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Red Shirts Smear Human Blood & Demand Election
Monday, 12 April 2010, 10:54 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After smearing human blood on the gates of official buildings and the prime minister's home, and using the red fluid to paint graffiti on banners, Red Shirt protesters rejected on Monday (March 29) the government's offer to hold ... More >>
U.S. Surveillance Blimp Fights Harsh Criticism
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 4:38 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An Arlington, Virginia-based company is defending its harshly criticized US $ 9.7 million sale of a helium-filled blimp, equipped with infrared thermal cameras, to Thailand's army for hunting Islamist guerrillas in the south. ... More >>
U.S. & Thai Military Targeted by Anti-Coup Reds
Monday, 22 February 2010, 3:13 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, predicted a coup was "unlikely" during the Pentagon's military training exercise on Thai soil, but a powerful Red Shirt opposition movement has now targeted ... More >>
Thai Military Wants US Satellites to Hunt Rebels
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 4:52 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south. More >>
America Won't Lift Sanctions Unless Suu Kyi Freed
Monday, 9 November 2009, 9:54 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma must free Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and allow her to participate in a nationwide election, otherwise the vote will not be credible and U.S. economic sanctions will not be lifted, a U.S. State Department official ... More >>
Thailand and Cambodia Argue About Thaksin
Sunday, 1 November 2009, 10:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand and Cambodia have descended into a loud political feud about Bangkok's 2006 coup, and Thailand's current threat to demand the extradition of its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. More >>
Thailand & Cambodia Argue About Thaksin & the Coup
Friday, 30 October 2009, 6:07 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand and Cambodia have descended into a loud political feud about Bangkok's 2006 coup, and Thailand's current threat to demand the extradition of its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The rift between the two ... More >>
US Appeals to Extradite "Merchant of Death"
Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 11:46 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Newly obtained documents, prepared by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), portray an elaborate sting operation to capture alleged weapons trafficker Viktor Bout in Bangkok, and America's current appeal to extradite him ... More >>
Foreign Weapons Kill the Blockade on Burma
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 9:27 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Demands for an international blockade against weapons sales to Burma, in response to the military regime's detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, will face difficult challenges from defiant Chinese, Russian, East European and North ... More >>
Suu Kyi on Trial Because American Had "A Vision"
Friday, 22 May 2009, 1:49 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime wants the world's most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, to confess why she allegedly broke the law to shelter an American Mormon who "had a vision," sneaked into her mildewing villa, and made ... More >>
The Hague's ICC Will Not Put Bush On Trial
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 12:09 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Netherlands, expects U.S. President Barack Obama to allow it to put Americans on trial, but not prosecute former President George W. Bush or his officials for alleged torture or ... More >>
Assassins Haunt Thai Govt Insurrection is Crushed
Friday, 24 April 2009, 9:27 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, and three of his top ministers, are being protected against an "assassination attempt," after crushing an insurrection in Bangkok. More >>
Thailand's Military Shoots to End Insurrection
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 3:28 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The army opened fire with M-16 assault rifles on Monday (April 13) against thousands of protesters who burnt buses, hijacked a natural gas tanker truck, blocked streets, and surrounded government buildings during worsening political ... More >>
On Sale in Burma: Fake Viagra & Endangered Animals
Monday, 13 April 2009, 12:59 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
TACHILEK, Burma -- Fake Viagra, America's anti-Saddam Hussein playing cards, Marlboros stuffed with Burmese tobacco, and the skulls and skins of endangered animals are just some of the hustles in this squalid, corrupt, suspicious border town. More >>
Bangkok: "State of Emergency" Declared
Monday, 13 April 2009, 11:22 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government declared a "state of emergency" on Sunday (April 12) after failing to stop protesters who attacked the prime minister's car and seized armored personnel carriers, one day after forcing foreign leaders to evacuate by ... More >>
Bangkok: "State of Emergency" Declared
Monday, 13 April 2009, 11:21 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government declared a "state of emergency" on Sunday (April 12) after failing to stop protesters who attacked the prime minister's car and seized armored personnel carriers, one day after forcing foreign leaders to evacuate by ... More >>
Thailand's Red Shirts Will Not Cause a "Bloodbath"
Friday, 10 April 2009, 2:23 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Threatened by tens of thousands of "red shirts," who are crippling Bangkok's streets while demanding elections, the government promised to prevent a "bloodbath" or any repeat of the November blockade of Bangkok's airports which stranded ... More >>
Pol Pot's Khmer R: "Not a Clear-Cut Murder Case"
Friday, 13 February 2009, 9:01 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- An international trial starts next week in Cambodia, against five of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, but the British head of the Defense Support Section warns "it is not a clear-cut murder case" despite skeletons in mass graves ... More >>
Shinawatra on a Do-Or-Die Flight Plan to Thailand
Sunday, 8 February 2009, 3:47 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The international airport is open after a political blockade stranded 350,000 passengers, but Thailand is now grappling with a powerful fugitive who wants to fly his jet on a do- or-die arrival, to topple the government. More >>
Rohingyas, Malays and Hmong Allege Torture
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:16 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai security forces allegedly burned, buried, sodomized and stuck needles into victims, and abandoned people in the sea to die, according to survivors and human rights groups, but the prime minister and military denied systematic ... More >>
