Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Washington Times
May 30, 2008
Pg. 17
BANGKOK — Thailand’s top commander denied reports yesterday that the military may be plotting another coup amid rising political tensions in the southeast Asian nation. Recent street protests against the government have fueled speculation that the army may again intervene in politics after ousting former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless 2006 putsch.
Supreme Commander Boonsrang Niumpradit told Reuters news agency that comments he made earlier yesterday had been misinterpreted.
“I simply said anyone plotting a coup would not tell you in advance. From what I can see, there is no one thinking about that. It is not appropriate. I believe there will not be any coup,” he said.
Bangkok’s rumor mill has been churning since Sunday’s protest by about 5,000 opponents of the pro-Thaksin coalition government elected in December last year.
Protests against Mr. Thaksin two years ago had started small but grew to 100,000 strong before the army launched a coup in September 2006.
May 30, 2008
Pg. 17
BANGKOK — Thailand’s top commander denied reports yesterday that the military may be plotting another coup amid rising political tensions in the southeast Asian nation. Recent street protests against the government have fueled speculation that the army may again intervene in politics after ousting former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless 2006 putsch.
Supreme Commander Boonsrang Niumpradit told Reuters news agency that comments he made earlier yesterday had been misinterpreted.
“I simply said anyone plotting a coup would not tell you in advance. From what I can see, there is no one thinking about that. It is not appropriate. I believe there will not be any coup,” he said.
Bangkok’s rumor mill has been churning since Sunday’s protest by about 5,000 opponents of the pro-Thaksin coalition government elected in December last year.
Protests against Mr. Thaksin two years ago had started small but grew to 100,000 strong before the army launched a coup in September 2006.