BANGKOK, THAILAND (ANS) — A ministry worker in Bangkok says she woke up to the sound of helicopters and explosions as Red Shirt demonstrators held out against government forces in their demands for early elections to replace a government they deemed illegitimate and elitest.
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“This morning, Bangkok is a war zone. The Red Shirts have taken their riots to different areas of the city and have been burning tires, cars, and buildings. This morning a group of 30 teenagers set the Narcotics control building on fire. That has now been put out. A hospital building and a couple banks have also been set on fire this morning. Black smoke fills the sky. The army has run out of patience with the rioters and this morning they have brought tanks and are breaking through the barriers set up at the Red Camp. The sound of explosions and gunfire has become a regular background noise in our environment.”
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