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Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule
Terror in Bangkok, Then and Now
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An innocent looking hit-and-run accident in downtown Bangkok in 1994 uncovered a sophisticated Hezbollah network in Thailand, an attempt to target the Israeli embassy there, and a decomposing body hidden in a vat full of chemical explosives. Two decades later, a new string of Hezbollah and Iranian-directed plots in Thailand cropped up, this time involving operatives hiding explosives in bags marked as “cat litter,” signing up for flower arrangement classes as cover for travel to Bangkok, and bulk buying bottles of nail polish remover for reasons having nothing to do with makeup. Guests: · Sakdawut “Josh” Smanbut, Police Colonel and superintendent in the Royal Thai Police’s Special Branch. ·…