Thailand may be on verge of another disaster
Published by Avi Green on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM.
Michael Yon (via Hot Air) has been spending some time in Thailand, and warns that this country that has serious problems with Islamofascism in the south may be on the edge of cracking again.
And according to this article in the NY Times:
And according to this article in the NY Times:
The army clashed with demonstrators early Monday after thousands of antigovernment protesters defied a state of emergency, massing in the streets, climbing on armored military vehicles and attacking the prime minister’s motorcade.Anyone who would make announcements like those from a Dubai radio station is bound to be trouble. Thailand is in serious need of help to curb the coming disaster.
Soldiers charged protesters and fired automatic weapons into the air to clear a major road leading out of this city as Thailand began celebrating its three-day New Year’s water festival. Hospitals said at least 60 people were wounded. [...]
Mr. Thaksin has been making nightly broadcasts to supporters in recent days, apparently from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Speaking to the crowd at Government House, the prime minister’s office, a protest leader, Jakrapob Penkair, said a state of emergency was “a declaration of war against the people of Thailand.”
He added: “They will try to disperse the crowds, but we will remain at Government House. We will start a people’s war.”
