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Still fighting at the temple... Andrew Buncombe from the Independent was there, no one's heard from him for two hours. M.I.A. Hope he's OK... UPDATE: All injured out of the temple in ambulances (thanks to twitter according to the journo that was there). No word of Andrew Buncombe though.

lol... http://www.facebook.com/MichaelYonFanPage#!/posted.php?id=207730000664&share_id=122811391074269&comments=1#s122811391074269 "Mike, you need to give a crash course for journalists covering war zones on how to avoid getting killed and injured. Those reporters are getting killed left and...

After the "successful" operation to take retake the site where the destroyed shopping center is situated, troops quicky pulled back out? Why? *Speculation*, they wanted to encourage riots to suit their agenda of completely discrediting the protest movement. *Speculation* certain people have been...

Funny they think the UN would come LOL. Like anyone in the outside world gives a fuck. People dying in temple right now because they can't get across the street to get medical access: http://twitpic.com/1p51ix

Pictures from today: http://tnews.teenee.com/politic/50814.html (graphic) Insurrection continues to spread countrywide. It hasn't been building up for weeks or months, but years. Death toll definitely higher than reported so far, reporter from temple: "Medics around me say 7 dead 10 injured...

Canadian journo apparently trapped near a temple with some protesters: 'Thais in temple begging me to take them out. "You can go, right? Take me!" Also "Is the UN coming?"' "At least five wounded around me at makeshift medical centre in park behind Wat Patum temple, one a friend and colleague...

What's clear so far is that red shirt leaders potentially saved 100s of lives, by giving up and telling protesters to "give up, save your lives". BBC interview with finance minister Korn: "does the offer to dissolve in Nov still stand?" Korn: "it never... (corrects himself) it has not stood...

Meanwhile protesters trucked off to military concentration camp, will they see the light of day again? Very few would stop the military right now if they just shot them all in the head: http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04LU6Xm6mfb0Y/610x.jpg...

Bit of a truism, but shopping centers can be built again. Idiots comparing it to 9/11... no one was inside. Says something that there's far more people mourning the burning of a shopping center owned by billionares, than people mourning deaths of children.

Al-Jazeera: "Many calling for a militarily solution are now shocked. realities of clearing the protest much different from what they imagined" no shit... Academic just been on says there's never been more political violence or widespread unrest - ever - in Thailand. hmm... Government spokesman...

Thailand never experienced riots like this in its history...

Hard to say if it was bad faith, but he could've pulled out of the electoral process at any time if he deemed that any of his "conditions" hadn't been met. Plus he's had a gun to his head, he couldn't have held elections now if he wanted to. Many in the military and his Democrat party didn't...

Reds have been dispersed btw... sporadic violence continues in Bangkok. Insurrection in provinces. Total media blackout. Central World burned to the ground... all for the sake of avoiding elections... The people that hated the red shirts are looking at this with a smug sense of vindication...

Guess the touch paper has been lit literally and metaphorically... could this lead to a protracted de facto civil war?

One red shirt leader has escaped the stage by wearing a long haired wig. Government posted number to ring if anyone sees him. He's been spotted roaming around some bushes in the park, god knows what he's doing... In another news Michael Yon... haha just kidding, hope no one minds me breaking...

Al-Jazeera has best coverage btw: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Can confirm one foreign journalist dead. No idea who.

Nattakorn Devakula reckons it's all bad whatever happens: "clearly this demonstrates the government have no ability to govern." But thinks elections can't be held now either... too volatile. Maybe an interim PM accepted by both sides (my suggestion)? Army has broken down first lot of...

Michael Yon has just woken up. Repeated three times he's heard something has happening. Going to ask soldiers "how they're doing". Also "praying for Thailand". Some great updates from Michael's hotel room... yet people are hanging on his every word. Apparently he's reporting the real truth...