Thaksin's closest associates were actually conducting indoctrination camps all over the rural north of Thailand.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50274

The final impression the mainstream media tries to get across to its unsuspecting audience is that the protesters were fighting for "democracy." On face value, those fighting for "modern" democracy implies a globalist hit, but implications are not necessary. Thaksin's Marxist intelligentsia tried in vain to convince us that a Marxist welfare state equates to democracy and self-determination. This interview with self-confessed Marxist, red shirt leader in exile, and writer of the "Red Siam Manifesto," Giles Ungkaporn gives us a breathtaking display of hypocrisy and same-sentence contradictions as he describes the "democracy" the red shirts plan to bring to Thailand.



Thaksin Shinwatra himself, a CFR speaker, former Carlyle Group member, Asian Union proponent who proposed the Asian Cooperative Dialogue, has since the 2006 coup been supported by some of Washington and the West's best lobbyist firms These include Baker & Botts, Edelman, Amsterdam and Peroff, and Barbour Griffith and Rogers. With the mainstream media bending to the commentary of lawyers like Robert Amsterdam, repeating Giles Ungkaporn's rhetoric almost verbatim, and the UN attempting to pry its way into the conflict, again, it appears as if a globalist hit was in progress.

Of course, with the violence ended, and the red shirt leaders and their propaganda network shut down, it is uncertain what will come next. UDD red shirt leader Jakrapob Penkair, and former spokesman for Thaksin Shinwatra, told Asia Times "that the UDD had clandestinely moved small arms from Cambodia to Thaksin's supporters in Thailand's northeastern region, where the exiled premier's popularity runs strongest. He told other news agencies that the UDD was willing to launch an "armed struggle" to achieve its goals, which included the toppling of the government and restoration of Thaksin's power."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KK12Ae01.html

It seems for now, despite the mainstream media's best efforts and the most well connected lawyers and lobbyist firms on earth being involved, the "People's War" has been delayed, giving Thailand some much needed breathing room.

What unfolds in the days, months, and years to come will determine whether Thailand succumbs to the globalists or is able to maintain their sovereignty and work within their own system to end corruption, reduce poverty, and create better social justice through their own, real, self-determination.

On a final note, another convenient oversight of the mass media's new "saint of democracy," was Thaksin's ties to ex-Khmer Rogue, dictator for life; Cambodia's PM Hun Sen. Asia Times article "Plots seen in Thaksin's Cambodia gambit," referenced above, also points out that Thaksin Shinwatra was officially named as Hun Sen's "economic adviser." Thaskin, during his exile has landed more than once in Cambodia to conduct his business of undermining neighboring Thailand. His political party has literally met with him on foreign Cambodian soil to conduct political business. Thaksin Shinwatra's associations with dictator Hun Sen are most unsettling as Hun Sen is himself a globalist minion who has literally sold half of his nation out to globalist investors.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/26/cambodia

Considering this, and the nature of Thaksin Shinwatra, his nefarious associations and the dubious support given to him and his "red shirts" by the mainstream media, we must take a step back and recognize this for what it was. A globalist hit. It has stalled, and instead of being in "solidarity" with Marxist rebels, we should take the reprieve in violence as a victory and proof that the once 'all powerful' globalists are now showing signs of weakness and failing on every front.

Reds, Thailand's La Raza: A Warning to America

by Tony Cartalucci

Not unlike La Raza in America, the mainstream media has ignored and even assisted the red shirt movement in Thailand with hiding its violent Marxist ideology and their calls for class warfare. As the red shirt leaders on stage called for the burning of Bangkok, the mainstream media spun stories of disenfranchised peasants fighting for their voice to be heard.

The following clip shows National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) red shirt leader Nattawut Saikuar declare (in Thai) that if he, or any of the other red shirt leaders are captured, to burn down the entire nation.



With the capture of the red shirt leadership on May 19, 2010 no one can deny it was empty rhetoric as buildings throughout the city burned to the ground and city halls in Thaksin's northern stronghold were torched and destroyed.

