Military Coup in Thailand 2006

just got bush's ugly face on bbc at moment

Channel 5 has a replay tape about a poor familyu from Petchabun. Whose daughter is struggling through m.3

It's very quiet here in Phuket. :)

Channel News Asia has alive interview with a professor from Chula

Basically nobody knows who is who just now

Council of Adiministrative Reform has taken power

They are unsure of who this is though

Let's see if we can get somebody into that reform commission so we can make the visa rules a bit more liberal again. Anybody look like a Thai military officer? :D

Video Channel

Thai TV now showing 60th anniversary cartoon...

commision to decide on politcal reform

Maybe I will go out and take some pics !!!

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Look at all these Ajarn types on here I want to go to bed

Now the important stuff! Will there be any work happening tomorrow??

This is the place for fun, a laugh and a joke and a bit of light hearted banter,

Well, that's how The Captain's Lounge is described. Jesus, I've got to leave the country tomorrow - my visa's run out.

I'm certainly not going to work tomorrow.

Oh, wait, I'm retired....

not for thammasat, thats for sure

They appologise for the inconvienance.

They are also saying that the comitte is representing the king and that if Taksin fights against them they are fighting against the king

Apparantly the bombs at the weekend were one of the many straws.

the missing element is blood. difficult to imagine that remaining the case for much longer.

well Thaksin was pushing the limits so I guess he got what he deserved

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Originally Posted by mad_dog

Who can read thai!! what does that white on blue message on every channel say???
GOW????

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Not sure but when tilak saw it she flipped and took a while to settle her down, probably said tanks were in bkk.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai armed forces and national police chiefs have set up a commission to decide on political reforms after troops and tanks took over government headquarters on Tuesday, a statement on television said.

The written statement relayed by all television channels, said the armed forces and police were in control of Bangkok, which remained peaceful, and appealed for calm.

if the army is respopnding to thaksins orders to declare marshall law of sorts...couldnt that play into his desire to retain power and forstall the elections?

well it's official

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Originally Posted by WSJ

Thailand's Military Launches
Late-Night Coup Against Thaksin

A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP
September 19, 2006 12:25 p.m.

The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.

An announcement on Thai television declared that a "Council of Administrative Reform'' with King Bhumibol Adulyadej as head of state had seized power in Bangkok and nearby provinces without any resistance.


At least 14 tanks surrounded Government House, Mr. Thaksin's office. Mr. Thaksin was in New York at the U.N. General Assembly and declared a state of emergency.

Mr. Thaksin 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.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Monday, Mr. Thaksin dismissed any possibility of a military takeover in his country, adding that a recent assassination attempt-- while possibly linked to members of the Thai military - - was "not a coup."

"I know there are those who really support me and those who are against me," he said. But he suggested that any opposition from the military was confined to rogue elements in its ranks or older generals that don't represent the wishes of the broader Thai armed forces.

He also dismissed the possibility that Thailand's revered king or his advisers are playing any meaningful role in the country's political drama.


"His Majesty is not really involved in politics. We should not bring him into politics," he said. Some analysts believe that Thailand's king has given his tacit endorsement to military coups in Thailand in past decades.

Mr. Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai Party has twice won landslide election victories, in 2001 and 2005 and was expected to win the next vote, bolstered by their widespread support in the country's rural areas. But the prime minister has faced calls to step down amid allegations of corruption and abuse of power.

Massive rallies earlier this year forced Mr. Thaksin to dissolve parliament and call for a snap election in April. The poll was boycotted by opposition parties and later annulled by Thailand's top courts, leaving the country without a working legislature. New elections are scheduled for Oct. 15 but were likely to be postponed until at least November.

More bombings and arson attacks occurred Monday in violence-wracked southern Thailand, where a Muslim insurgency has killed more than 1,700 people since 2004

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"the army is surrounding Donmeung and the palace"

Just in from GoW...

Channel News Asia has lost it's live feed.

Apparantly it is the friends of Taksins general that he fired today

it's pissing it down here - I'm just about to lose UBC :(

Nature gets in the way