Bangkok protesters use children to fight their battle

Photo: Marcus Wennstam, aftonbladet.se

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports from the violent protests in Bangkok where the government critical 'Red shirts' are preparing to go into acual battle with the military. their strategy? Sending children armed with slingshots to the frontline. Aftonbladet writes(my own translation): "The warriors are made up mostly of boys in their late teens. They wear black clothes and red scarves. But in the front are also children not more than 10 years old. One of the boys are posing proudly with his slingshot. he is wearing a white plastic helmet on his head and a simple mask covering his mouth. Instructed by one of the older boys, he clenches his fist and stares into the camera. His enemies are waiting a couple of hundred metres away. Thousands of soldiers armed with automatic weapons, water canons and tear gas."

Am I the only one who hears "Cambodia, Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge" ringing over and over in my head?