Participants of political conflict in Thailand prepare for civil war

The situation in Thailand continues worsening. The sides of the domestic political conflict are not ready for compromise and openly speak about the possibility of escalation to civil war.

Opposition throws out a challenge
“Let them (supporters of the government) come to Bangkok and try to unleash a civil war. Let’s see, who will manage to gather more people,” protesters’ leader Suthep Thaugsuban stated Thursday night, addressing to his backers, who since January 13 continue blocking several crossroads in the Thai capital.

The challenge thrown out by Thaugsuban became an improvised answer to announced plans of the pro-government Red Shirts to mobilize about 600 thousand volunteers in the nearest time “for defending democracy”.