Tension is running pretty high in Bangkok at the moment with the redshirts continuing to defy calls to abandon the city centre site they have occupied for several weeks. A barricade of sharpened bamboo poles erected at the Silom-Radjadamri Road intersection is growing daily as car and truck tryes are piled against it. Bricks and assorted rubble has also been stockpiled for use against the military when the expected crackdown begins.

Tension is running pretty high in Bangkok at the moment with the redshirts continuing to defy calls to abandon the city centre site they have occupied for several weeks. A barricade of sharpened bamboo poles erected at the Silom-Radjadamri Road intersection is growing daily as car and truck tryes are piled against it. Bricks and assorted rubble has also been stockpiled for use against the military when the expected crackdown begins.

Last night a group of government supporters staged a boisterous protest in front of the redshirt defences, provoking the occasional violent skirmish that put the soldiers on edge. Several units mobilised and lined up in Silom Road ready for action. Many, no more than teenagers, looked extremely apprehensive.

Despite some within the government saying that a peaceful resolution could still be found, Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd, spokesman for the Centre for the Resolutions of Emergency Situations, warned protestors to leave the area or face decisive action. Tonight the situation remains extremely uneasy.