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Snipers on top of Charn-Itsara Building(shot by a tourist)
Snipers on top of Charn-Itsara Building(shot by a tourist)
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Prime Minister asserts government on right track to return normalcy;
clashes continue...
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that his government is confident that it is on the right track to bring back peace and normalcy to the country while violent clashes between die-hard protesters of the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and government troops continued for the third day on Saturday.
Mr Abhisit, in a national television address, said that the continuing measures the government is applying now is the only way to bring the country back to normalcy with lowest loss of life.
He said the operation has not been easy, particularly due to armed groups among the protesters trying to attack the security forces, the public, and even the protesters themselves.
The operation was necessary because the government cannot let the country sink into lawlessness, he said, comparing the Red Shirts actions with taking the Bangkok economy hostage.
The premier had asked public to cooperate by not to bring themselves into the conflict, and to not enter operational areas because of the danger.
To prevent further loss of life, he said, the protesters must end the rally.
Mr Abhisit urged the public to be patient and monitor news reports thoughtfully as there were many rumours, and some distortion and speulation.
Grenade attacks and street clashes occurred sporadically in the Ratchaprasong area, and at Bon Kai, Ratchaprarob, and Lumpini Park since the government on Thursday began its attempt to seal off the prime business area of Ratchaprasong.
Meanwhile, the army announced that Ratchaprarob and Bon Kai are live fire areas and warned public to avoid both locations.
In the afternoon a M79 grenade was fired into a police residential flat behind Lumpini police station. A police officer and his wife were injured, as well as another three persons in their rooms at the time. All were sent to Bamrungrad Hospital for medical treatment.
Another M79 grenade was fired into a nearby police flat but failed to explode.
Meanwhile, Police General Hospital located next to the Red Shirt Ratchaprasong rally site already sealed off by the army announced that it will not accept outpatients due to inconvenience of travel in and out of the hospital, except only emergency cases.
Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Dapong Rattanasuwan at a Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) press conference on national television Saturday afternoon said the military operation was carried out to avoid serious impact against the general public and loss of life.
He said no soldiers intended to hurt or kill the people, but that the Red Shirts distorted the truth and told their supporters that the military was the people's enemy.
Gen Dapong said the Arny aimed to put pressure against the protesters to reduce the rally site area and contain the demonstrators, cut utilities and prevent supporters from entering the rally site.
Troops are armed with only M16 rifles, tavor guns and shotguns, not heavy military weapons, he said, and the troops would use both live ammunition and rubber bullets in dealing with the protesters as necessary.
Heavy weapons including M79 grenade launchers, rocket-propelled (RPG) grenades and hand grenades would not be used, he said.
Gen Dapong said if the situation forced to the use of firearms, the troops have been ordered to target lower parts of the body or to fire live ammunition into the air.
CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the centre wished to express regret to the families of those who died and were wounded in the clashes.
He said the military is trying its best to end the protest without resorting to violence but dealing with the armed group that has infiltrated the protesters was not easy and could make the loss of lives inevitable.
According to the Erawan Emergency Medical Centre’s report Saturday at 4pm, the death toll rose to 22 while 172 people, including four foreigners, were wounded.
The four foreign victims are Canadian, Polish, Liberian and Myanmar nationals.
The injured received medical treatment at 20 hospitals around the capital. Eleven remained in Intensive Care Units (ICU).
In another development, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Director-General Tharit Pengdit, said that the Pathumwan District Court on Saturday sentenced 27 Red Shirts in the protest to six-month jail terms with no suspended sentences.
The court found all 27 defendants guilty of violating the Emergency Decree which bans gatherings of five or more people, inciting disturbances and disrupting highway traffic.
All were detained during the May 14 clashes between government security forces and the Red Shirts at areas surrounding the Ratchaprasong protest venue.
As arrests continue during the protest, the DSI chief said that sentences and punishment will be gradually heavier.
According to the previous court ruling, the court gave 15-day detention, 20-day detention and six-month prison respectively without suspending any penalty.
