Troops storm protest zone in Thailand
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 01:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The military uses armored carriers and water cannons in an attempt to disperse anti-government demonstrators from their encampment in downtown Bangkok. After days of amassing troops, warning civilians to flee and skirmishing with anti-government protesters, Thailand's army broke through barricades of tires and bamboo staves at daybreak Wednesday in a bid to end by force a two-month occupation of Bangkok's glitzy downtown property.