Pro and Anti-Government Protesters Clash!
Last night pro-government protesters in their thousands under the name of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship broke through police lines with little resistance and marched towards Government House in an attempt to evict their anti-government PAD rivals by force but didn’t quite make it and came face to face with the PAD’s guards.
Sure enough things just kicked off big time and before long they were furiously beating each other up. The clash didn’t last that long but sadly still one DAAD supporter ended up dead and a couple other from both sides seriously injured. I watched highlights of this on Thai TV at 2 am in disgust for obvious reasons.
Observers say this was a ploy by the government to create such seeming violence so they could then declare state of emergency effectively outlawing the ongoing protests in Govern House compound. Such speculation is fuelled by the coincidental dispersion of the DAAD shortly after the government sensationally declared state of emergency this morning.
I’m sick of this if I must be honest. Violence is no answer to nothing and now that one person has died I hope everyone will see sense and sit themselves down to find whatever way to bring all this bollocks to an end once and for all and in a civilised manner too.
Need a huge pint mate! 
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September 5th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I was so scared of curfew announcement too as i was in the Pub last friday. It it stated out then all my excitment is all gone.