If you're awake now, check CNN at once.
UPDATE: I have the CNN news briefing here.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapc...mor/index.html
Luckily, this will only be in Bangkok and surrounding areas. If it ever gets as far north as Chiang Mai, everyone is in deep deep.
Including me.
UPDATE 2: As for the "suspected coup" the news was talking about... Well, it's safe to say the "suspected" part can be ignored.
It's not a rumor.
Deep shit...
Last edited by AdventWings; 09-19-06 at 10:41 AM.
The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven - All's right with the world...
~Pippa Passes; by Robert Browning
I don't get it. What's the reason for this sudden coup?
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
Well, to answer that I'll give you a quote from New York Times:
"He" referring to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.He said he was ordering the transfer of the nation's army chief to work in the prime minister's office, effectively suspending him from his military duties.
It was a fine line that finally snapped. Thaksin was under a lot of scrutiny for not stepping down from power after having already lost the most recent election. He called it null and void.
That was back in April. There was already a lot of anti-Shinawatra sentiments within the military, one of which resulted in the attempted carbomb last month.
Man... I Should've seen that coming a mile away...
UPDATE: Here's the New York Times news brief.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/worl...=1&oref=slogin
Last edited by AdventWings; 09-19-06 at 10:52 AM.
The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven - All's right with the world...
~Pippa Passes; by Robert Browning
Them soldiers certainly love their army chief a whole lot since they decided to sieze the capitol just to get him his job back. Why was the Prime Minister removing the army chief from his job? Power struggle?
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
That's what I think as well.
I don't have the entire story just yet, but hopefully no one is going to start shooting each other. There are rumors about the two sides trading bullets already - and I don't mean the unused kind...
The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven - All's right with the world...
~Pippa Passes; by Robert Browning
Please don't die.
Letho, do something. Save him. Or Jesus. I really don't care.
Be safe.
"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long long year, Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ, Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate, Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you, Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you, Is the nature of my game?"Sympathy for the Devil - Guns n Roses, cover of The Rolling Stones
I am a pudding pop
Thaksin's removal of the army chief is the excuse the army wanted in order to toss him out of office. There's been a political crisis for several months in Thailand sparked by Thaksin's corruption, and a series of mass protests against him that almost brought him out of power probably convinced the army that having him around was a long-term liability, from a financial and international security standpoint, especially considering the ongoing Muslim insurgency in the south. The fact that the army chief is a Muslim also probably had something to do with his mental calculus. They say the army chief is close to the king. Perhaps the king gave the coup plotters tacit approval?
I wouldn't be surprised, though, if the army returns the country to democracy relatively quickly, even if the government is more influenced by the army in the future. This seems to be a greivance against Thaksin, not the system of government; hence, the plotters waited until he was out of the country to stage their putsch instead of just gunning him down in Bangkok.
yeah I hope this turns out alright and you still have all your rights intact. These things can be messy but all I can hope that it doesn't cause too much trouble. Good luck Raven.
Last edited by Daggertail; 09-19-06 at 08:48 PM.
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