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The only yellow that gets through:
"Rival protesters include workers inconvenienced by the demonstrations and members of the Yellow Shirts, a group whose main purpose is to oppose Thaksin’s return to power.
Yeah, turns out that is ALL the PEOPLE and the American MSM has done a great job of obfuscating that fact!
The rest is all red and SURE SMELLS like CIA to me.
"Thai leader vows patience as troops patrol Bangkok, confront demonstrators" by Associated Press | April 20, 2010
BANGKOK — Soldiers in full combat gear garrisoned the Thai capital’s central business district yesterday, laying razor wire across sidewalks in front of astonished tourists as they faced off with demonstrators demanding a change of government.
So-called Red Shirt protesters accused the military of preparing “a killing field’’ — the latest confrontation in Thailand’s long-running political crisis.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, speaking on government-run television channels, said he would not set a date for protesters to be forced out of their encampment at a busy intersection in the heart of Bangkok’s shopping and hotel district. The demonstrators have camped out on the streets of the Thai capital since March 12....
“Let’s not draw a deadline’’ to remove the Red Shirts, Abhisit said. “I do realize Thais are troubled, that everyone wants it to be quick. . . . But there are many factors they have to take into account.’’
Rumors have been rife, however, about an imminent military crackdown....
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"STALEMATE -- Antigovernment Red Shirt supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra looked toward progovernment supporters yesterday as a monthlong protest continued in Bangkok. The army has vowed not to let the protesters seize control of downtown streets and warned it would use decisive measures if necessary (Boston Globe April 22 2010)."
"PROTESTERS ATTACKED IN THAILAND -- Men rushed an injured woman to an ambulance after a number of explosions rocked Bangkok's Silon business district yesterday as demonstrators rallied in support of the Thai government, which has been the focus of antigovernment demonstrations for nearly six weeks. One person was killed and at least 75 were injured, officials said. (Boston Globe April 23 2010)."
Oh, they didn't say it there; however, the ONE-SIDED COVERAGE of the PROTESTS by the AGENDA-PUSHING AmeriKan MSM
"Thai protesters seek 30-day deadline" by Associated Press | April 24, 2010
BANGKOK — Thai protesters seeking a change of government softened their demands yesterday, saying that they are willing to give the prime minister 30 days to dissolve Parliament and call new elections, instead of insisting that he take action immediately.
The offer came a day after grenades killed one person and wounded 86 near the red-shirted protesters’ rally site in Bangkok’s central business district.
Five M-79 grenades struck areas where a group opposed to the protesters had gathered to denounce the Red Shirts.
They can't give you a color, huh?
And the REDS are behaving JUST LIKE the CIA THUGS they are!!!
The heated passions of the rival protesters, who have hurled rocks and insults at each other, have raised fears of escalating vigilante-type violence.
One wonders where the coverage has been of that other group -- as opposed to the days and days of print lavished upon the REDS!
The Red Shirts consist mainly of rural supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and prodemocracy activists who opposed the military coup that ousted him in 2006....
Their opponents include workers inconvenienced by the demonstrations and members of the Yellow Shirts, a group whose main purpose is to oppose Thaksin’s return to power.
The ONE TIME they mentioned the YELLOWS!!!
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Which really tells you all you need to know regarding the agenda-pushing press of AmeriKa.
"Thai protesters withdraw from talks with government" by Ravi Nessman, Associated Press | April 25, 2010
BANGKOK — Hopes for a swift, peaceful resolution to Thailand’s political crisis were dashed yesterday when the prime minister rejected a compromise proposal for dissolving Parliament and protesters hit back by withdrawing from negotiations.
Typical asshole pricks working for CIA.
And have you EVER SEEN a MORE PATIENT GOVERNMENT in your LIFE, America?
The breakdown of talks heightened fears of a new confrontation between security forces and the red-shirted protesters who have virtually shut down central Bangkok....
The Red Shirts softened their stance Friday, offering the government 30 days to disband the Legislature....
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejected that proposal yesterday. “If you’re going to hand us an ultimatum — 30 days or nothing — this is not negotiating,’’ he told reporters, adding that he feared the opposition demands would only grow if the government capitulated. “The thing is that ‘dissolving Parliament’ might not be the last words we hear, it might not be the last thing they demand,’’ he said.
