Some Generals That Have Gone "Rogue"

Photo: Former General Laurent Nkunda.

Rogue Generals: Five Military Commanders Who Took Matters Into Their Own Hands -- Foreign Policy

Retired Thai General Khattiya Sawatdipho was dramatically shot in the head Thursday while giving an interview to a reporter on the street in Bangkok. Khattiya was once one of the most prominent commanders in the Thai military, and claims to have worked closely with the CIA in the 1980s to root out communist rebels in the country's south. But after his friend, former Prime Minsiter Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed, he defected to join the country's anti-government "red-shirt" protesters. This case of a government losing control over a prominent military commander is hardly an isolated incident.

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My Comment: An interesting collection of Generals. Read it all.