Thaıland Polıtıcs Unrest

epa02157870 Thai girls who work in a karaoke bar peek around the closed door of the shut down street site of street battleskillings  as anti government protesters face off with Thai military soldiers who are preventing access into the Ratchaprasong protest site in Bangkok,Thailand, 15 May 2010. Snipers in buildings above their heads were visible. Clashes between Thai troopsanti-government protestors have left at least 16 deadleft dozens wounded during ongoing fighting that has turned the heart of the capital into a war zone. The government has launched an offensive against the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters  to force them from their protest site at Ratchaprasong Road, Bangkok?s upmarket commercial district.  EPA/BARBARA WALTON