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  1. The real reason they are angry with Thaksin: http://bit.ly/2GF44E 1:54 AM Nov 10th from web
  2. Some interesting thoughts on twitter and politics: http://twitthis.com/5p5pah 5:17 PM Nov 8th from web
  3. End of our live coverage of the Thai Update. Thanks for following. #2009thaiupdate 10:01 PM Nov 1st from web
  4. Many links with local politics. Rangers, for example, have link with Chavalit. #2009thaiupdate 9:57 PM Nov 1st from web
  5. Answer: BPP is part of national police force. Rangers are part of the army but vague. Or Sor part of Interior. #2009thaiupdate 9:56 PM Nov 1st from web
  6. Question: who actually controls them and can mobilise them? Are there links with parties or bosses? #2009thaiupdate 9:55 PM Nov 1st from web
  7. Question: how many are full time positions? Answer: first three, most are full time and salaried. Latter two more part time. #2009thaiupdate 9:54 PM Nov 1st from web
  8. Question: what about the Kuomintang? Answer: good point. They have become respectable. #2009thaiupdate 9:54 PM Nov 1st from web
  9. Question: danger of conflating military modelled groups with the local defence volunteers. Response: it is murky. #2009thaiupdate 9:52 PM Nov 1st from web
  10. Concluding with pictures of the blue shirts from Pattaya. #2009thaiupdate 9:50 PM Nov 1st from web
  11. Farrelly conclusions: paramilitaries are important part of the landscape. Fill operational gaps. There has been a resurgence #2009thaiupdate 9:48 PM Nov 1st from web
  12. More informal. Poorly trained. Have contributed to problems in south. #2009thaiupdate 9:47 PM Nov 1st from web
  13. Self Defence Voluntees (Chor Ror Bor) - village level militia with about 100,000 members. #2009thaiupdate 9:47 PM Nov 1st from web
  14. Civil Defence Voluntees - over 170,000 in late nineties. #2009thaiupdate 9:46 PM Nov 1st from web
  15. Or Sor, like the others, involved in anti-drug campaigns. Played a role in War on drugs. #2009thaiupdate 9:44 PM Nov 1st from web
  16. Or Sor - "The people's army" #2009thaiupdate 9:44 PM Nov 1st from web
  17. Or Sor (Voluntee Defence Corps) - less formal than the first two. #2009thaiupdate 9:43 PM Nov 1st from web
  18. Or Sor. Declined in numbers to about 16000 in 2006. #2009thaiupdate 9:42 PM Nov 1st from web
  19. Rangers do guard duty near borders. Cultivate relations with forces across the border. #2009thaiupdate 9:41 PM Nov 1st from web
  20. Now Farrelly talking about Rangers (Taharn Pran). About 15000. Operate in "grey area" between military and police. #2009thaiupdate 9:41 PM Nov 1st from web