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Links Terror in Volgograd Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to discuss the recent terror attacks in Volgograd, Russia. Draitser explains the political and geopolitical context within which the bombings should be examined
Last November, a similar stunt by the regime led to violent clashes and several deaths, with regime gunmen photographed and videoed shooting into crowds .
PMI rises to 11 – month high, indicating solid improvement in business conditions Output supported by strong increase in new orders Employment growth quickens to nine – month high Input price pressures intensifies Summary Business conditions in the U.S. manufacturing sector improved at the fastest rate since January, according to the final December Markit U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Indexâ„¢ (PMIâ„¢).
Links Thailand: CONFIRMED – "Men-in-Black" Gunmen Were Regime Police CAPO also confirmed to have lied about "police dressed as protesters," in yet another egregious episode exposing Shinawatra regime as illegitimate and intolerable. January 2, 2014  (Tony Cartalucci) – It is now confirmed that black-clad gunmen seen atop the Labour Ministry building on December 26, 2013 during deadly violence last month that left two dead were in fact police. Thai PBS reported in an article titled, " National police chief admits men in black are police ," that: National Police Office commissioner Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew this morning admitted that the men in black†on the roof-top of the Labor Ministry’s building near the Thai-Japan youth centre in Din Daeng are police. The national police commissioner’s official admittance came as he led senior police officers to deliver best wishes and receive New Year blessings from the president of the Privy Council Gen Prem Tinsulanonda this morning. Pol Gen Adul admitted that “men in black†are police and vowed to investigate and bring them to justice procedure. He also admitted that the men in anti-riot uniforms who were seen smashing the windshields of a vehicle of a volunteer nurse are also the police.
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Thailand’s MCOT news service in their article, " Protesters demand govt explanation of shootings ," stated: Anti-government protesters have demanded the authorities’ clarification over shootings at demonstrators by police and men in black at the Thai-Japanese stadium on December 26. Akanat Promphan, spokesman of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), said yesterday that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, her caretaker deputy Surapong Tovichakchaikul and National Police Chief Adul Saengsingkaew must explain to the public on the violence which killed and injured scores of people. Image : (Left) The chest x-ray of  Police Sergeant Major Narong Pitisit used by the regime itself as evidence he was shot "by protesters" – instead, reveals a bullet fired from above where regime police, alongside unidentified gunmen, were positioned.