United States drug-war aid to Thailand from 2001 to 2003. Chart from Thailand's 2003 drug-war annual report: http://en.oncb.go.th/file/publications.html
Thailand's brutal 2003 death-squad drug war. Photos of dead, tortured, wounded, scars, families, etc.. URL for this photo gallery is http://gallery.marihemp.com/akha - There are also many links below to press and media articles; human rights organization reports and filings, etc.. For a good compilation of info, links, and photos see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McDaniel
The gallery editor wrote up this intro with the links. The photos and photo captions are from Matthew_McDaniel of the Akha Heritage Foundation. Photos are farther down. Click the images to enlarge them, and to open up the various photo albums. For more photos, links, info, etc. please see: http://www.akha.org/content/drugwar/drugwardeathpics.html
"US-Thailand’s 'License To Kill'. 2274 Extra-Judicial Killings In 90 Days". The Akha Journal of the Golden Triangle. By Matthew McDaniel. Vol. 1. No. 2. October 2003. Relevant section of journal 2: http://www.akha.org/upload/journal/akhajournal2p6.pdf - Cover and first part of journal 2: http://www.akha.org/upload/journal/akhajournal2p1.pdf - Link list for all parts of the journals.
Many extrajudicial killings occurred during the 2003 anti-drugs push of Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. See this Wikipedia page: Policies_of_the Shinawatra_administration#Anti-drug_policies. The Nation (an English-language newspaper in Thailand) reported on November 27, 2007:
"Of 2,500 deaths in the government's war on drugs in 2003, a fact-finding panel has found that more than half was not involved in drug at all. At a brainstorming session, a representative from the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) Tuesday disclosed that as many as 1,400 people were killed and labelled as drug suspects despite the fact that they had no link to drugs. ... Senior public prosecutor Kunlapon Ponlawan said it was not difficult to investigate extra-judicial killings carried out by police officers as the trigger-pullers usually confessed."
"Most of those killed in war on drug not involved in drug". November 27, 2007. The Nation (an English-language newspaper in Thailand). "Southeast Asia: Most Killed in Thailand's 2003 Drug War Not Involved With Drugs, Panel Finds". Drug War Chronicle. November 30, 2007. "Probe into Thai Drug War Killings Getting Underway". Drug War Chronicle, August 10, 2007. "Thailand War on Drugs Turns Murderous, 600 Killed This Month -- Human Rights Groups Denounce Death Squads, Executions". Drug War Chronicle, Feb. 21, 2003.
*July 7, 2004 New York Times article. "LETTER FROM ASIA; She Tilts Against Power, but Don't Call Her Quixotic." By Jane Perlez. Article quote: "Among those either killed, or missing and presumed dead, were campaigners against logging, dams and wastewater projects." Another article quote: "She reminded those audiences, she said, that more than 2,000 people suspected of breaking drug laws were killed during a three-month 'war on drugs' by the Thaksin government last year [2003], a move that prompted the State Department to criticize Thailand's 'worsened' human rights record." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/international/asia/lett.html?ex=1246939200
Timeline of Thailand’s “War on Drugs”. July 7, 2004 report from Human Rights Watch: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/07/07/thaila9014.htm | Human Rights Watch. Thailand: Anti-Drug Campaign Reaches New Low. October 6, 2004. More Than 50 Organizations Sign Letter of Protest. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/05/thaila9445.htm
Akha 1503 Case Filed, January 2004, UN Filing UNOHCHR, Geneva - Detailed Case Accounts of the Killings and Torture. 46 cases out of thousands. Filed by Matthew McDaniel. http://www.akha.org/content/un/index.html Google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=Akha+1503+cases+part
Main drug-war index page at Akha.org has list of related links at the bottom of the page: http://www.akha.org/content/drugwar/index.html
Google search shortcut that pulls up links to hundreds of drug war articles on the Akha.org site: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.akha.org+%22drug+war%22
Search the Akha Weekly Journal Yahoo Group public archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AkhaWeeklyJournal/msearch?submit=Search&query= Search the Akha discussion Yahoo Group public archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akha/msearch?submit=Search&query=
These search shortcuts will pull up many articles. Add or substitute search terms as needed to get better results. For example; substitute 'thailand' for 'laos' in the searches. For the Akha.org site: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.akha.org+%22drug+war%22+laos For the DrugNews.org site from 1997 to date: http://www.mapinc.org/find?BK=laos&YY1=1997
Yahoo Groups. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Akhaweeklyjournal and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AkhaWeeklyJournal/messages Titled index of Akha list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akha An Akha discussion list with an archive.
May-2003. U.S.-aided Thailand death squads go on. 1000's dead. Drug war and more. DEA, U.S. police, and U.S. military involvement with Thailand. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction/messages/849 Many illustrated messages. http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2997.html and http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2119.html
Soon, hopefully, there will also be more photos of the Akha and other groups in Laos who died in large numbers due to disease and starvation caused by the drug war, opium eradications, relocations, and lack of alternative means of survival. All of this occurring at the behest of the brutal UN and USA drug war agendas. See this Akha.org index of info on Laos: http://www.akha.org/content/akhainlaos/docs/index.html.
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