戦場ジャーナリストが伝えるバンコク（5月18日）

Florian Witulski @vaitor

sorry for the delay // protester crowd from ramkhamhaeng moved towards lat phrao and divided into several small camps on intersections

Florian Witulski @vaitor

the protesters are definitely not students // small camps build up very fast, little walls of tires are already finished at raminthra

Patrick Winn @pwinn5

VIDEO: From bullets-flying standoff up at Global Post http://tinyurl.com/22svtjp Enjoy first-person view of me running like scared rabbit.

Florian Witulski @vaitor

livepic lat phrao / raminthra intersection; http://twitpic.com/1oot3t

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Florian Witulski @vaitor

each camp aprox. 100 protesters, at all not more than 300! // no violence, but reds have been really aggressive with me taking photos

Patrick Winn @pwinn5

Self-promotion: My piece on the potential for Thai civil war up at The Atlantic. http://tinyurl.com/28c3yrj

Patrick Winn @pwinn5

Obviously written for a Western audience, but interview with the well-known "slum angel" Prateep may be of particular local interest

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

All quiet now on Rama IV near Dusit Thani hotel. Will soon go ask police and Army and Reds how they are doing.... http://bit.ly/9jFmVl

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Interesting article: http://bit.ly/bi8VIz

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

It's important that the good Thai people keep talking and telling... http://www.facebook.com/MichaelYonFanPage/posts/104463889599469

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

General map of the violence. This informal report mentions three RPGs were fired at Dusit Thani hotel. I was... http://bit.ly/bNRMH5

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Getting some traffic from farangs (foreigners) asking if their loved ones are okay. Farangs are in no danger so... http://bit.ly/bBYMcc

Thanyarat Doksone @8td

Lol. RT @_Willowtree_: been woken up by my mother since 6.30 she knows I'm obsessed with CRES announcement only to find that it was a rerun

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon

A nervous Bangkok waking up to old-fashioned "explosions in the distance." A thunderstorm.

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon

Bangkok tweeps, I find myself lost in translation. Anyone out there fluent and willing to work in, er, unpredictable circumstances? DM me.

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon

A superhighway of violence, a soi of peace. The choice facing Thailand as peace talks, clashes continue in parallel: http://tgam.ca/Nww

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon

RT @tulsathit: Frm our news meeting: If talks have not collapsed, they almost. Hope for peaceful end to conflict fading again. #thailand

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon

RT @RichardBarrow: CNN & BBC are giving the impression that the whole of Thailand is in a civil war. This is far from the truth.

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Rama IV road near Dusit Thani hotel is completely empty and silent. Wet from rain but not raining now. http://bit.ly/a61jZ8

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

There are reports about "Black Shirts" among the Reds and that the Black Shirts are doing much of the fighting.... http://bit.ly/a3lEms

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

There are reports about "Black Shirts" among the Reds and that the Black Shirts are doing much of the fighting.... http://bit.ly/ccjVmv

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

The Thais are calling them "Men in Black" or "Black Shirts." There is some disbelief that they exist but I have... http://bit.ly/9pxU4Z

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Men in black last week burning tires just before shooting broke out on Rama IV near Dusit Thani hotel. http://bit.ly/cYsuZz

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Man with HK t-shirt. I saw more of these. http://bit.ly/a5ZnVd

Michael Yon: Callsign BIG HONEY 6 @Michael_Yon

Men in Black. They were more aggressive than others. They were offensive in nature. http://bit.ly/bJPHTk