[colorado tanker]

Thaksin is a billionaire populist who bought the PM office a couple of elections ago. He's incredibly corrupt, even by Thai standards. He was re-elected in an election so tainted the courts threw it out and ordered a re-vote for this fall. A few months ago he raked in more billions in a shady securities deal that kicked off demonstrations demanding his ouster. Lately, he's been talking about arresting senior military officers for allegedly plotting to put a bomb in his car - a plot which few in Thailand believe existed. That seems to have been the last straw.

[Right Wing Assault]

Thank you and the other who responded. Now why can't an international news organization figure that this background information might be important to put into their story? They are often useless when they are not intentionally wrong.