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Thai soldiers must immediately stop firing live ammunition into several large areas in Bangkok where anti-government protesters are gathered, Amnesty International said today.
“Eye-witness accounts and video recordings show clearly that the military is firing live rounds at unarmed people who pose no threat whatsoever to the soldiers or to others,” said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Thailand specialist. “This is a gross violation of a key human right–the right to life”.
“Deliberately firing live ammunition at unarmed people, whether they be protesters or otherwise and who pose no credible threat to anyone else, is unlawful”, said Zawacki.
http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/amnesty-international-usa-condemns-reckless-use-of-lethal-force/
"The source noted all 180 snipers were called to duty during the red shirt protests from March to May. Most of the snipers enjoy the rank of sergeant or master sergeant."
"Among the 180, however, only about 10 of them are really good, said to be at the one-shot, one-kill level. These 10 never miss," the source said.
"Sources in the army confirmed the sharpshooters from Task Force 90 were deployed to do reconnaissance and surveillance for infantry units during the red shirt protest. They were based on the skytrain tracks and tall buildings to provide cover for soldiers operating on the ground."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/191238/the-deadliest-game-in-town-shoot-to-kill
For example, Australia’s Age newspaper reported on 16 May 2010 that the “army has declared parts of Bangkok ‘live-fire zones’, saying that anybody – be they protester, resident, tourist or journalist – who enters certain roads in the capital will be shot on sight.” It added that: “Troops have erected signs at Bangkok’s Ratchaprarop area, on the northern edge of the red shirts’ protest camp, warning that anybody who enters will be fired on with live rounds.”
At the time, the BBC referred to a policy of “containment by live fire.” Amnesty International said at the time that “Eye-witness accounts and video recordings show clearly that the military is firing live rounds at unarmed people who pose no threat whatsoever to the soldiers or to others…”.
Recall that the Times Online reported on a statement by Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd of CRES that said “Snipers will be deployed in the operation.” This was before the crackdown. Snipers are not usually used unless people are meant to be killed.
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