Mr Tharit warned that other Red Shirts should not participate in the protest as it is against the emergency law, but should instruct their relatives and friends not to join the gathering and leave the protest site.
As the opposition Puea Thai party had filed complaints against Deputy Prime Minister Suthep as head of CRES in relation to the April 10 incident, Mr Tharit explained that the DSI currently is gathering all evidence and investigating relatives of death victims and officials concerned.
Mr Tharit that the agency will likely transfer the complaints to the National Anti-Corruption Commission Office for further investigation as it is a case related to a political office holder.
Meanwhile, Nattawut Saikua, a top UDD leader, said the Red Shirts failed to prevent soldiers from surrounding and firing on the Ratchaprasong protest site, beginning at 6pm Thursday, but the protesters werfe determined to continue their rally, he said.
The anti-government leaders will collect all evidence related to the clashes between the army and Red shirts at the protest sites, and will submit them to human rights organisations.
He admitted that the UDD leaders could not control Red Shirt supporters at the front line of the protest.
As night deepened, Red Shirts gathered in the Klongtoey and Din Daeng areas, he said. (TNA)
Prime Minister asserts government on right track to return normalcy;
clashes continue...
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that his government is confident that it is on the right track to bring back peace and normalcy to the country while violent clashes between die-hard protesters of the anti-government 'Red Shirt' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and government troops continued for the third day on Saturday.
Mr Abhisit, in a national television address, said that the continuing measures the government is applying now is the only way to bring the country back to normalcy with lowest loss of life.
He said the operation has not been easy, particularly due to armed groups among the protesters trying to attack the security forces, the public, and even the protesters themselves.
The operation was necessary because the government cannot let the country sink into lawlessness, he said, comparing the Red Shirts actions with taking the Bangkok economy hostage.
The premier had asked public to cooperate by not to bring themselves into the conflict, and to not enter operational areas because of the danger.
To prevent further loss of life, he said, the protesters must end the rally.
Mr Abhisit urged the public to be patient and monitor news reports thoughtfully as there were many rumours, and some distortion and speulation.
Grenade attacks and street clashes occurred sporadically in the Ratchaprasong area, and at Bon Kai, Ratchaprarob, and Lumpini Park since the government on Thursday began its attempt to seal off the prime business area of Ratchaprasong.
Meanwhile, the army announced that Ratchaprarob and Bon Kai are live fire areas and warned public to avoid both locations.
In the afternoon a M79 grenade was fired into a police residential flat behind Lumpini police station. A police officer and his wife were injured, as well as another three persons in their rooms at the time. All were sent to Bamrungrad Hospital for medical treatment.
Another M79 grenade was fired into a nearby police flat but failed to explode.
Meanwhile, Police General Hospital located next to the Red Shirt Ratchaprasong rally site already sealed off by the army announced that it will not accept outpatients due to inconvenience of travel in and out of the hospital, except only emergency cases.
Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Dapong Rattanasuwan at a Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) press conference on national television Saturday afternoon said the military operation was carried out to avoid serious impact against the general public and loss of life.
He said no soldiers intended to hurt or kill the people, but that the Red Shirts distorted the truth and told their supporters that the military was the people's enemy.
Gen Dapong said the Arny aimed to put pressure against the protesters to reduce the rally site area and contain the demonstrators, cut utilities and prevent supporters from entering the rally site.
Troops are armed with only M16 rifles, tavor guns and shotguns, not heavy military weapons, he said, and the troops would use both live ammunition and rubber bullets in dealing with the protesters as necessary.
Heavy weapons including M79 grenade launchers, rocket-propelled (RPG) grenades and hand grenades would not be used, he said.
Gen Dapong said if the situation forced to the use of firearms, the troops have been ordered to target lower parts of the body or to fire live ammunition into the air.
CRES spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the centre wished to express regret to the families of those who died and were wounded in the clashes.
He said the military is trying its best to end the protest without resorting to violence but dealing with the armed group that has infiltrated the protesters was not easy and could make the loss of lives inevitable.
