ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 23 2006 | bbc, service, World
Good BBC overview of the "cheery coup".
Quoted: Well, they didn't just tolerate it, they welcomed it with open arms. Mr Thaksin was the most popular political leader in recent Thai history, the first to win an outright majority in parliament. And yet the troops who had forced him out were cheered and festooned with flowers. What on earth was going on?
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