Successful Thai cave rescue a boost for junta chief as election looms


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  • Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha greets acting Chiang Rai province governor Narongsak Osatanakorn during a meeting at the Tham Luang cave complex where schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 9, 2018. Thailand Government House/Handout via REUTERS

BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Hooyah! Hooyah!" Thailand's junta chief, Prayuth Chan-ocha, was greeted with a rousing cheer when he inspected the operation to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave this week.

Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit, hundreds of military personnel and foreign rescuers took part in the gripping, 17-day mission to save the boys trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai, and the navy's morale-boosting "Hooyah" became a rallying cry for the mission.

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