Howard Monath Updates About Bangkok Crisis

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A number of postings dating back to Friday, May 7.

Howard Monath The rainy season is here in Thailand. The Red Shirt farmers have to go back home and plant their rice crops.
Yesterday at 11:36pm

Howard Monath Many English speaking journalists hang out at the Micky D’s next to the Red Shirt camp…I’ve had more cheeseburgers in the past week than in the last 10 years combined.

Yesterday at 2:26am

Howard Monath Just talked to my friend in Bangkok who is a policeman; he tells me two policeman were killed, and the shooters were in one of the many skyscrapers surrounding area. A uniform here like anywhere, makes you a person of authority, a target, and at the same time kind of a non-person; so we wind up talking about a policeman getting shot to death with more detachment than if it was a luckless civilian.
Friday at 11:03pm

Howard Monath Or was it a motorbike drive by? The fog of war.
Friday at 11:13pm

Howard Monath When you’re surrounded by 50 story buildings, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. You’re the fish.
Yesterday at 1:07am

Howard Monath There are a number of factions operating inside the Red shirts; some are very hard core, others are more moderate. The moderates make press releases, the hard cores do this
Friday at 3:21pm

Howard Monath The rainy season is here in Thailand. The Red Shirt farmers have to go back home and plant their rice crops.Yesterday at 11:36pm
Howard Monath Many english speaking journalists hang out at the Micky D’s next to the Red Shirt camp…I’ve had more cheeseburgers in the past week than in the last 10 years combined.
Yesterday at 2:26am

Howard Monath Just talked to my friend in Bangkok who is a policeman; he tells me two policeman were killed, and the shooters were in one of the many skyscrapers surrounding area. A uniform here like anywhere, makes you a person of authority, a target, and at the same time kind of a non-person; so we wind up talking about a policeman getting shot to death with more detachment than if it was a luckless civilian.
Friday at 11:03pm

Howard Monath Or was it a motorbike drive by? The fog of war.
Friday at 11:13pm

Howard Monath When you’re surrounded by 50 story buildings, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. You’re the fish.
Yesterday at 1:07am

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