According to the Erawan Emergency Medical Centre’s report Saturday at 4pm, the death toll rose to 22 while 172 people, including four foreigners, were wounded.
The four foreign victims are Canadian, Polish, Liberian and Myanmar nationals.
The injured received medical treatment at 20 hospitals around the capital. Eleven remained in Intensive Care Units (ICU).
In another development, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Director-General Tharit Pengdit, said that the Pathumwan District Court on Saturday sentenced 27 Red Shirts in the protest to six-month jail terms with no suspended sentences.
The court found all 27 defendants guilty of violating the Emergency Decree which bans gatherings of five or more people, inciting disturbances and disrupting highway traffic.
All were detained during the May 14 clashes between government security forces and the Red Shirts at areas surrounding the Ratchaprasong protest venue.
As arrests continue during the protest, the DSI chief said that sentences and punishment will be gradually heavier.
According to the previous court ruling, the court gave 15-day detention, 20-day detention and six-month prison respectively without suspending any penalty.
Mr Tharit warned that other Red Shirts should not participate in the protest as it is against the emergency law, but should instruct their relatives and friends not to join the gathering and leave the protest site.
As the opposition Puea Thai party had filed complaints against Deputy Prime Minister Suthep as head of CRES in relation to the April 10 incident, Mr Tharit explained that the DSI currently is gathering all evidence and investigating relatives of death victims and officials concerned.
Mr Tharit that the agency will likely transfer the complaints to the National Anti-Corruption Commission Office for further investigation as it is a case related to a political office holder.
Meanwhile, Nattawut Saikua, a top UDD leader, said the Red Shirts failed to prevent soldiers from surrounding and firing on the Ratchaprasong protest site, beginning at 6pm Thursday, but the protesters werfe determined to continue their rally, he said.
The anti-government leaders will collect all evidence related to the clashes between the army and Red shirts at the protest sites, and will submit them to human rights organisations.
He admitted that the UDD leaders could not control Red Shirt supporters at the front line of the protest.
As night deepened, Red Shirts gathered in the Klongtoey and Din Daeng areas, he said. (TNA)
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All MRT and BTS train services are closed for the weekend. Most big shopping malls in central Bangkok are closed too. The army's plan to encircle the red shirts (green square) has failed repeatedly. So far 22 dead in running street battles.
MOST DANGEROUS: Areas to avoid in Bangkok this weekend: Lumpini Boxing Stadium / Bon Kai area and Ratchaprarop to Din Daeng area
All MRT and BTS train services are closed for the weekend. Most big shopping malls in central Bangkok are closed too. The army's plan to encircle the red shirts (green square) has failed repeatedly. So far 22 dead in running street battles.
MOST DANGEROUS: Areas to avoid in Bangkok this weekend: Lumpini Boxing Stadium / Bon Kai area and Ratchaprarop to Din Daeng area
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From Ji Ungpakorn:
Author of the RED Manifesto, Thailand...
From Ji Ungpakorn:
Author of the RED Manifesto, Thailand...
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CNN's Sara Sidner reports from Bangkok on Saturday amid clashes between security forces and protesters.
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- We arrive with camera in tow on the back on motorcycles -- the fastest way into the protest zone.
There is no traffic but the street named for a Thai King, Rama 4, isn't empty. Several piles of tires have been strewn about and set on fire. We watch thick black smoke billowing upwards.
At one end of the street protesters stand behind barricades made built from barbed wire, tires and sharpened bamboo sticks. At the other end Thai troops stand underneath an overpass. In the middle a few young men wheel huge tires into the road.
'Live fire zone' declared amid Bangkok bloodshed
There are also regular folks standing along some of the side-streets eating, talking, but mostly watching what is going on in their neighborhood.
We can see the flash of small firecrackers in the air and hear their sharp crack. We can also hear the sound of gunshots mixing with loud blasts.
