I am a Thai living in Bangkok. The photos show people being shot, but note there are terrorists among the protestors who have shot randomly–and at the protestors themselves– in order to put the blame on the government and hence provoke extreme anger and eventually an insurrecton aimed at restoring a political order that would absolve Thaksin of his corruption crimes. These terrorists are affiliated with the radical wing of the red shirts–and are working in cahoots with the protest leaders who have turned themselves in and are now charged with being terrorists. The army operation, contrary to opinion, has been a model of restraint, but pictures disseminated worldwide show a bias;hardly any are shown of protestors firing M79s, throwing firebombs,and snipers in black-hooded garb firing at journalists–namely because such pics are hard to capture. The military operation has been transparent, as indicated by the hordes of journalists allowed to follow up to the front line.

In time, once the heat and furore of battle are gone, what I write will be substantiated