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Which leads about two miles away from the main red shirt protest area, theres been gunfire all day and as you said, as the army is using light rounds, the canadian journalist was shot yesterday three times and there have been a number of protesters killed today. i saw one taken away in the ambulance after being shot in the head maybe five hours ago. >> let me ask you this, the thai prime minister is defending the army crackdown, as long as the clashes go on. this will be the response. how extens...

These violent clashes forced the u.s. embassy to close its doors today. now, nbcs ian williams joins us on the phone from bangkok. described in a lot of these reports almost as a war zone where you are. ian, what can you tell us about whats going on right now. >> its well after dark now. the city is extremely tense. the area where the rally was held, the main protest site in darkness, the government having cut electricity to that religgi which is a large part of the commercial center of bangkok....

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Army is threatening to disperse. since thursday night, an army crackdown has been attempted. they tried to lock down the main protest area, which is a shopping region in the middle of bangkok, a inn a high end shopping mall. that has led to the red shirts in response trying to stop the army encroach on this area. and they set up a new rally zone impromptu on a highway close to where some of the more serious clashes are taking place over the past couple of days. i was there a couple of hours ago ...

It seems like theres a bit of panic buying. >> like a hurricane, buying in the states. you dont know if the stores are going to be open tomorrow. >> reporter: beyond the perimeter of the protest area, the violence and anarchy is spreading. and thailands image as a holiday paradise is going up in spoke. dan rivers, cnn, bangkok. and now back in this country, theyre calling it a ray of relief for the gulf. amid the fear and anxiety about that massive oil leak, coastal residents have something to...