Posted on 04/11/2009 1:43:28 AM PDT by Doofer
PATTAYA -- Helicopters began evacuating foreign leaders Saturday after anti-government protests forced the postponement of a major Asian summit in Thailand, Agence France-Ptesse reporters and officials said.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo boarded a civilian helicopter which landed on the roof of the luxury beach resort in the coastal town of Pattaya where the meeting was being held, an AFP correspondent said.
Police separately said that Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein had been airlifted by chopper to a nearby military airfield.
this is such a disgrace , and the irony is that many of these ‘red shirts’ are from Issan , as are the majority of the bar girls in Pattaya. This will mean a huge income loss over the Songkran holiday for the entire Isaan region . Maybe all the riotous Issan men are getting back at all the naughty Isaan girls for dumping them back home . The bad boys revenge !
As far as Pattaya goes it is not a true reflection on the country in a whole. Some truth about Issan but the Red shirts are more like working classes and the Yellows are the ???upper??? crust city dwellers. Now the Blue shirts are a new phenomina thats for sure and have not quite figured out where they fit in. Oh well TiT!
Good to see you comment.
Keep the info coming from the Land of Smiles....heh heh heh.
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