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nu, 11.30 uur ,om 14 uur is de bezetting afgelopen, wanner de vluchten weer hervat gaan worden, geen idee, zie nog niks op de engelstalige zenders, straks op de markt weet Jielus misschien meer, deze heeft zijn zak pc bij hem
07:06 28Nov08 -UPDATE 3-Police begin talks with Thai protesters
(Releads with talks)
By Ed Cropley
BANGKOK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Thai police began talks with anti-government protesters blockading Bangkok's Don Muang airport on Friday, a senior police officer said, and will move against them if negotiations fail to end the siege.
“We are asking them to allow the airport to resume operations,” Lieutenant General Suchart Muenkaew, the chief police negotiator at the airport, told reporters.
“We will keep talking, but if it fails we will take other steps. The last step will be to disperse them.”
People's Alliance of Democracy (PAD) protesters laying siege to Don Muang and the main Suvarnabhumi International Airport have been braced for a battle with security forces since Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat declared a state of emergency on Thursday night.
In a televised address from the government stronghold of Chiang Mai, 700 km (400 miles) north of Bangkok, Somchai said the export- and tourism-driven economy could not tolerate further disruption.
“I need to do something to restore peace and order,” he said.
A similar declaration in September aimed at dislodging protesters occupying Government House was ignored by the army.
The airport sit-ins have forced hundreds of flights to be cancelled, stranding thousands of foreign tourists in one of Asia's biggest air hubs and grounding millions of dollars of air cargo.
“We will not leave. We will use human shields against the police if they try to disperse us,” PAD leader Suriyasai Katasila told Reuters.
PAD guards had set up roadblocks on the main expressway to the airport and were stopping all cars and checking passengers and trunk compartments.
The roadblocks were manned by youths in black jackets, faces partly covered by masks. Some wore body armour and wielded wooden stakes and golf clubs.
A government spokesman said the economy could lose at least 100 billion baht ($2.8 billion) if the sieges drag on for a month, and GDP growth for the year could be cut to 4 percent from a current estimate of 4.5 percent, already a seven-year low.
A University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce survey forecast revenue losses of between 76 billion baht and 120 billion baht ($2.2 bilion - $3.4 billion) in the sector if the chaos continues for another month.
FINAL BATTLE
Thailand's three-year-old political crisis has deepened dramatically since the PAD began a “final battle” on Monday to unseat a government it accuses of being a pawn of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 coup. Somchai is Thaksin's brother-in-law.
Pressure has built on the army to step in since Somchai rejected military calls to quit, but pro-government forces threaten to take up arms if the elected administration is ousted, raising fears of major civil unrest.
Army chief Anupong has repeatedly said he would not take over, arguing the military is powerless to heal fundamental political rifts between the Bangkok elite and middle classes who despise Thaksin, and the poor rural and urban majority who love him.
But rumours of the army preparing to launch what would be Thailand's 19th coup or attempted coup in 76 years of on-off democracy continue to swirl around the capital.
The government offered to shuttle thousands of stranded tourists by bus to U-Tapao, a Vietnam War-era naval airbase 150 km (90 miles) east of Bangkok, as an alternative landing site for airlines.
Aviation Department chief Chaisak Angkasuwan said 20 regional airbases in Thailand were available as alternatives. (Additional reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Editing by David Fox and Jerry Norton) ((Bangkok newsroom, david.fox@thomsonreuters.com; +66 2 637 5610)) Keywords: THAILAND PROTEST/
Friday, 28 November 2008 07:06:02RTRS {C}ENDS
10:20
Ik hoop dat je gelijk hebt.
Kreeg vanmorgen van schoonzus andere berichten.
Er zouden speciale eenheden worden gestuurd voor evt ontruiming van vliegvelden.
Als deze hardhandig gaan ontruimen gaan de betogers echt alles slopen.
Ik hoop echt dat zij dit mis heeft want het gaat nu
toch wel aardig de verkeerde kant uit in Thailand.
Luc.
Rene , ik heb de tijd erbij gezet, was ook met een kort bericht op Asia-channel , daarna gelijk de Bangkok post geraadpleegd, inderdaad niets te vinden, ook niet op Nu.nl.— 12 uur er voor gekeken op ASTV 1 , dus laatste nacht, daarop een soort testbeeld. rond 12 uur gebeld met een vriend en deze vertelde van de LTU vluchten v.a hier , zijn zus kon op dat moment zo de lucht ingaan. Rond 13.30 uur weer geken op Asia channel en daar stond inderdaad , de belofte van de stakers, vechten tot de dood, rond 15 uur waren er pc berichten dat CA via een omweg ging vliegen op Changmai vrijdag.
