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EDITORIAL Military bungling in the deep South Peace will remain elusive unless the security forces learn to combat insurgents and protect civilians THAI TALK Old soldiers never die; they return to tell coup jokes You don't ask a coup leader whether the military takeover he staged successfully will be the last one - because he'll never give you a frank answer. You only ask a failed rebel where he had gone wrong and whether he would make another coup attempt - because he'll be anxious to point out how things would have gone right for the country had he succeeded. Why artistic freedom matters A few weeks ago, I was asked to be the keynote speaker at the annual SEAWrite Awards Ceremony at the Oriental Hotel. The reason I was asked was that the advertised speaker, Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka, had pulled out at the last minute to protest the coup, saying that he wouldn't speak in a country that was no longer free.	Top Stories Bringing the Thaksin regime to account The pretext for the coup is the real evil in our society Compelling non-political reasons for Thaksin to stay put Help! Thailand needs more whistleblowers Paid rural mobs could turn into mass disturbance

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