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

“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. The regime has also been making heavy-handed threats against protesters ahead of a January 13 mass mobilization in Bangkok and has even alluded to covert violence.

Images: The Thaksin regime has twice deployed black-clad gunmen during deadly violence in November andDecember. Fears are that the regime will once again deploy these notorious militants, also responsible for 92 deaths during weeks of gunfights in the streets of Bangkok in 2010, to wreck havoc on January 13 and onward. The Thai Army Chief has given the regime a stern warning that it will be held responsible if these fears materialize. 

It must also be remembered that just days ahead of the first bloodshed in November 2013, pro-regime scribe Andrew MacGregor Marshall, formally of Reuters and now hired pen for Thaksin Shinawatra’s lobbyist Robert Amsterdam would write in a Facebook post titled, “News Update From the Bangkok Protests” that:

Thaksin Shinawatra’s secret “black shirt” force of provocateurs, mostly made up of navy SEALS and marines, is back on the streets again for the first time since May 2010 and has infiltrated Suthep’s rabble. If protests escalate they will seek to incite deadly violence ahead of King Bhumibol’s birthday to discredit Suthep and his movement for good. 

Marshall claims that a “very reliable source” had passed this information onto him, and assured fellow regime supporters that “if protesters kill civilians or police, that does not discredit the government.” Robert Amsterdam would immediately react to General Prayuth’s warning by threatening the General with charges under “international law.”