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January 11, 2014 0

Thailand: Anti-Regime Protesters Tell Their Side of the Story

By News Desk

Links Thailand: Anti-Regime Protesters Tell Their Side of the Story January 10, 2014  ( ATN ) – Akanat Promphan is a spokesman for Thailand’s current protests. He has created  a series of brief videos  explaining the political conflict from the protesters’ point of view. Quite clearly, the message he is telling is different than what the Western press has attempted to claim

January 11, 2014 0

Thailand: Regime’s "Men in Black" Strike Again

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These threats come after  Jatuporn’s promise to bring mobs to the city to confront protesters  – as well as numerous threats online  by police themselves that they would use covert violence  to attack protesters if  February 2, 2014’s sham elections  were disrupted.  4. January 11, 2014 : Perhaps the most troubling warning yet comes from the regime’s Western backers at the corporate-financier funded US think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

January 7, 2014 0

Syrian Infighting May Be Pretext for Expanded Intervention

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Links Syrian Infighting May Be Pretext for Expanded Intervention A strategy of tension created by divisions among foreign-funded fighters may give West an opportunity to increasingly "back good terrorists" versus "bad terrorists."  January 7, 2014 (LD) – Geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser  on Press TV explained what is behind recent infighting between foreign-funded fighters battling along and within Syria’s borders. It is suggested that a new narrative is in the making, portraying "good terrorists" locked in battle with "bad terrorists," thus providing a new context within which the West can continue arming and funding terrorist groups waging war on Syria.  While the West will maintain that the conflict in Syria began as "peaceful protests," readers should keep in mind that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in his article,  " The Redirection: Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism? " prophetically stated (emphasis added):  "To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East.

January 7, 2014 0

Thailand: Army to Regime – You Will Be Held Accountable for Violence

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Links Thailand: Army to Regime – You Will Be Held Accountable for Violence January 7, 2014  ( ATN ) – Thai Royal Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has issued a stern and clear warning to the regime that it will be held responsible if any violence breaks out. Thai PBS reported in their article, " Army chief to hold government responsible if violence breaks out ," that: "Army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said the government must be held responsible if the protest escalated to violence similar to the 2010 riot.   The army chief did not rule the possibility of a military coup when asked about the current coup rumor after unusual movement of a large number of troops and their armory in the capital." While the regime and its Western backers claim this is an unwarranted threat made by a rogue military, the warning comes after the regime of Thaksin Shinawatra  and his nepotist-appointed proxy, sister Yingluck Shianwatra , deployed black-clad gunmen twice ( here  and  here ), resulting in multiple deaths, as well as unleashing its " red shirt" enforcers to confront political opponents with violence and intimidation  almost daily

January 5, 2014 0

Thailand: Regime’s "Red Shirts" Attack Protesters

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Thailand: Regime’s "Red Shirts" Attack Protesters Regime directly controls "red shirt" enforcers, is directing violence and intimidation as it clings to power.  January 5, 2014  (ATN) – Regime "red shirts" attacked peaceful protesters in the northern city of Chiang Mai today, as thousands of fellow protesters marched simultaneously in Bangkok.