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The Internal Security Operations Command ((タイ語:กองอำนวยการรักษาความมั่นคงภายในราชอาณาจักร); ) or ISOC ((タイ語:กอ.รมน.)) is a unit of the Thai military devoted to national security issues. It was responsible for suppression of leftist groups during the 1970s and 1980s during which it was implicated in numerous atrocities against activists and civilians. The modern ISOC was implicated in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. After Thaksin was deposed in a military coup, the junta transformed the ISOC into a "government within a government", giving it wide-reaching authority over the National Counter Corruption Committee, the Department of Special Investigation, and the Anti-Money Laundering Office. The junta also authorized it to help provincial authorities in marketing OTOP products.〔Bangkok Post, (CNS advises extended term for AEC ), 14 February 2007〕 In June 2007, the junta approved a draft national security bill which would give ISOC sweeping powers to handle "new forms of threats" to the country. The ISOC revamp modelled it after the US Department of Homeland Security, and would give ISOC sweeping new powers and allow the ISOC chief to implement security measures such as searches without seeking approval from the prime minister.〔Bangkok Post, (Cabinet approves security bill ), 20 June〕 As of June 2007, ISOC was headed by Army Commander-in-Chief and junta head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Apart from this the ISOC is under the authority of the Office of the Prime Minister. ==Communist Suppression Operations Command== The CSOC was established in 1966 with the assistance of the United States to coordinate nationwide anti-Communist operations.〔() and () Lee, Terrence C., "The Causes of Military Insubordination: Explaining Military Organizational Behavior in Thailand", Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2005〕〔Murray, Charles, "The domino that didn't fall" The Atlantic, November 1984 v254 p34(8)〕 Following the 17 November 1971 coup by military dictators Thanom Kittikachorn and Prapas Charusathian, Praphas appointed himself Interior Minister, Chief of Police, and head of the CSOC. The CSOC was implicated in several atrocities in its 1970s war against leftist groups. This included the Red Drum Massacre, the mass murder of southern Thai activists by burning them alive in gasoline drums. Student leader Thirayut Boonmee showed evidence that the destruction of Ban Na Sai village in the Northeast of Thailand was the handiwork of the CSOC.〔(Anderson, Benedict, "Murder and Progress in Modern Siam" )〕 The military had earlier claimed that the Communist Party of Thailand had been behind the villages destruction. The ISOC succeeded the CSOC after the overthrow of Thanom and Prapas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Internal Security Operations Command」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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