Suddenly the neighborhood crowds start to run. A man is down. There is yelling. Men crowd around a body on the ground. Someone has been shot. We run towards the area most are running away from. The man is clearly unconscious, clotted blood oozing from his abdomen area. People are trying to help him. They are lifting him. He is heavy and they drop him.
Within seconds an ambulance screeches up. He is picked up on an orange stretcher, put into the back of the ambulance and whisked away.
People tap us and start pointing to Lumpini Tower a high-rise building in front of us on Rama 4 road where all this is happening. "Snipers, snipers get down," they tell us in Thai.
If snipers are there, we can't see them. Then another crack from somewhere. Another person hit. This time it's a woman. She is bleeding but conscious. Her foot has been injured. The ambulance arrives in a flash. She is taken away. The numbers of injured steadily increase throughout the day.
The Thai government promised to step up security measures in the area taken over by the "Red Shirt" protesters. It appears the government has kept its promise.
The military said it would increase the pressure on the protesters but that it had no intention of harming anyone. The protesters clearly blame the army for the deadly force. There is no way to know for sure who exactly is doing the shooting but neither of the people we saw injured were armed.
The sun is quickly going down on Bangkok but the situation in the commercial district is at boiling point yet again. This is no place to be. We jump on our motorcycle taxis and move out. But as we leave the question lingers: When will all this end?
CNN's Sara Sidner reports from Bangkok on Saturday amid clashes between security forces and protesters.
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- We arrive with camera in tow on the back on motorcycles -- the fastest way into the protest zone.
There is no traffic but the street named for a Thai King, Rama 4, isn't empty. Several piles of tires have been strewn about and set on fire. We watch thick black smoke billowing upwards.
At one end of the street protesters stand behind barricades made built from barbed wire, tires and sharpened bamboo sticks. At the other end Thai troops stand underneath an overpass. In the middle a few young men wheel huge tires into the road.
'Live fire zone' declared amid Bangkok bloodshed
There are also regular folks standing along some of the side-streets eating, talking, but mostly watching what is going on in their neighborhood.
We can see the flash of small firecrackers in the air and hear their sharp crack. We can also hear the sound of gunshots mixing with loud blasts.
Suddenly the neighborhood crowds start to run. A man is down. There is yelling. Men crowd around a body on the ground. Someone has been shot. We run towards the area most are running away from. The man is clearly unconscious, clotted blood oozing from his abdomen area. People are trying to help him. They are lifting him. He is heavy and they drop him.
Within seconds an ambulance screeches up. He is picked up on an orange stretcher, put into the back of the ambulance and whisked away.
People tap us and start pointing to Lumpini Tower a high-rise building in front of us on Rama 4 road where all this is happening. "Snipers, snipers get down," they tell us in Thai.
If snipers are there, we can't see them. Then another crack from somewhere. Another person hit. This time it's a woman. She is bleeding but conscious. Her foot has been injured. The ambulance arrives in a flash. She is taken away. The numbers of injured steadily increase throughout the day.
The Thai government promised to step up security measures in the area taken over by the "Red Shirt" protesters. It appears the government has kept its promise.
The military said it would increase the pressure on the protesters but that it had no intention of harming anyone. The protesters clearly blame the army for the deadly force. There is no way to know for sure who exactly is doing the shooting but neither of the people we saw injured were armed.
The sun is quickly going down on Bangkok but the situation in the commercial district is at boiling point yet again. This is no place to be. We jump on our motorcycle taxis and move out. But as we leave the question lingers: When will all this end?
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POOR VS ELITE
The protestors say Oxford-educated Prime Minister Abhisit lacks a popular mandate after coming to power in a controversial parliamentary vote influenced by the politically powerful military.
The two months of protests have spiraled into a crisis that has killed 36 people, wounded more than 1,400, paralyzed parts of Bangkok, scared off investors and squeezed the economy.
Thousands of protesters remained defiant, calling for Abhisit to dissolve parliament immediately and take responsibility for the violence. Protest leaders wore flak jackets, fearing snipers might try to shoot them.
Some protest leaders, including the movement's chairman, have not been seen at their 3 sq-km (1.2 sq-mile) encampment for days.
