Flames rise from the burning city hall which was set on fire by red shirt protesters
Posted on 05/19/2010 3:15:14 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
government admits it lost control when protesters set fire to key buildings in the city following a day of running battles with troops which left 12 dead and 60 injured.
Flames rise from the burning city hall which was set on fire by red shirt protesters
Rioters set fires at the stock exchange, electricity headquarters, banks and government offices. Siam Theatre, a much loved city institution, collapsed in flames. Hundreds of people had to be rescued from the burning headquarters of Channel 3 television. The death toll since fresh outbreaks of violence on Thursday now stands at 51.
The government issued "shoot on site" orders for a dawn raid as troops tried to disperse 2,000 Red Shirts who had been camped in Rajprasong, the capital's premier shopping and office district, for more than six weeks.
Seven of the Red Shirt leaders surrendered to police but militant gangs waged an arson and looting spree. The vast Central World shopping centre was torched as government troops shot to kill in a last ditch effort to defend it.
When the army finally marched cautiously into the protesters' former stronghold they discovered that the 2,000 strong crowd had dwindled to one woman.
Kuesadee Narukan, an elderly nurse, stood holding a red flag in the deserted arena. The sound system remained on and rice was cooking on the boilers. "I am not afraid. I am ready for my punishment," she said. "I am a fighter for democracy.
A few lame stragglers on the makeshift beds were arrested. The others had left for a sports stadium to be loaded on to buses for home.
A Red Shirt commander yesterday said that the violence would continue. "All this area will burn and wherever I go I am okay because the army
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I SWEAR I NEVER hear what they are PROTESTING!! What are they protesting??
“Protesters” or Arsonists?
“Protesters” or Rioters?
I think the media has lost its collective minds.
Interestingly it looks like the images of the bleeding and wounded soldiers I saw this morning are getting harder and harder to find.
Taksin needs to be killed . Wherever he is , they need to get him . Then there will be peace. Thai should contract with Mossad if necessary . As long has he is hovering around out there funneling money this will continue .
I wonder what has happened to Phra Phrom Shrine at Rajaprasong intersection ? Anyone?
It deeply offended me that the pinhead reds would set up there , of all places .
I hope they put as many as possible to work at hard labor for at least 5 yrs for this enormous offense against Thailand
Those are just “protesters”, its the TEA Partiers that are violent.
I wonder how much Soros money is involved.
LOL!!
lol.
Thanks.
but they all carried AK-47’s,, count on it
If the TEA partiers did this I can guarantee the media won’t be calling them “protesters”.
The protesters may have a righteous cause, but when they start burning down irreplaceable landmarks, I begin to lose interest in the reasons for it.
It’s an irreversible act.
If I ran the government, I’d give them about two seconds to get out of Dodge, then open up on them.
“We’ll talk about this when order is restored, but you’re not going to be allowed to burn the fricken capital to the ground.”
So, if the people rose up against Hitler or Mao or Castro you would kill them all to preserve the status quo?
You would slaughter the American revolutionaries?
National nam pla shortage.
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