BANGKOK, Sept. 20 -- Jubilant crowds in this sultry capital embraced Thailand's new military leadership on Wednesday, as Thais showered soldiers with flowers, posed for photos with tanks and welcomed a bloodless coup that deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a day earlier. -
Many in Bangkok Embrace Military Takeover
BANGKOK, Sept. 20 -- Jubilant crowds in this sultry capital embraced Thailand's new military leadership on Wednesday, as Thais showered soldiers with flowers, posed for photos with tanks and welcomed a bloodless coup that deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a day earlier.-
By Anthony Faiola