cavanami Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Thailand Crisis Deepens Amidst New Violence http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081130/wl_time/08599186285100 Nearly 50 anti-government demonstrators were rushed to hospital early Sunday morning after a grenade attack on one of their protest sites in Bangkok. The attack comes on the sixth day of the anti-government occupation of Bangkok's two main airports, where demonstrators have been involved in minor clashes with the some 2000 police officers deployed there. Meanwhile, in the old quarter of the Thai capital, tens of thousands of government supporters were preparing to rally, raising concerns about a confrontation between the two opposing groups. See pictures of the Thai protests here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 [ edit - Mod3 ] Read the Rules Idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 More doom and gloom from The Nation...please excuse me if posted already. They seem convinced we are headed for all out anarchy...Maybe it's a good time to catch a plane out of here...oh we can't....... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/11/30/headlines/headlines_30089815.php Lots of small incidents happening everywhere....it's looking especially bad on tuesday...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 More doom and gloom from The Nation...please excuse me if posted already. They seem convinced we are headed for all out anarchy...Maybe it's a good time to catch a plane out of here...oh we can't....... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/11/30/headlines/headlines_30089815.php Lots of small incidents happening everywhere....it's looking especially bad on tuesday...... As bad as it might get, expect to see a few dumb tourist taking videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Samak quits PPP and PAD allows 88 planes to leave cobra swamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Well said ...enjoy the vacation.. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 my my.... CTO: I disagree with you about Rwanda -> the world did nothing (except send a few military to save their own citizens and France to protect their former friends). Same with Sudan, nobody wants to go there. So that is OK with you then? You miss totally my point drogon - SD has been saying if you don't live here you can't comment or know what is good or bad. It was pretty easy to see from the reports that what was happening in Rwanda and Sudan was bad. People HAVE the ability to choose to act. If they did or didn't is up to them - but NOT being there doesn't mean NOT act. NOT being in Rwanda Sudan the world still should have acted. People NOT here in Thailand watching this are free to comment on exactly how vile and contemptuous PAD is. Again - what people here can claim they know the rank a file. Means NOTHING. The leaders make the decisions, the followers follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Of course this is a one way street innit? I cannot comment on how vile and contemptuous Thaksin & cronies are without you wanting to beat me up? I do see you picked the correct side with that attitude and I'll stop making comments lest you throw a grenade my way. ThaiHome was right when he said the same thing a few days ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 The English is unbelievably bad, but the message is clear: THE NATION 1 Dec 2008 Yellow, red camps bring country closer to the brink Sporadic lawlessness spreading on both sides of conflict as Thailand is named "one of most dangerous places on earth" Sporadic mob rules have threatened to take on a far larger scale this weekend, with protesters on both sides of the political showdown showing less and less respect for the rule of law and human rights. After Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports have fallen to the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy, now the Constitution Court is in danger of being surrounded by red-shirt pro-government protesters and nobody knows what is going to happen if the court on Tuesday decides to disband three ruling parties. Equally worrisome are minor incidents across the country. Vendors watching ASTV have been intimidated by red-shirt people. PAD protesters have fired on a reporter's car, although that was described as a mistake (the car was mistaken as that of assailants). Southern anti-government protesters have threatened to seize provincial halls in all 14 southern provinces if a crackdown was initiated against Suvarnabhumi protesters. Prime Minister Somchai yesterday took a pilgrimage to pay respect to a Buddhist holy site in Nakhon Phanom while redshirt crowds have threatened to become vigilantes to punish yellowshirt protesters. Somchai went to pray before the Buddha's relic at Wat Phra That Phanom, People Power Party MP Paijit Srivorakan said. Following his visit to the temple, he would spend a night in Udon Thani where a pro-government rally took place. He is expected today to return to his temporary office in Chiang Mai. Paijit said northeastern constituents as well as their MPs would rally to show moral support for the prime minister. In Chiang Mai, several pickup trucks filled with progovernment crowds were driven to a number of crowded public places rousing the people to take the law into their hands and attack the yellowshirt protesters and their supporters. In the message, people have been encouraged to identify and shut down businesses and shops run by or linked to the protesters led by The People's Alliance for Democracy. On Friday's night, a number of redshirt men forced a noodle vendor at Nong Hoy market to close down on the ground for watching the antigovernment programmed aired by ASTV satellite station. Between Friday and yesterday, redshirt crowds distributed flyers in English to foreign visitors criticising the seizure of two major airports at Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi. Speaking in the capital, Democrat Party spokesman Buranat Samutarak warned that the chance for a negotiated settlement was fast diminishing as time dragged on. The country is heading for unprecedented violence and bloodshed, he said. He called for Interior Minister Kowit Watana, who is in charge of crowd control, to quickly commence negotiations with the PAD before it was too late. He went on to criticise former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for resuming his political activities which have in turn inflamed the situation. The situation might turn into a violent mayhem following yesterday's rally by the redshirt crowds at Sanam Luang, he said. In Udon Thani, about 10,000 redshirt crowds rallied to support the government and safeguard Somchai during his overnight stay, organiser Kwanchai Praipana said. Kwanchai said each northeaster constituency would mobilise about 20,000 people to rally in Bangkok on Tuesday in order to oppose the anticipated disbandment of the ruling party. He called on the government to allow redshirt crowds to disperse the yellowshirt protesters if police failed to do their job. Two MPs from Lop Buri, Suchart Lainamngern and Amnuay Klangpha, predicted that more than 100,000 redshirt crowds would turn out to rally by Tuesday in order to counter the PADled protests. The PAD has, meanwhile, been mobilising the protesters from the 14 southern provinces to reinforce the antigovernment crowds at the three rally sites, Government House, Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi. PAD's Nakhon Si Thammarat chapter leader Osoth Suwansawaet said each local chaper was responsible for dispatching 200300 protesters daily to the three rally sites. Osoth said PADled protesters were fully braced for crowd dispersal measures and would fight if redshirt crowds descended on them. He threatened to seize every provincial hall and block interprovincial roads in the South if police cracked down on protesters at the two airports. Nakhon Si Thammarat governor Panu Uthairat and his counterpart in Songkhla Sonthi Techanan said they had taken precautionary measures to preempt any attempts to blockade provincial halls. Government spokesman Natthawut Saikua said it was evident from news clips that PADled protesters were armed and tried to attack unarmed police. "Armed protesters should immediately stop violent attacks against the unarmed authorities," he said. He said the prime minister and his government have remained fully functioning although the situation has to be reassessed on a daily basis. The Tuesday's Cabinet meeting is expected to proceed but the venue has yet to be picked, he said. The governmentsponsored meritmaking ceremony is on track for Tuesday although it is uncertain whether Prime Minister Somchai will leave Chiang Mai to personally chair the event, he said. Somchai remains uncertain whether he can attend ceremonies relating to His Majesty's birthday, he added. He insisted that the government refused to step down either by resigning or by House dissolution because this would tantamount to allowing the victory to the PAD. Meanwhile, The Telegraph newspaper website, www.telegraph.co.uk, has named Thailand as one of the world's most generous countries, alongside Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, South Africa, Jamaica, Sudan, Colombia, Haiti, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Pakistan, Burundi, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, India, Mexico, Isarel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Lebanon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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