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Siam insurrection - or Siam slaughter? Chaos at the moment. Army in full flow but protesters resisting. Have reached my twitter limit too (just at the crucial time...).

This is going to be an even worse clusterfuck than anyone could imagine.

live Reuters feed: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Bangkok_protests

"Here's how you win a prize for being the world's smallest man. You send in your military to shoot innocent civilians (37 dead in Bangkok so far - 36 red shirt protesters and 1 soldier - with more than 200 injured) and then you tell people it was "terrorists dressed as soldiers" who did it...

Chopper support, tear gas incoming apparently. from Thai TV: http://tweetphoto.com/22992932

Thai troops on loudspeakers say: 15 minutes to get out or we're coming in... rumors of tanks in the vicinity too. Red shirts fight back with homemade rockets. Bet they're wishing they're an armed movement now...

Indeed. http://tweetphoto.com/22990012 APC'S moving in... speculation that it's still just a show of force, not a crackdown. Red shirts have been raving to deep house & techno apparently.

Richard L Parry from the Times is manning red shirt front lines, to his great credit. Michael Yon is in bed with his teddy.

Really hope this is true: [MCOT 5am bkk time] APCs & tanks are merely for reinforcements. Crackdown not yet imminent. (MCOT is a Thai TV channel)

Brave lads are moving in: http://twitpic.com/1oyx44 - Thais love a man in uniform.

Don't know if anyone from BBC or CNN is awake to cover this yet. It's 5am. Protest leaders tell protesters to get ready to fight, and ask them if they have protection from gas...

CONFIRMED: Lge force of troops, trucks, police 7 APCs moving in on protesters.

Chief of JUNTA PM Abhisit went to Eton where he learned civilization, he shares many of our liberal ethics. It's a "crackdown with kindness".

CONFIRMED: armored vehicles moving to strategic locations. CONFIRMED: troops have left military bases, moving in on Bangkok

Chief of Junta PM Abhisit is singing himself sweetly to sleep tonight: Reports of armored vehicles now moving in (unconfirmed).

Live & direct...

Interesting debate, pretty much sums up the two sides.

Seems his Facebook is full of conservative 'types': http://www.facebook.com/MichaelYonFanPage "Since April 10, more than 60 people have been killed. At least 36 civilians have died since the second round of clashes erupted last Thursday night. Yesterday, the government ordered three more public...

He wrote this: http://www.somtow.org/2010/05/dont-blame-dan-rivers.html really hi-so guy, multiple talents, Dad was a kleptomaniac diplomat and stole stuff from the British embassy in London. Says he's a liberal, but is cheer leading state sponsored murder. btw is Michael Yon an actual real...