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March 16, 2010

Thai Protesters Plan to Splatter Blood on Thai Gov’t HQ
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In Thailand, anti-government protesters have started donating their own
blood as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in
a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. On
Sunday, over 100,000 so-called Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok
calling on Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve parliament.

Weng Tojirakarn: “As soon as you (Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva)
dissolve the parliament, we will go back home. Then we can prepare for
the votes for the elections. We don’t want to see any conflict of
classes, which might lead to a war of classes or war between people,
which is not my intention.”

The Red Shirt protesters in Thailand include opponents of the 2006
military that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.



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