Nattawut Saikua, a top Red Shirt leader, said that with their compromise rebuffed, there was no point in talking further. Red Shirt leaders said they had held unofficial negotiations with the government on Wednesday and Friday. “These negotiations will stop. We will not talk anymore,’’ Saikua said.
What, you guys being directed by Bush administration people now?
Red Shirt leaders said previously that the government had expressed a willingness to compromise. They said that if no compromise was reached they would continue their demonstrations in the Bangkok commercial district that they have transformed into a protest camp with barricades of tires and bamboo stakes, paralyzing business and daily life in the city.
Many in the capital have grown weary of the confrontation and the disruptions, and thousands of residents gathered at a park yesterday to demand that the protests end. “Please stop the mob — I want a normal life,’’ read one sign....
Yes, the VAST SILENT MAJORITY -- in the AmeriKan MSM anyway -- of THAIS that HATE the RED-SHIRTED CIA DISRUPTORS!!
But WHY, readers?
See: Thailand Looks to China for Growth
Oh, getting CLOSER to CHINA, huh?
And CUI BONO from a CIA-supported coup?
On Thursday, five grenades struck an elevated train station and a street where rival protesters had gathered to hurl insults and rocks at the Red Shirts, who have occupied parts of the capital for six weeks.
See who the AGENDA-PUSHING AmeriKan MSM is SIDING WITH, readers?
The attacks killed one person and wounded 86, and the heated passions of the rival protesters have raised fears of escalating vigilante-type violence.
The perpetrators of the attack are not known. The government stopped short of directly blaming the Red Shirts, saying only that the grenades were fired from an area where they are encamped. The protesters have denied involvement.REEKS of CIA AGENTS and ASSETS!!!
These are the KIND OF THINGS COVERT OPERATIONS DOES!!!
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"Red Shirts vow to expand Thai protests" by Associated Press | April 28, 2010
BANGKOK — Thai protesters forced a shutdown of Bangkok’s busy elevated-train system yesterday and promised to expand their street demonstrations, escalating weeks of anti-government demonstrations that have paralyzed much of the capital.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he hoped to resolve the standoff peacefully even as the government canceled garbage collection in the barricaded encampment in the city’s commercial district that thousands of protesters have occupied since last month.
They have more patience than I ever would.
With many Thais losing patience, the government has yet to outline a clear plan on how to end the sporadically violent crisis after calling off negotiations with the protesters.
Now WHY WOULD THAT BE if the PROTESTS are EVERYONE vs. the GOVERNMENT as the AmeriKan MSM is portraying, 'eh, readers?
The agenda-pushing s***-shovel is getting to easy to decipher these days.
At least 26 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 wounded since protesters known as the Red Shirts began occupying parts of Bangkok in mid-March, closing down five-star hotels and shopping malls and devastating the country’s tourism industry.
Yeah, I'm sure that is winning over the all-important business community that loves chaos in the name of profitable stability.
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Just one more sign of the CIA hand.
After all, SOMEONE HAS to be SUPPORTING THEM for MONTHS on END!!!
"Soldier killed as Thai activists rally; 18 are wounded in hourslong confrontation" by Thanyarat Doksone, Associated Press | April 29, 2010
BANGKOK — Thai troops fired rifles and threw tear gas at a crowd of antigovernment protesters riding motorbikes down a busy expressway yesterday, blocking their effort to take the demonstrations that have paralyzed central Bangkok into the suburbs.
The hourslong confrontation killed a soldier — apparently from friendly fire — and wounded 18 other people as it transformed the suburban streets into a battle zone. Heavily armed troops took cover behind terrified commuters’ cars and one driver clasped her hands in prayer as the soldiers wove their way through traffic.
Does the apologetic AmeriKan MSM ever bend over backward for the agenda, huh?
Security officials suggested the possibility of an escalation in the violence. In a television broadcast last night, they displayed 62 grenades they said had been found in a bag dropped by a motorcyclist who fled a police checkpoint on a road leading to the site of the clash.
The bloodshed yesterday was the first violent confrontation in nearly a week, and protest leaders accused the government of leading the nation to the brink of civil war.
“Our side is running everything in order to create peace, but the government is trying to push war. And you know if [they] push war, civil war is coming,’’ said Weng Tojirakarn, a leader of the “Red Shirt’’ protesters.
