THAI CHINESE DEMOCRACY IN THAILAND : THE BANGKOKIAN VS THE PROVINCIALS. OVER SIX MILLIONS THAI CHINESE HAVE TOTAL CONTROLE OVER THAI ECONOMY,COMMERCE , POLITICS AND IT RESULTS TO A TOTAL BREAKDOWN OF THE THAI SOCIAL FABRICS TODAY. THAI CHINESE CULTURE IS CORRUPTION AND IMMORALITY THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DEMOCRACY MADE IN AMERICA. STREET PROTESTS OR STREET DEMOCRACY IS THE NORM FOR THAILAND IS EN VOGUE TODAY. Protesters give Thai PM two weeks to step down Anti-government demonstrators demand House dissolution, fresh elections Anti-government demonstrators march to Government House · Thousands gather in Thailand for fresh protests · Pro-Thaksin protesters rally anew to topple Thai government Anti-government Red-Shirts prepare to surround Thai PM office IN CAMBODIA.
UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. ================================================================ 10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988. Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. LOOK TO THAILAND IN TROUBLE NOW AND WHY ? Red Shirts vow to fight on By: AFP Published: 1/02/2009 at 12:21 AM Thousands of supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside Thailand's main government offices in Bangkok Saturday, vowing to fight on until the new administration left office. The protesters spent nearly two hours marching towards Government House, arriving just before midnight after making their way past four steel barricades across their route, manned by unarmed riot police. “We have arrived at Government House... We are not going to go inside,” said rally leader Nattawut Saikuar. Rally leaders earlier said they would remain outside Government House, where they would read a list of demands that include the dissolution of government, before dispersing. Around 30,000 protesters gathered in the evening at Sanam Luang park in Bangkok to hear protesters' speeches before the crowd set off, led by more than 100 motorbikes and 10 trucks carrying rally leaders. Police deployed 5,250 officers in response to the rally, Lieutenant General Suchart Mueankaoe, commander of Bangkok Metropolitan police, told AFP, with many more on standby along with the army. Many officers lined the 4 kilometre (2.5-mile) route to Government House, fearing a repeat of a three-month siege by rival protesters that began last August. Saturday's protesters -- known as the “Red Shirts” because their crimson clothes show they oppose the yellow-clad, anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) -- said they would give the government 15 days to leave before staging a permanent protest. The crowd was in good spirits during its march, waving Thai flags and foot-shaped clappers as they walked past police, encountering delays only at the fourth barricade that was heavily fortified with chains and barbed wire. The Red Shirts are calling for those involved in a siege of Bangkok's airports last year to be fired from government jobs and then prosecuted, and for parliament to be dissolved. Organiser Jakrapob Penkair said the government was illegitimate and accused the army of staging a silent coup to bring it to power. “We have experienced several fights, several coups, but there is no fight as important as this one because we have to fight to bring back our nation,” said Jakrapob. “How can the party that lost in elections three times become the government? The army denies being involved in setting up this government but no one believes them anymore,” he added. Thousands of anti-Thaksin protesters occupied Government House for three months last year before moving their protest to a blockade of Bangkok's airports as they tried to topple the government elected in December 2007. They said the ruling People Power Party (PPP) was running the country on behalf of Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup but has remained enormously divisive despite living in exile for most of the time since the putsch. The PAD escalated their campaign for the PPP government's downfall and seized Bangkok's two airports between November 25 and December 3. They eventually got their wish when a court dissolved the PPP and forced then-premier Somchai Wongsawat from office. The move paved the way for the Democrat Party's Abhisit Vejjajiva to be elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote last month, alienating many PPP supporters who felt robbed of their democratic rights. Abhisit sparked outrage in December by appointing PAD sympathiser Kasit Piromya to the post of foreign minister and two other PAD members to key adviser positions. But speaking earlier on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, Abhisit said he was not worried by Saturday's rally. “I think the mood of the people now is that they very much want to move forward, they want to get over the current divisions, they want to see a government that works hard, that deals with people's concerns and has the honesty and integrity that has been missing for so long,” Abhisit said. From: [email protected]: [email protected]: Polls Close in Iraq Elections, No Major ViolenceDate: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:03:36 -0800 Polls Close in Iraq Elections, No Major Violence Saturday, January 31, 2009 AP Jan. 31: An Iraqi man casts his ballot in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq. Jan. 31: An Iraqi man casts his ballot in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq. BAGHDAD — Iraq's provincial elections have wrapped up without any reports of serious violence.Polls closed at 6 p.m. (10 a.m. EST) on Saturday — an hour later than planned — after millions of voters cast ballots for influential regional councils around most of Iraq. There were no reports of major violence.Iraqi authorities imposed a huge security operation around the country that included traffic bans in major cities and extensive checkpoints and surveillance posts. The U.S. military also was out in force but did not take a direct role in the election security.Results from the elections are not expected before Tuesday.Click here for photos.Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials weigh the pace of troop withdrawals.Polls opened shortly after dawn after a step-by-step security clampdown across the country, including traffic bans in central Baghdad and other major cities and closure of border crossings and airports. Though there was no major violence during voting, there were some disruptions at the polls.A Kurdish official said hundreds of Iraqi Kurds stormed an election office in a disputed city after claiming many Kurds were not on voting lists for provincial elections. There were no reports of serious injuries.The protest in Khanaqin on Saturday is part of lingering disputes over control of the city about 80 miles northeast of Baghdad. In August, Kurdish and Iraqi forces were locked in a tense standoff before the Kurds backed off.Salahuddin Kekhaa, a Kurdish official in Khanaqin, says Kurds held a rally to claim that thousands of Kurds were left off voting list. Then they tried to break into the local election office but were turned back, he saidGhufran al-Saidi, a Shiite lawmaker in the Sadr City district, said a military officer opened fire in Baghdad after voters chanted slogans at a polling station. He said two people were injured, one of them seriously. Iraq's military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, told Al-Arabiya television that one person was killed and one injured after some people tried to carry mobile phones through security cordons.The reason for the conflicting accounts was not immediately clear.In Tikrit, about 80 miles north of Baghdad, three mortar shells exploded near a polling station, but caused no casualties, said police, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.A bomb found near a Tikrit voting center was defused, police added.In the Baghdad neighborhood of Karradah, Iraqi police and army soldiers manned a series of checkpoints — some only 200 yards apart. Stores were closed and the streets cleared of cars.A group of U.S. soldiers patrolled on foot, but well away from polling centers. The U.S. military assisted in security preparations for the elections, but said troops would only be called in on election day if needed.In the western city of Fallujah — once a center of the Sunni insurgency — police used their patrol cars to help some people get to voting stations.More than 14,000 candidates are running for 440 seats on the influential councils in all of Iraq's provinces except for the autonomous Kurdish region in the north and the province that includes oil-rich Kirkuk, where ethnic groups were unable to reach a power-sharing formula. Polls were to close at 5 p.m. Preliminary results are not expected before Tuesday.Voters headed home waved their purple-tinted index fingers, which are dipped in ink to identify people who already cast ballots. The ink-stained fingers became an iconic image of Iraq's first post-Saddam Hussein elections four years ago.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, shadowed by a bodyguard, dipped his finger into an ink box after voting in the walled Green Zone enclave in Baghdad.He appealed for a high turnout — which would help boost his government's attempts to use the election as a sign of progress."This gives a picture of trust in the government, the elections and the people's right to take part in this democratic process," he said.Although violence is sharply down — and with pre-election attacks relatively limited — authorities were unwilling to take any risks.An election without major attacks or charges of irregularities would provide a critical boost for Iraqi authorities as the U.S. military hands over more security responsibilities. But serious bloodshed or voting chaos could steal momentum from supporters of a fast-paced withdrawal of U.S. combat troops next year.The provincial councils have no direct sway in national affairs, but carry significant authority through their ability to negotiate local business deals, allocate funds and control some regional security operations.This election is also a possible dress rehearsal for bigger showdowns in national elections later this year, when the U.S.-allied government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki could face a power challenge from the country's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council.The security measures implemented for the election brought back memories of the most deadly years of the war. The closely monitored frontiers with Iran and Syria were among borders that were sealed. A nighttime curfew also was in place, apparently to block extremist groups that plant roadside bombs under cover of darkness.Voters in many places passed through double-ring search cordons. Women teachers and other civilians were recruited to help search for possible female suicide bombers.Iraqi helicopters swept over major cities and aircraft monitored stretches of the closed Iranian border, security officials said.In Baqouba, the capital of the violence-wracked Diyala Province northwest of Baghdad, long lines formed."We were not able to vote during the 2005 elections because of the deteriorating security situation," said Ahmed Jassim, 19. "But now we feel safe enough to go out and vote."Iraqi special forces in full combat gear patrolled streets in Baghdad's Fadhil district, which was once a hub in the Sunni insurgents' car bomb network. The tense atmosphere there contrasted with the more relaxed mood in other parts of the city.In Baghdad's Azamiyah neighborhood — once a stronghold of support for Saddam Hussein's regime — a voting station at a girls' high school still carried a small image of Saddam, calling him the nation's "hero and martyr."But one voter, Zaid Abdul-Karim, 44, said the elections will hopefully ease tensions between Shiites who gained power by Saddam's downfall and Sunnis who perceive themselves as sidelined since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003."These are the people we need now: people who represent everyone in Iraq and have no sectarian bias," said Abdul-Karim, a government employee.In the southern Shiite city of Basra, 40-year-old Haidar Mahmoud said he felt pressure to vote for the Supreme Council candidates, but changed his mind and backed al-Maliki's supporters."If it wasn't for al-Maliki there would still be killing on the street. Maybe I can change Basra for the better by voting today," he said.Among Sunni groups, powerful newcomers could reshape the political hierarchy.In Anbar province, the Sunni tribes which rose up against Al Qaeda and other insurgents — and led to a turning point of the war — are now seeking to transform their fame into council seats and significantly increase their role in wider Iraqi affairs. Their gains could come at the expense of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic party in the current government.A couple who fled to Kuwait in 2004 to escape the violence returned to their northern Baghdad neighborhood to vote Saturday. Salih Zawad Ali and his wife Zeinab looked longingly around the Sulaykh district after casting their ballots."I hope and pray we can come back," she said. Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. Check it out._________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes where you go. 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