The shocking amount of violence may have come as a surprise to some, but those who have watched the red movement develop since Thaksin Shinwatra's ousting in 2006 knew it was only a matter of time before the fevered rhetoric and threats of violence became a reality. Between Maoist re-education schools operating up north, to the calls to arms in the red shirt's various publications, the creation of class warfare was just a matter of time.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50274

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/thailand-red-shirt-protesters-vow-class-war

UDD red shirt leader Jakrapob Penkair hinted in April 2009 that the time of class warfare was coming sooner than later. Asia Times reported: "Before going into exile, Jakrapob told this correspondent that the UDD had clandestinely moved small arms from Cambodia to Thaksin's supporters in Thailand's northeastern region, where the exiled premier's popularity runs strongest. He told other news agencies that the UDD was willing to launch an "armed struggle" to achieve its goals, which included the toppling of the government and restoration of Thaksin's power."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KK12Ae01.html

The red shirt's self-proclaimed intellectuals put their spin on the movement, deciding it as the only logical outcome of "injustice" while admitting the communist nature and organization of the movement. Self-confessed Marxist and red shirt leader Giles Ungpakorn spins the red shirt movement in terms eerily similar to the characterization of another Marxist engineered class war brewing on the other side of the planet ... La Raza in the United States.



La Raza also uses similar calls of perceived injustices as validation for violence. With the mass media's blissful ignorance, La Raza will fester, grow, and amass until you wake up with a violent mob challenging the rule of law in the final stages of a class war too far in progress to stop. Tensions will be high, as they were in Bangkok. The mass media will call for restraint in enforcing the law while the La Raza leadership incites their followers into a blood thirsty mob. Violence will break out and should the masses succeed in defeating security forces and break down the existing system, the final product of class war will look very similar to Pol Pot's Cambodia.

The end of private property, the end of the Bill of Rights, the end of your freedom and your humanity.

Study the rise of Thailand's reds, understand their mindset, the failure of the government and the people of Thailand to expose and stop them, the media's role in covering up their true intentions and nefarious activities, and avoid repeating this tragedy in the United States.

Thailand's Red Shirts: How to Hide an Army Under the Nose of the World

by Tony Cartalucci

The "red shirts" in Thailand, as they stand off with armed Thai troops in the center of Bangkok, have been portrayed by the mainstream media as freedom fighters for democracy. BBC and CNN have repeatedly reported that the protesters are unarmed, or lightly armed with only slingshots, rocks, and Molotov cocktails, giving the illusion of a "David vs. Goliath" epic.

The illusion begins to breakdown as photos and videos begin to trickle out. LIFE magazine featured a photo gallery with a red shirt leveling a revolver from a covered position, and journalists have released tweeted photos of several other pistol wielding protesters.




http://www.life.com/image/99594324/in-gallery/42562/terror-in-thailand



New York Times also reported that gunfights were raging throughout the city along with grenade attacks aimed at government forces, suggesting that Thai army forces are up against more than just slingshots and rocks. Thais and foreign journalists call the mystery gunmen the "men in black," referring to the black garbed, heavily armed militants working on behalf of the red shirt protest leaders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/world/asia/18thai.html

The "men in black" or "black shirts" debuted on April 10th, 2010, when the worst violence in decades cost the lives of 20+ protesters and soldiers. April 10th saw the government's first serious attempt to disperse the red shirt protesters after they attempted to storm a military base in Bangkok. Army Colonel Romklao led the operation against the protesters.

A seasoned veteran, Colonel Romklao had dispersed this very same mob last year, in April 2009 without a single loss of life. The strategy was the same; shots fired into the sky, tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd and an advance with shields and batons on protesters. It was night and the army was playing soothing music before beginning the operation. Soldiers firing into the sky, began to advance on the protesters when an M79 round landed into the middle of their front line. Several vans reportedly pulled in behind the protesters' line, and black garbed gunmen piled out brandishing AK-47's, more M79 launchers, and M16's. Videos on YouTube show the spectacular explosion of the first M79 from several perspectives, including one directly behind the blast, leaving Thai soldiers on the ground, bleeding, injured and dying.



Another M79 came in, followed by another. A green laser marker swept the troop lines and stopped on Colonel Romklao's command unit. M79's and gunfire erupted, locked in on the green marker. It was an ambush. What happened next was unmitigated violence; confusion amongst retreating troops with their leadership decapitated, elation and boldness amongst protesters who began clubbing injured soldiers, and panicking soldiers firing back while trying to recover their dead and wounded, leaving behind armored personal carriers, weapons, and equipment behind in their haste.