CHAOTIC CLASHES
In clashes during Friday, protesters set fire to a police bus and truck, a motorbike and tires as they retreated down a road lined with office towers, hotels, the U.S. ambassador's home and several embassies, which were closed and evacuated.
The latest violence followed the collapse of a reconciliation plan Abhisit proposed last week. An emergency decree was declared in 17 provinces deemed red shirt strongholds, to prevent unrest and to stop convoys of protesters from coming into Bangkok.
Abhisit is under enormous pressure to end the protests, which began with festive rallies on March 12 and descended into Thailand's deadliest political violence in 18 years.
The Thai government stands a good chance of clearing the streets, the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy said.
"But it will not end the polarization that has led to the current instability ... political volatility will remain a persistent problem for Thailand for the foreseeable future."
(Additional reporting by Khettiya Jittapong and Panarat Thepgumpanart; Editing by Matthew Jones)
POOR VS ELITE
The protestors say Oxford-educated Prime Minister Abhisit lacks a popular mandate after coming to power in a controversial parliamentary vote influenced by the politically powerful military.
The two months of protests have spiraled into a crisis that has killed 36 people, wounded more than 1,400, paralyzed parts of Bangkok, scared off investors and squeezed the economy.
Thousands of protesters remained defiant, calling for Abhisit to dissolve parliament immediately and take responsibility for the violence. Protest leaders wore flak jackets, fearing snipers might try to shoot them.
Some protest leaders, including the movement's chairman, have not been seen at their 3 sq-km (1.2 sq-mile) encampment for days.
CHAOTIC CLASHES
In clashes during Friday, protesters set fire to a police bus and truck, a motorbike and tires as they retreated down a road lined with office towers, hotels, the U.S. ambassador's home and several embassies, which were closed and evacuated.
The latest violence followed the collapse of a reconciliation plan Abhisit proposed last week. An emergency decree was declared in 17 provinces deemed red shirt strongholds, to prevent unrest and to stop convoys of protesters from coming into Bangkok.
Abhisit is under enormous pressure to end the protests, which began with festive rallies on March 12 and descended into Thailand's deadliest political violence in 18 years.
The Thai government stands a good chance of clearing the streets, the Eurasia Group political risk consultancy said.
"But it will not end the polarization that has led to the current instability ... political volatility will remain a persistent problem for Thailand for the foreseeable future."
(Additional reporting by Khettiya Jittapong and Panarat Thepgumpanart; Editing by Matthew Jones)
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'Live fire zone' set in Bangkok
Thai soldiers have established a "Live Firing Zone" close to a camp occupied by anti-government Red Shirt protesters in central Bangkok.
There have been more clashes on the third consecutive day of violence with more than twenty people killed as the BBC's Chris Hogg explains.
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'Live fire zone' set in Bangkok
Thai soldiers have established a "Live Firing Zone" close to a camp occupied by anti-government Red Shirt protesters in central Bangkok.
There have been more clashes on the third consecutive day of violence with more than twenty people killed as the BBC's Chris Hogg explains.
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Evidence showing Thai Army snipers in action;
shooting their own people is an accomplishment.
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Evidence showing Thai Army snipers in action;
shooting their own people is an accomplishment.
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Killed by the THAI ARMY !!!
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Killed by the THAI ARMY !!!
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Rivals must think of people's lives first
Rajdamnoen, then Silom, and now Rajprasong. The wounds are getting deeper and deeper and no matter how this ends, it is never going to really end. The blame game yesterday between the government and the red shirts confirms as much as Thailand continues its tail-spin toward what was unthinkable just two months ago.
But first the bleeding has to be stopped. For every new death and injury, the feelings on both sides become more estranged and festered.
For every new shot fired and grenade launched, the country's fragile harmony edges closer to the brink of total collapse.
The red shirts demanded the government stop shooting immediately.
That was followed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva saying on TV last night the only way to solve the crisis was for the protesters to end their two-month rally.
