Muslim women from south Thailand pray amongst their bags in the departure hall of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport November 28, 2008. Hundreds of Thai Muslims on a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca were spending a fourth night sleeping rough at Bangkok's international airport on Friday, victims of anti-government protests that have paralysed air travel. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (THAILAND)From The International Herald Tribune:
BANGKOK, Thailand: Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned the army to stay out of politics, predicting bloodshed if they stage a coup.
Thaksin spoke in a videotaped interview with blogger Thomas Crampton as a four-day shutdown of Bangkok's airports by protesters has pitched his homeland deeper into a political and economic crisis.
The billionaire businessman turned populist politician was deposed by the military for alleged corruption and abuse of power in a September 2006 coup and now lives in exile.
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My Comment: Everyone is positioning themselves for a fight.