There have been some recent attacks, mostly by M79 grenades and a factory in a province 2 hours north of Bangkok was raided by police last week and M79 grenade launcher parts were found.

Kom Chad Luek, in an editorial translated by TAN:

The hard-core pro-Thaksin group was said to be one of his ace cards, whose recent works were the M-79 attacks on the compound of the First Infantry Regiment, a house next to the home of Administrative Court President Ackratorn Chularat on Lad Prao Soi 25, and a construction company in Chiang Mai, which is owned by the father-in-law of Bhum Jai Thai’s de facto leader, Nevin Chidchob.

Nirmal Ghosh in his Straits Times blog on March 15:

Democrat Party spokesman Dr Buranaj Smutharaks told me about an hour ago House dissolution was not on the table. Weapons siezed from workshop recently (M79 grenade launchers etc) were “scary” and showed “there are violent elements” among the reds. He said today would be crucial, and government’s position is “basically make sure law and order is maintained”.

Nirmal Ghosh in an article (subscription only) in Straits Times on March 17 though has a denial by the government spokesman Panitan:

And the government remained worried about radicals or a ‘third hand’ triggering violence.

But Dr Panitan said that no link had been found yet between recent seizures of weapons and grenades fired at a military base on Monday, and the UDD.

BP: So who is wrong? Dr. Buranaj or Dr. Panitan? Is it accuse now and find evidence later?