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Originally posted here: Thailand: US-backed Regime Using Terrorism Against Occupy Bangkok Protesters
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Image : Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra & Cambodia’s Hun Sen – two despots with deplorable human rights records coddled by the West for their shameless selling-out of their respective nations to the Fortune 500. The Cambodian people have lived under the tyrannical rule of dictator-for-life Hun Sen for several decades. His "People’s Power Party" has seen uninterrupted rule for over a quarter of a century. In 1997, when last Hun Sen lost an election, he butchered and exiled his opposition  in a bloodly military coup. Those who failed to flee, according to Human Rights Watch, were brutally tortured and murdered
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Thailand: Regime Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Protesters’ Heads Regime violence will only increase number, resolve of protesters  – sham elections being disrupted. December 26, 2013  (Tony Cartalucci) – Several protesters have been sent to the hospital as police began firing tear gas, rubber bullets, and using chemical laden water fired from water canons at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Din Daeng, Bangkok. Reports and images from the clashes indicate that police have been firing rubber bullets at the heads of protesters, an illegal method that will only escalate tensions and attract more protesters – as was seen early December when protesters began overwhelming police barricades at one government building after another, including police stations, ministry buildings and Government House. Images : (Top) Protesters clashing outside the Thai-Japanese Stadium – Din Daeng, Bangkok
Since the 2006 coup that toppled his regime, Thaksin has been represented by US corporate-financier elites via their lobbying firms including, Kenneth Adelman  of the Edelman PR firm  ( Freedom House , International Crisis Group , PNAC ), James Baker of Baker Botts  ( CFR , Carlyle Group ), Robert Blackwill  ( CFR ) of Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR) , Kobre & Kim , Bell Pottinger  ( and here ) and currently Robert Amsterdam  of Amsterdam & Partners  ( Chatham House ). Thaksin Shinawatra openly still runs his political party and the siting "government" in Bangkok via Skype.
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Congress passed 57 bills in 2013, compared with an average of 282 passed bills per year from 1973 through 2012 The House recently adjourned for the year after being in session for only 155 days in 2013. The Senate has logged 146 days in session so far this year. In Congress’s first year, 1789, members were in session for 168 days
Congress passed 57 bills in 2013, compared with an average of 282 passed bills per year from 1973 through 2012 The House recently adjourned for the year after being in session for only 155 days in 2013. The Senate has logged 146 days in session so far this year. In Congress’s first year, 1789, members were in session for 168 days
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