The Red Shirts, who want Parliament dissolved, have turned parts of Bangkok’s commercial heart into a protest camp in their campaign to bring down a government they view as illegitimate.
Government officials say they want to end the standoff peacefully but cannot tolerate the protest enclave, which has forced the closure of some of the city’s ritziest malls and hotels and cost businesses millions of dollars a day.
NOT WINNING ANY FRIENDS THERE!!!
The unrest has devastated the vital tourist industry, and several countries have warned their citizens against travel to Bangkok, or even Thailand as a whole.
A TYPICAL TACTIC of you-know-who, folks!
Authorities have so far resisted breaking through the Red Shirts’ barricades and clearing them out of the city, an operation that would almost certainly cause more casualties.
Yet patience appeared to be running out in the seven-week standoff that has killed at least 27 people and wounded nearly 1,000.
Mine did long ago -- with this and the AmeriKan MSM.
In an interview broadcast yesterday on BBC World News, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he was working to quickly restore order.
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And BEHAVING LIKE the CIA THUGS they are, folks!!!
"Demonstrators storm Thailand hospital" by Denis D. Gray, Associated Press | May 1, 2010
BANGKOK — A major Thai hospital evacuated patients and suspended all but emergency surgery yesterday after antigovernment protesters stormed in to hunt for security forces they suspected were taking positions there overlooking their barricaded enclave.
They STORMED a HOSPITAL?
So what pile of Thai turds does the CIA direct them to next?
Pfffft!!!
This is WORSE PUBLIC RELATIONS than the BLOOD-DUMPING INCIDENT weeks ago!
Meanwhile, a top security official accused protesters of targeting one of the country’s most sacred Buddhist shrines in a grenade attack last month. The accusation about the attack, which took place near the Defense Ministry, appeared aimed at stirring up public anger against the so-called Red Shirts.
What is the MSM trying to say there?
That it was some sort of inside job being turned on the poor, agenda-approved protesters?
That's the clue, readers: how does that agenda-pushing, war-promoting AmeriKan MSM treat your protest?
Once you figure out where you stand with them, that is all you need to know about any coverage you get (if you get any).
Late Thursday, a group of the protesters barged into Chulalongkorn Hospital despite pleas from its director, then withdrew after not finding soldiers or police within the compound.
The brief raid was a public relations black eye for the Red Shirts, who insist they are simply peaceful protesters trying to overthrow a government they see as illegitimate.
I see what you are, shitters!!!!!
Protest leaders struggled to make amends yesterday, apologizing, promising to leave the hospital alone, and removing some of the barricades blocking the facility as a gesture of contrition.
Yeah, you BETTER STOP LISTENING to those CIA HANDLERS!
But
PFFT!
the Red Shirts later put the barricades back in place and missed a meeting with hospital administrators to discuss how to keep the patients and staff safe....
Translation: They APOLOGY was as INSINCERE as you could get!
Despite such warnings, the Red Shirts have defied authorities at every turn, entering the Parliament building, laying siege to a telecommunications complex, blocking roads, and staging mass motorized rallies since setting up camp in the capital March 12. At least 27 people have died and nearly 1,000 have been injured in violence since then.
Well, we KNOW WHO THEY are TAKING ORDERS from, don't we?
Tharit Pengdit, chief of the Department of Special Investigations, said last night that five people, including two police officers, were arrested on charges they were behind a March 20 grenade attack near the Defense Ministry that wounded at least one person.
Oh, maybe it was an inside job, 'eh? Police officers involved?
They working for CIA, too, huh?
He contended that the attack was aimed at nearby Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which is on the grounds of the Royal Palace. Such an attack would infuriate Thais, who revere both the temple and the royal family....
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"Amid crisis, Thai Cabinet holds emergency meeting" by Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Writer | May 1, 2010
BANGKOK --Thailand's Cabinet was due to hold an emergency meeting Sunday in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests that have blocked off much of the capital and raised fears of broader civil unrest across the country.
With negotiations between the protesters and the government on hold and hopes for a peaceful end to the standoff dwindling, calls have grown for international mediators to be involved....
In recent days, pro-establishment protesters have called on the government to declare martial law and crack down on the Red Shirt protesters, whose barricaded camp occupies streets in Bangkok's commercial center....