Snipers, covering the black shirts moving on the ground targeted army troops and protesters alike. Someone within the UDD red shirt movement wanted to make sure a bloodbath took place this April 10th night, even if it meant bringing it upon themselves. As diabolical and unbelievable as that may seem, the proof comes from the UDD red shirt leadership itself.

From a Reuters report: “Red shirt spokesman Sean Boonpracong told Reuters the shadowy black clad gunmen seen at the April 10 rally were there to protect the red shirts. “They are a secret unit within the army that disagrees with what’s going on. Without them, the black clad men, there would have been a whole lot more deaths and injuries.”

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-47881220100421

After initially denying there were even gunmen present that night, other UDD red shirt leaders began echoing Boonpracong's sediments, thanking the black shirts for their dark deeds that night. Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol, also know as Seh Daeng (Red Commander), of the UDD red shirts, shed further light on the gunmen.

"The Age" reported: "Sawasdipol was formerly a Thai ranger and recruited many former rangers to be security guards for the UDD tented city in Bangkok. In one recent interview he declared that he had 300 armed men trained for ''close encounters'' and armed with M79 grenade launchers. In other interviews he denied he was the leader of the military wing of the UDD.

When a senior military officer was killed by sniper fire last month [Colonel Romklao], he told the media that it was the work of a shadowy unit supporting Thaksin inside the military, dubbed the Ronin Warriors (a reference to the era of Samurai warriors in Japan)."

http://www.theage.com.au/world/red-commander-saw-himself-as-thai-william-wallace-20100518-vc54.html

One would wonder why gunmen, admittedly working for the UDD red shirts, would instigate such violence and what the UDD red shirt leadership hoped to gain from such a bloodbath. Amazingly, Sean Boonpracong, UDD's official spokesman, explains in detail how the resulting violence was meant to be the impetus to call Prime Minster Abhisit's resignation and snap elections, the only real demand being made by the protesters.



Now, with the death toll mounting, many have believed the Thai army to be heavy handed, with snipers and rifle squads setting up bunkers throughout the streets of Bangkok. Clearly though, if there are black shirt death squads supporting Thaksin's manufactured "people's revolution," and considering what happened to Thai troops on April 10th, nothing less would be prudent.

Bangkok's Lumpinee Park, adjacent to the UDD red shirt's main protest site, has been the scene of some of the most brutal gunfights in the conflict and the scene of several journalist shootings. Those seeking refuge inside the park are using the same assault rifles and M79 launchers employed on April 10th.

Running gun battles are taking place at several other hot spots around the city. Red shirt protesters, cheer every time an M79 explodes in the distance, as they burn tires, throw rocks, and fire improvised weapons.

As the battle rages on, footage and photographs will continue to trickle in. UDD red shirt leadership have already slipped up several times, stating that they would withdraw "militant fighters" from the streets if the government returns to the negotiating table. Despite the foreign media's best efforts to portray the movement as organic, grassroots, and unarmed, it is the UDD red shirt leadership itself that has contradicted them along with the help of YouTube videos and Twitter photos taken on the streets of Bangkok.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/world/asia/17thai.html

Breathtaking misinformation, selective reporting, and careful wording by the mainstream media has turned the reality of an armed globalist backed insurrection, into the lie of a brutal, merciless military crackdown on unarmed peasants. This is how an army of mercenaries is hidden under the nose of the entire world. But the alternative news exposes the facts and gives us a better insight into the events playing out on the streets of Bangkok as well as an anatomy lesson on mass media misinformation. It also gives us a sober warning about the potential folly of violent resistance. Protesters who truly believe in their hearts they are fighting for their future are nothing more than pawns for men intent on dooming them instead.

Thailand's Thaksin Shinwatra, Marxists, and the NWO

The Truth About Thailand's Current Violence

By Tony Cartalucci



At the root of this protest is fugitive ex-prime minister, Thaksin Shinwatra. Before being elected as prime minister, Thaksin was a member of Carlyle Group's Asian advisory board. He had bragged to media how, after being elected in 2001, he still served as a "match maker" for foreign investors.

http://thanong.tripod.com/03072001.htm

He was an eager free-trader and an open proponent of globalism in the fiercely independent Kingdom of Thailand, the only nation in Southeast Asia to avoid Western colonization.

