‘The regime of accused mass murderer, convicted criminal and fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra chose the sacred Buddhist holiday of Makha Bucha to carry out a bungled crackdown on the now month-long “Occupy Bangkok” protest campaign.

Regime police, notorious for their brutality and already guilty of killing several protesters as well as overseeing brazen broad daylight assassinations targeting protest leaders, came out into the streets with military M16 service rifles, shotguns, and body armor – only to be met by monks and protesters sitting in the streets with prayer books.’

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