Tanks stand outside Government House in Bangkok September 19, 2006. Tanks surrounded Thailand's Government House on Tuesday and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared a state of emergency in Bangkok amid signs of the first attempted coup in the southeast Asian nation in 15 years. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)
Forces loyal to sacked Thai military commander Lieutenant General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, seen here in March 2006, seized the prime minister's office in Bangkok, witnesses said as tanks and heavily armed soldiers were seen in the streets of Bangkok.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)