During his premiership, he began to consolidate his power through the creation of a rurally based political machine. The mechanics of this machine included newly created village funds that were topped off with millions of baht for villages that contributed the most to his various political campaigns, cheap loans, a socialist 30 baht health-care scheme that nearly imploded Thailand's heathcare system, and last but not least, good old fashioned vote buying come election time.

Behind the scenes, there was community "organizing" taking place to create what would later become the infamous "red shirts." One of Thaksin's former political colleagues discussed in an interview with Asia Times, about how classical Maoist techniques were used to program the "red shirt" army. After years of conditioning, Therdpoum Chaidee said this of the final results:

"Many of them [red shirts] are now absolutely convinced that Thaksin was the best leader in Thai history, that he was a kind and generous man who holds the solution to all their problems. They don't need a program - they just need a new Thai state with Thaksin in charge. It has become very emotional - as it was designed to be."

With this new Maoist "perspective" and with Thaksin Shinwatra's inevitable fall from grace as the rest of the country began to discover his true intentions, his term was called sort after massive protracted protests and a military coup in 2006. Thaksin's vision of creating a single party government and implementing sweeping changes to transform the nation into what would basically be a free-trade bloc of corporate fascism ready to be rolled into the Asian Union , would be put on hold.

Thaksin has/had help from PR minions like Sam Moon of the Economist,

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/11/19/headlines/headlines_30088758.php

And the lobbyist firm Barbour, Griffith, and Roberts...

http://www.2bangkok.com/09/Thaksin-foreign-press-lobbyists.shtml

After his ouster in 2006, he began employing his Maoist led, Marxist indoctrinated mob simply called the "red shirts." Officially they are called the UDD or the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship. The cogs at work here are best explained by Therdpoum Chaidee, a former communist and colleague of current UDD protest leaders, as well as a member of parliament under Thaksin's now defunct Thai Rak Thai party.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LE13Ae01.html

Here he explains how a Maoist Marxist revolution is created, that its goals are not conducive to anyone outside of the inner circle so only the most ignorant need apply. Parallels can be drawn not only to the overview of what Therdpoum explains regarding Thailand's "red shirts," but even with the exact language used by him when compared to US Marxist speakers like this L.A. teacher speaking at UCLA.

http://www.infowars.com/shocking-video-professor-calls-for-mexican-revolt-in-america/

Let there be no mistake that the future of Thailand is in peril. These protesters are not a grassroots freedom movement, but an insidious, engineered wave of violence meant to empty out Thailand's upper and middle class, and roll the nation over into a fascist dictatorship "republic" under Thaksin Shinwatra and his globalist handlers.

Finally, please consider the following selection of propaganda taken from the UDD's official magazines published and distributed throughout Thailand. They feature articles by not only the UDD core leadership, but by Thai Rak Thai party members, foreign meddlers, and current Peua Thai Party (Thai Rak Thai's re-branding after it was disbanded for voter fraud, twice.) Please notice the category "Communist Thailand" and the glorified picture of Lenin riding a wave of red.

http://2bangkok.com/09/RedPublications.shtml

Much more is obviously at work here behind this "red revolution." The foreign media purposefully pleads ignorant to the statements of violence, admissions to murder, and calls to arms within the pages of the movements official publications. These calls and admissions are repeated on a daily basis by UDD leaders on the stage. BBC or CNN need only a single translator to expose this deadly plot for what it is. Yet they plead ignorant and show only dead protesters and the army relentlessly shooting them.

Freedom is marked by independence, independence is marked by knowledge. Please research the provided links above, and please dig in deeper yet to the crux of the truth. Thailand is the only nation in Southeast Asia to have resisted Western colonization and to this day they have resisted Monsanto's attempts to spread GMO crops, the movie and music industry's attempt to impose draconian IP laws, big pharma's attempts to fleece the Thai people with their overpriced medication, and the overall drive to turn Thailand into yet another centralized consumerist gulag. Free markets (and black markets) still thrive, still do the best job of spreading the wealth and giving people access to modern conveniences. This is an appeal not for your support, but for you to search for the truth and not react instinctively to hyped headlines and one-sided reporting.