The demands were accompanied with each side's own version of the fight - one featuring troops on a shooting spree against unarmed civilians and the other blaming armed elements for a heavy casualty toll.
Abhisit said the government "can't turn back". The red shirts said they would fight to the death.
How Thailand has arrived at this point after at least two great opportunities to achieve peace will remain a big question mark. It was only about a week ago that compromise was within reach, that protesters looked a few hours away from packing up and everyone seemed to be preparing for a general election late this year.
What went wrong, however, is not as important as what can still go much more wrong. Events over the past few days have galvanised both sides, whereas now is the time for sympathy and even humility.
The "come and shoot us" mentality as displayed by red leaders Jatuporn Promphan and Nutthawut Saikua is thoughtless, if not selfish.
This is not the time to win ideologically. This is the time to save lives of people, who have for so long shown unconditional faith in them.
The government, on the other hand, has dangerously blurred the line in its sudden resolve to end it all quickly. The red movement may have the support of armed factions but efforts to differentiate militants from innocent protesters have been awkward at best and sloppy at worst.
We have been left to wonder whether all appropriate measures have been explored and attempted before the out-of-the-blue blockade and abrupt application of pressure. It appeared that the government, which wasted almost 60 days failing to implement strict checkpoints and containment, was making up for lost time, and clumsily so.
Both sides have talked about saving lives, but they have never seem to mean it. Personal egos and vested interests still dictate events while compassion and sense of nationhood have gone missing.
The rivals have no choice but to resume talks and this time they must do what they have never done - stop thinking about themselves.
Rivals must think of people's lives first
Rajdamnoen, then Silom, and now Rajprasong. The wounds are getting deeper and deeper and no matter how this ends, it is never going to really end. The blame game yesterday between the government and the red shirts confirms as much as Thailand continues its tail-spin toward what was unthinkable just two months ago.
But first the bleeding has to be stopped. For every new death and injury, the feelings on both sides become more estranged and festered.
For every new shot fired and grenade launched, the country's fragile harmony edges closer to the brink of total collapse.
The red shirts demanded the government stop shooting immediately.
That was followed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva saying on TV last night the only way to solve the crisis was for the protesters to end their two-month rally.
The demands were accompanied with each side's own version of the fight - one featuring troops on a shooting spree against unarmed civilians and the other blaming armed elements for a heavy casualty toll.
Abhisit said the government "can't turn back". The red shirts said they would fight to the death.
How Thailand has arrived at this point after at least two great opportunities to achieve peace will remain a big question mark. It was only about a week ago that compromise was within reach, that protesters looked a few hours away from packing up and everyone seemed to be preparing for a general election late this year.
What went wrong, however, is not as important as what can still go much more wrong. Events over the past few days have galvanised both sides, whereas now is the time for sympathy and even humility.
The "come and shoot us" mentality as displayed by red leaders Jatuporn Promphan and Nutthawut Saikua is thoughtless, if not selfish.
This is not the time to win ideologically. This is the time to save lives of people, who have for so long shown unconditional faith in them.
The government, on the other hand, has dangerously blurred the line in its sudden resolve to end it all quickly. The red movement may have the support of armed factions but efforts to differentiate militants from innocent protesters have been awkward at best and sloppy at worst.
We have been left to wonder whether all appropriate measures have been explored and attempted before the out-of-the-blue blockade and abrupt application of pressure. It appeared that the government, which wasted almost 60 days failing to implement strict checkpoints and containment, was making up for lost time, and clumsily so.
Both sides have talked about saving lives, but they have never seem to mean it. Personal egos and vested interests still dictate events while compassion and sense of nationhood have gone missing.
The rivals have no choice but to resume talks and this time they must do what they have never done - stop thinking about themselves.
Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI
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RALLY IN UBON RATCHATANI
Red shirts gather to grieve local man who was shot in Bangkok and to watch video and pictures from today's violence in Bangkok.
VIDEO...
UNARMED AND SHOT !!!!