Some officials have expressed hopes the protesters will grow weary and go home soon, but Weng Tojirakarn, another Red Shirt leader, said Saturday that reinforcements were coming to increase their presence in the streets of the capital.
I think you are deluding yourselves there, guys.
"Red Shirts, people from the provinces, are coming in to Bangkok, starting from today. And this time they will stay a long time," he said....
What do you mean this time they will stay?
MSM made it sound like.... sigh!!!!!!!
The International Crisis Group think tank said Thailand's political system had broken down and expressed fears the standoff could "deteriorate into an undeclared civil war."
Isn't that the CIA plan?
The group appealed for foreign mediation, possibly led by East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta, to encourage both sides to stand down and help prepare for new elections and a government of national unity.
The government has repeatedly rejected efforts to bring in foreign mediators. "This is a domestic situation with sensitivities and complexities that the international community may not be fully aware of," government spokesman Panithan Wattanayagorn said.
Would you want the globalists taking over your country?
Would AmeriKa stand for something like that?
That is where my printed paper cut it.
You webbers never even got a version.
I used to call that censorship.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Wednesday that U.S. diplomats were "intensively engaged in discussions" with Thai government officials and opposition forces, and EU diplomats said they have met with opposition figures as well.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya censured some foreign diplomats for meeting with Red Shirt leaders this week. "We do not want to see that happening again," Kasit told reporters.
What MORE do you NOT NEED to KNOW, dear readers?
The Red Shirts drew intense criticism in recent days for breaking into a hospital in the protest zone, prompting medical officials to evacuate it of patients.
Yeah, not the best move if you are trying to get people on your side.
Of course, if your purpose is something else entirely, well.... mission success.
On Saturday, one of the king's daughters, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, went to the hospital to visit the only remaining patient, the head of the Thai Buddhist clergy Supreme
The government has stepped up accusations the protesters were trying to undermine Thailand's much revered monarchy -- which the Red Shirts deny -- and said Friday that a grenade attack last month near the Defense Ministry actually targeted a highly sacred Buddhist shrine nearby.
The hospital raid exposed a possible rift among the protest leaders, some of whom tried to make amends by removing barricades blocking the hospital only to be overruled by others who had them restored. On Saturday afternoon, they were again removed.One can ONLY HOPE because THAT is what ALWAYS HAPPENS to CIA-BACKED COUPS.
The "winners" -- as is their nature -- TURN ON and CANNIBALIZE EACH OTHER!
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More that missed my printed paper:
BANGKOK --Thailand's prime minister dismissed claims that the armed forces were rent with divisions and said the government was preparing to clear thousands of activists from a protest camp that has virtually paralyzed the heart of the capital.
That would explain the hesitation.
I suspect CIA has its agents and assets within the Thai military.
Many Thais have grown increasingly frustrated with the stalemate in Bangkok, which has dragged on for nearly eight weeks, claiming the lives of at least 27 people and costing the country tens of millions of dollars. It has sparked concerns of a flare-up of civil unrest.
"We are sending a clear signal that we have given people enough time to leave (the occupied zone). We are now in the process of sealing off and cutting off support before we actually move in," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in an interview Sunday with several foreign journalists to be nationally televised.
Thousands of so-called Red Shirt protesters have occupied a barricaded encampment in the commercial heart of Bangkok, centered on its most upmarket shopping district, forcing the closure of several malls and hotels.
The Red Shirts, mostly armed with staves and stones, have bested police and military units in several confrontations and the police especially have shown little enthusiasm in suppressing the demonstrations.
Hey, they are ARMED WITH the SAME ITEMS a PALESTINIAN wields against Israel -- with a much greater success rate!
What SHIT AGENDA-PUSHING GARBAGE!
In several instances, police were seen openly fraternizing with protesters, while both Abhisit and army commanders have had to come out on several occasions to deny that the army too was split in its loyalties....
Abhisit said earlier Sunday he was reluctant to give in to demands from a group of pro-establishment protesters who have called for a declaration of martial law....
I think I'm going to leave it right there, readers.
By NOW you can SEE the ONE-SIDED COVERAGE of the AGENDA-PUSHING AmeriKan "newspaper."
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Thaime to say goodbye to the Boston Globe.
