Thai protesters vow fight to death

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BANGKOK, Nov 28 (agencies): Thai opposition protesters occupying Bangkok's two main airports say they are prepared to defend themselves against any police operation.
A protest leader at the domestic Don Mueang airport said the demonstrators would "fight to the death".
Emergency rule has been declared around the two airports, where thousands of passengers have been left stranded.
Police appear prepared to take action to stop the protests but made no move to do so overnight, say correspondents.
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has vowed to act to end the protests amid a long-running political struggle.
The protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have occupied both Suvarnabhumi international airport and Bangkok's Don Mueang airport for a couple of days.
"We are not afraid. We will fight to the death, we will not surrender and we are ready," one leader, Somsak Kosaisuk, told supporters at Don Mueang airport Friday "If they crack down on us we will come back with more protesters."
Lieutenant General Suchart Muenkaew, chief police negotiator at the airport, told reporters he would keep talking to the protesters.
Protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have occupied a government complex in the capital for months, and declared at the beginning of this week that they were embarking on the "final battle" of their campaign to unseat the government.
The airport closure will cost the country around $4bn (£2.6bn) in lost business and cause serious damage to its reputation as a tourist destination, something which will take the country years to recover from, say analysts.
Thailand has been in political turmoil since former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a military coup in 2006.