he thanked beruineddyes for their attempts. and he said the borders have been reopened, they were shut during the sort of 48 hours of turmoil when the president left the country in burundi, and a major general in his army, the former head of intelligence declared that the president was being dismissed and a military coup d etat was emerging. what started off as peaceful demonstrations by opposition parties and over the current president aziz s bid to run for a conversational third term in office descended into bloody street violence.
army club, and this is the site where that coup was carried out in front of our very eyes on thursday. so, now thailand is officially under another military coup d etat. here in the coming minutes, we are expecting to see some of the foreign diplomats from around the world arriving. they have been summoned to meet with general pryutu, who is now in charge. we spoke with the ambassador earlier on cnn and she said she would not be able to attend, but she is sending someone junior. obviously, it is very politically sensitive for ambassadors around the world, including the u.s. ambassador, to come and be summoned by a general who has just ripped up the constitution and staged a military coup. so, it will be very interesting to see who is here. now, we know that the former prime minister, yingluck shinawatra, who was ousted from power just two weeks ago, now she s inside one of the army barracks. she s basically been summoned. she reported to military officials. she s been there for a few h
issue of the statements issuing lethal force if such attacks take place once again. we have been seeing these attacks against the minority christian community, at least 30 churches were attacked, across the entire country. in less than 24 hours. an ominous situation. thank you very much. the violence in egypt a huge problem for the white house. the former speaker of the house, also the host of crossfire , newt gingrich. how are you? i am doing well. delighted to be with you. it is tragic what is happening in cairo. let s talk about egypt because clearly a very important country not just in the middle east but to america and the west. and going up in flames by the look of it. this is a military coup d etat, no other way of describing it. i think it also illustrates the great crisis in american diplomacy in the region, which is there are no good guys available for us to back.
watches live pictures of this popular uprising, is the military in a position that it must usher in true change because it knows these demonstrators are determined at this point two and a half weeks into this movement? well, i think that s a question that we can t answer at this point. but in fact, let s keep in mind one thing. if president mubarak steps down, and of course, at point we don t know that for sure, it s only changing the head. the body, the state structure, it the ministry of the interior, which is massive, the army, it s a regime that has made egypt what it is today, not president mubarak by itself. and the army is very much part of that regime. in fact, in 1952, egypt had what later he call a revolution but it was a military coup d etat. and since then all the presidents have been from the military. we re not talking about the