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The Coup and the Palace Endgame

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Sep 21, 2006
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra overreached himself in trying to use the ballot box and his rural vote to neutralize both King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the Bangkok elite. It may make the king feel good that he has again presided from a distance over an action which is being seen by many as a semi-divine intervention, again saving the nation from greedy …

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