Military Coup in Thailand 2006

[Begbie]

I'm watching the BBC now but there's not much real news.

[bkkmadness]

My mate just lives over near Thaksins house in Bangpat, says soldiers are walking the streets with machine guns now.

[daveboy]

england... does this mean the bars will stay open all night once again

[buadhai]

Yep. A red screen announcing a "sun outage" beginning the 26th....

[William]

UBC gone

[mrsquirrel]

What Thai television

Do you think they have surrounded the right airport?

Would hate to make a mistake

[raycarey]

cnn, cnbc, bbc, and bloomberg have a 'sun outage' message on screen at the moment.

[daveboy]

Thaksin looking for backing from the UN

[keda]

Am/was wheels up Thursday, suits me either way.

[buadhai]

Yep, all the UBC news channels are off the air.

[hillbilly]

Rumors of coup attempt in Thailand

POSTED: 12:50 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2006


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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Members of the Thai military are attempting to seize power but Thailand's leadership expects everything to return to normal soon, Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai tells CNN.
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- currently at the U.N. headquarters in New York -- went on a government-owned TV station and declared a state of emergency, The Associated Press reported.
The government has maintained control of the capital and the surrounding areas, according a statement on Thailand's state-controled Army television. The statement asked for residents to remain calm and await further announcements.
Around the royal palace in Bangkok, four tanks were parked as were a number of armored vehicles and Humvees, CNN's Dan Rivers reported. Soldiers appeared to be setting up roadblocks and what appeared to be members of the royal guard surrounded the palace.
It was unclear if the soldiers were loyal to the government or to those attempting to seize power. There have been no reports of violence in Bangkok.
According to officials at the Thai mission at the United Nations, Thaksin has moved up his speech to the General Assembly to Tuesday night and will return to Bangkok after his address.
He had been scheduled to address the assembly on Wednesday.
Thailand operates as a constitutional monarchy, with the king as head of state and the prime minister leading the government. The country is an ally of the U.S. and contributed troops to the U.S.-led military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thaksin has been under considerable pressure to step down.
Elections in Thailand are scheduled for November after the country's constitutional court ruled April's vote was unconstitutional.
Thaksin had called for the elections in April, three years early, after opponents accused the billionaire leader of abusing the country's system of checks and balances and bending government policy to benefit his family's business.
-- CNN Senior UN Correspondent Richard Roth contributed to this report

[daveboy]

supreme commander loyal to Thaksin holding crisis talks now

[RDN]

How long before the Internet disappears?

[obsidian]

google says his speech has been moved up and he wants to get backto thailand. im not seeing this, at least yet, as thaksin being out of power.

[RDN]

Oops, sorry, shouldn't have said that. I can hear Somchai: "Kor tort khrup, leum Internet!!" <unplug caben>

[Stocky]

[obsidian]

loss of the internet would be ominous in my view.

[daveboy]

several hundred solders deployed to strategic points in Bangkok

[William]

I've got an airport pick-up at 6

[daveboy]

Thai coup spokesman take over temporary new elections will be held in due course

[hillbilly]

Thai armed forces in control, appeal for peace: TV

Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:18pm ET



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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.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declared a state of emergency in Bangkok amid signs of the first attempted coup in the southeast Asian nation in 15 years.
"I declare Bangkok under a severe state of emergency," Thaksin said in a voice broadcast on Thai television.


Thaksin, in New York at a United Nations summit, ordered troops not to "move illegally", and told armed forces chiefs to report to acting Prime Minister Chidchai Vanasatidya.
At least 20 soldiers entered the Government House building, according to reporters inside.
Army television broadcast images of the royal family and songs associated in the past with military coups.
Government officials said Thaksin, in the middle of a political crisis fomented by a street campaign against him, planned to return from New York early on Thursday, a day earlier than originally scheduled.
Even though Thailand's last military coup was 15 years ago, speculation about military intervention has been rife, with motorists calling traffic radio stations last week after tanks were spotted rolling down streets of the capital.
That proved to be a false alarm, with the army saying it was merely soldiers returning from exercises.
A general election scheduled for October was postponed last week, probably until November.


&#169; Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

[daveboy]

Thaksin my face arrest on return to Thailand

[RDN]

Sun outage? Yeah right, so now we're all like mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed sh1t.

[mrsquirrel]

Channel News Asia is back on

Total politcal reform

Army rule is back

[daveboy]

Impossible for Thaksin to return to power