Posted on 05/17/2010 10:25:17 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
A computer worker told yesterday of his horror after a Thai anti-government supporter was shot through his head in front of him. James West, 33, originally from Seattle and a software analyst for Microsoft, said the 'red shirt' protester was targeted after pointing a laser pen at an army position during continued trouble in Bangkok. Mr West said: 'The man was two yards in front of me and took out a laser pointer and started beaming it at the soldiers. I thought it was a crazy thing to do, then he was hit. I felt debris, bits of him hitting me. He went down straight away. There was a bullet exit wound at the back of his head.'
Security forces are poised to move on Thai anti-government demonstrators after 24 hours of clashes turned the centre of Bangkok into a bloody battlefield.
At least 16 people have been killed and 160 injures in a series of running battles in the Thai capital that saw troops fire live rounds as well as tear gas and rubber bullets.
The protesters, who have staged a mainly peaceful protest for the past two months, countered with petrol bombs and home-made rockets. The army says its troop are not shooting to kill, but protesters during a lull in clashes today crawled along sidewalks to slowly drag away corpses of three people. They claimed an army sniper had shot them all in the head. Sporadic clashes resumed in several parts of the city this morning, and explosions once again echoed through streets emptied of shoppers and tourists, as plumes of black smoke rose amid skyscrapers and hotels.
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Maybe protesters who like to throw pies will show up soon (if only).
Ug.
Darwin Award Nominee !
Dumbass. Don’t point a laser at a tense guy with a gun, unless its attached to a gun, and you intend to shoot him.
SnakeDoc
don’t taunt thai troops.
Fight da power! (BANG) Uhm..never mind.
It's more than crazy...how else did he think it was going to end?
you thought right.
Maybe I have more than 2 neurons that are firing; but if I were there on a work-related project; being in the middle of a political protest would the very LAST place I would be.
Somehow, I doubt that Mr. James West learned anything from this experience - he doesn’t seem to be a very smart ‘engineer’.
It is about time that governments start fighting back against commies. A bullet through the head is a good end for a commie.
Ummm... the troops were just playing around with their lasers, too ... and just had a little accident ... that’s all ...
This strikes me as a classic MSM there’s got to be more to the story pieces. What is an alleged Microsoft software analyst doing in the middle of a protest that turned deadly violent days ago???
THAILAND?!?!?
One less commie to steal others $$.
Pray for America
They’ve open up the Darwin Awards to Thailand?
Who knew?
Dumbass, aye. Darwin Award finalist.
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