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Crisis group predicts civil war in Thailand

South East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel, ABC May 3, 2010, 6:46 am

 

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Thailand's cabinet has held emergency talks after another grim prediction that the country could be on the brink of civil war without international mediation.

 

Leading global think tank the International Crisis Group says Thailand's political system seems incapable of ending violent protests that have gripped Bangkok for two months.

 

The think tank suggests international mediation to broker a solution.

 

East Timorese president Jose Ramos-Horta has already visited and spoken with the Thai prime minister.

 

The crisis group suggests that he could lead a mediation team.

 

However, in his weekly television address prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the government had already decided how to deal with the crisis paralysing Bangkok.

 

He has declined to reveal what the plan is, but he says he needs to make sure it succeeds.

 

After that, he says, he will reveal a timetable for the dissolution of parliament.

 

Meanwhile the government has managed to convince protesters to dismantle a key barricade to allow access to a hospital in the protest zone.

 

The anti-government Red Shirts have now been protesting for eight weeks and central Bangkok is still largely shut down.

Associated violence has killed 27 people.

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