webfact Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Police Arrest Red Shirt Guard in Possession of Bombs, Gun UPDATE : 26 November 2009 Police in Chiang Mai province have arrested an individual believed to be a guard for the red shirt rallies. The suspect was reportedly in possession of countless handmade bombs and a gun. Authorities are investigating a possible connection between the suspect and earlier reports of a assassination attempt on the Prime Minister's life. -- Tan Network 2009/11/26 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Such a big surprise. And yet you still have people objecting to the government imposing harsh security measures. Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Countless home made bombs? Don't they have a calculator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 perhaps they were very small bombs? bombettes as it were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Perhaps a typical translation error. Many bombs -- countless. Close enough for government work ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) very sensational title with a little substance in the article. "an individual believed to be a guard for the red shirt rallies. ... in possession of countless handmade bombs and a gun. Authorities are investigating a possible connection between the suspect and earlier reports of a assassination attempt on the Prime Minister's life." "believed" is hardly a fact, "handmade bombs" and "countless" might mean devices no more than firecracker (you do count big and powerful bombs, but you don't count something, which is useless), handguns are in the every second house in thailand (some of them only legal). to assassinate one person you don't need many bombs, one is sufficient, and powerful, long range rifles are used to assassinate, rather than a handgun. everything might be just a setup by the security services to heat up tension and discourage some of the protesters from taking part in this rally. Might be a very convenient way of introducing a local state of emergency and cancelling all the public gatherings Edited November 26, 2009 by londonthai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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