Thailand Turmoil

An anti-government demonstrator throws a fire bomb after soldiers clear an intersection in downtown Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009. Thai soldiers unleashed hundreds of rounds of automatic weapons fire to clear rock-throwing protesters from a major intersection in the capital in the pre-dawn darkness Monday.

A Thai soldier watches anti-government demonstrators as they form Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai soldiers watch for anti-government snipers as they clear an intersection in downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dozens of people were reported injured in clashes with the Thai army, most of them in a pre-dawn confrontation in which the demonstrators hurled at least one gasoline bomb and, according to the military, fired at the troops.

Thai soldiers watch for anti-government snipers as they clear an intersection in downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra set up the roadblock and set fire on the tires during a protest on the road in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009.

Thai soldiers take up a position as they move through downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

A Thai man hands flowers to Thai soldiers confronting anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a street protest in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009.

A woman prays in front of soldiers after they clear an intersection in downtown Bangkok Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009.

An anti-government protester and supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves a flag after his colleagues set fire to tires during a protest at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009.

A Thai soldier with a rose watches Thai anti-government protesters near downtown Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

A motorcyclist asks for directions past a military formation Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

A Thai Buddhist monk appeals for calm as anti-government demonstrators look on Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Anti-government protesters and supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra set up a roadblock and set fire to tires during a protest at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, April 13, 2009.

A Thai soldier walks past a burning fire set by anti-government demonstrators Monday, April 13, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai police officers take up a position in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, April 12, 2009. Thailand's ousted prime minister called for a revolution Sunday after rioting erupted in the capital, with protesters commandeering public buses and swarming triumphantly over military vehicles in unchecked defiance after the government declared a state of emergency.

Monday April 13, 2009 marked the beginning of the Thai New Year, normally the country's most joyous holiday. The Bangkok municipal government canceled all its festivities.

Anti-government demonstrators capture a Thai Army armored personnel carrier near the Foreign Ministry Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

An anti-government protester and supporter of exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sits in front of some riot policemen outside the government House in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Thai anti-government demonstrators gather around a vandalized car leaving the Thai interior ministry on Sunday April 12, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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