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Bangkok Bomb Raises Stakes in Standoff

Posted Sep 1, 08 5:03 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A small bomb went off outside a Bangkok police station as anti-government protesters continued their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office for a seventh day. Although nobody was injured in the blast, a senior government source told Reuters that the People's Alliance for Democracy "has launched a guerrilla war with us." The PAD denied responsibility for the explosion.

The PAD, a collection of monarchists, business leaders and youth activists, is trying to force out the government of Samak Sundaravej, which it calls a front for the exiled Thaksin Shinawatra. In a radio address yesterday, Samak vowed again that he would not resign. A resolution to the stalemate remains unclear. if neither side caves in, the prime minister could call an early election—or the army or king could intervene.

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A lone anti-government demonstrator sleeps outside a stage area near Government House.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Thai anti-government protesters exercise inside the Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office today. Thai protesters have been occupying the prime minister's office, demanding that Samak step down.   (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Chamlong Srimuang, one of the leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy, chats with barricade security today near Government House in Bangkok.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Anti-government demonstrators are served breakfast today outside Government House in Bangkok.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
A Thai man drinks water next to a huge store of bottled water for the thousands of protesters occupying the Thai Prime Minister's office yesterday.   (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej arrives at parliament in Bangkok yesterday.   (AP Photo)
Thai soldiers in riot gear assemble for morning role call near Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, today.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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