1.   Few expected the once coup-happy Thai military to be so at ease.

2.   In recent weeks, foreign aid workers have stopped spending the night in the camps, and the Thai military has increased its presence.

3.   Other American officials described the intelligence reports as sketchy and said it would be unfair to criticize the Thai military on the basis of such fragmentary evidence.

4.   The Thai military will also try to generate support for its view that it must spend heavily to become a modern fighting force - something politicians view with scepticism.

5.   The Thai military, which has little modern battlefield experience, has historically been unwilling to confront the battle-hardened Burmese forces.

6.   A Thai soldier stationed on the border said after the fighting ended that the Thai military believed the Cambodian government was attempting to force refugees to return home.

7.   A Thai government spokesman responded, however, that it would not be possible for the Thai military to enter Cambodia and search for Pol Pot.

8.   After he was released, he returned to Thailand, changed his name and was reinstated into the Thai military and assigned to the Supreme Command.

9.   Army Commander Gen. Chetta Thanajaro said the weapons did not come from the Thai military.

10.   Both the Thai military and police have reputations for corruption.