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=124171317610041&id=123580604318842
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RALLY IN UBON RATCHATANI
Red shirts gather to grieve local man who was shot in Bangkok and to watch video and pictures from today's violence in Bangkok.
VIDEO...
UNARMED AND SHOT !!!!
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=124171317610041&id=123580604318842
Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI
Thai soldiers man a checkpoint Sunday, May 16, 2010, in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the ongoing deadly army crackdown overnight saying the country's very future was at stake. Since Thursday, the once-bustling commercial and shopping district has become a war zone with Red Shirt protesters firing weapons, throwing homemade explosives, and hurling rocks at troops firing live ammunition and rubber bullets.
Thai soldiers man a checkpoint Sunday, May 16, 2010, in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the ongoing deadly army crackdown overnight saying the country's very future was at stake. Since Thursday, the once-bustling commercial and shopping district has become a war zone with Red Shirt protesters firing weapons, throwing homemade explosives, and hurling rocks at troops firing live ammunition and rubber bullets.
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Tourist hot spot becomes war zone
Once bustling with visitors, Bangkok is now a "live fire zone," where protesters and police battle.
Anti-government protester holds Molotov cocktail
An anti-government protester holds a Molotov cocktail as he takes cover during clashes with the Thai army in central Bangkok May 15, 2010
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"Red shirt" protesters using sling shots and molotov cocktails in front of burning tires during clashes with army soldiers at Rama IV Street in Bangkok May 15, 2010.Thailand's military will send in reinforcements to assist troops struggling to seal an off an encampment occupied occupied by thousands of anti-government protesters, an army spokesman said on Saturday
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Tourist hot spot becomes war zone
Once bustling with visitors, Bangkok is now a "live fire zone," where protesters and police battle.
Anti-government protester holds Molotov cocktail
An anti-government protester holds a Molotov cocktail as he takes cover during clashes with the Thai army in central Bangkok May 15, 2010
<cite id="captionCite"> REUTERS/Damir Sagolj</cite>
"Red shirt" protesters using sling shots and molotov cocktails in front of burning tires during clashes with army soldiers at Rama IV Street in Bangkok May 15, 2010.Thailand's military will send in reinforcements to assist troops struggling to seal an off an encampment occupied occupied by thousands of anti-government protesters, an army spokesman said on Saturday
<cite id="captionCite"> REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
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Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI
ruckus
:(
Both Chavalit and Taksin's family scootted off during the weekend, leaving their minions to take on the cudgels
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178069/shinawatra-family-leaves-thailand
Big guns hide their behinds when shit hits the fan, and the commoners suffering (or dieing) at frontline? Or left to take the brunt of
ruckus
:(Both Chavalit and Taksin's family scootted off during the weekend, leaving their minions to take on the cudgels
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178069/shinawatra-family-leaves-thailand
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Re: BANGKOK: More than 100K at 9pm. Many More Coming. JAMS 50km Long. ArbiSHIT SHITTI
Opposition leader Nattawut Saikua (L) speaks with the father of a medical worker, whom the father said was shot while evacuating the injured, in the barricaded anti-government 'red shirt' encampment at Bangkok's shopping district May 16, 2010.
The parents of a medical worker, whom they say was shot while evacuating the injured, hold a photograph of their dead son during a news conference in the barricaded anti-government "red shirt" encampment at Bangkok's shopping district May 16, 2010. The Thai government threatened on Sunday to impose a curfew in Bangkok after three days of fighting that has killed at least 24 people and spiraled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.
Opposition leader Nattawut Saikua (L) speaks with the father of a medical worker, whom the father said was shot while evacuating the injured, in the barricaded anti-government 'red shirt' encampment at Bangkok's shopping district May 16, 2010.
The parents of a medical worker, whom they say was shot while evacuating the injured, hold a photograph of their dead son during a news conference in the barricaded anti-government "red shirt" encampment at Bangkok's shopping district May 16, 2010. The Thai government threatened on Sunday to impose a curfew in Bangkok after three days of fighting that has killed at least 24 people and spiraled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.
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