The following is what I am reading today! I do not know where this is heading to. Do I concern? Yes, I do!! Look like never ending. Rumor or not I have no idea but said the government is waiting for the right time.
Today is Communion Sunday. I am thankful for Thai Government allow us to worship under freedom of religion.
This is my today wish...
1. Hope and wish that the King of Thailand will be healthy and happy.
2. Hope that this political situation will be end soon.
3. The Red and the rest should be living together again as before.
4. May peace on us everywhere around.
I pray that my wish will be fulfill soon. So help us God!!
Civil war warning
By The Nation on Sunday
Agence France-Presse
Published on May 2, 2010
"The prolonged row between the government and red-shirt protesters could deteriorate into an "undeclared civil war", but mediation help from other countries might avoid a slide into further violence, a top global think tank has suggested.
The Thai political system has broken down and seems incapable of pulling the country back from the brink of widespread conflict," the International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report released on Friday.
The stand-off in the streets of Bangkok between the government and red-shirt protesters is worsening and could deteriorate into an undeclared civil war," it said. "
Red shirts, soldiers ready
By Pravit RojanaphrukThe NationPublished on April 21, 2010
The red shirts barricaded all six entrances to their protest site on Rajprasong intersection yesterday after the government made it clear that it was waiting for the right opportunity to use force to disperse the tens of thousands of protesters.
However, Saladaeng intersection, adjoining Silom Road and Lumpini Park, had the heaviest barricades set up by both sides.
Dozens of soldiers, armed with M16A1 semi-automatic rifles and other weapons, were seen occupying 100 metres of the elevated walkway above Silom Road. They also started piling up car tyres as barricades yesterday evening, hung black plastic webbing on the elevated walkway to cover their positioning and placed razor wire at a number of spots on the street below.
On the other side, the red shirts put up two layers of bamboo fences and car tyres with two lorries blocking the street opposite Silom Road, which leads to Rajprasong intersection. Dozens of red-shirt protesters armed with sharpened 1.5-metre-long bamboo poles were seen standing guard behind a barricade of motorcycles.
Still, despite the impending violence, spirits among the hundreds of red shirts manning the barricades remained high.
"We shall fight for democracy for our children," a man was heard screaming into a loudspeaker from the back of a lorry at the Saladaeng intersection. A pedestrian overpass connecting the two sides was also barricaded with two layers of bamboo fencing.
In addition, two home-made rockets (known in the Northeast as bang fai) attached to the bamboo poles were being set off every 10 minutes.
"Don't waste the rockets, save them for the fight. Also people might mistake the signal," warned red-shirt leader Kwanchai Praipana through a loud speaker at the Saladaeng intersection.
Hundreds of red shirts stood behind the barricade waving red flags at the traffic passing by.
"Guard the gate with your life!" said another voice was heard saying through the loud speaker.
At the Pathumwan intersection, where Siam Centre and MBK are located, the barricades put up by the red shirts were much smaller in scale but made from the same materials.
Shops on the ground floor of Siam Centre, such as Adidas, Roxy and Vallains SF, removed all their merchandise in preparation of an imminent crackdown.
Water hoses lay ready at the mall, as red-shirt guards kept a vigilant eye out for any signs of violence. Though the mood here was much more relaxed than at the Saladaeng intersection, some red shirts said that they'd know if soldiers were heading their way if the 24-hour convenience stores suddenly started shutting down and mobile phone signals were cut off.
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