Whats going on in Thailand

So, most of you may have heard about the upheaval in Thailand. Here is what I know from a birds-eye view. There is a large group of people who staged a non-violent protest in Bangkok wearing red t-shirts a few months ago. The red shirts are accusing the government of buying votes in the last election and other tampering with the election process. This postponed the election that was scheduled in November of 2009 and has still not taken place nearly 8 months later. In addition to that, the government is also being accused of creating and signing a treaty without the proper votes from Parliament. Both of these are in violation of the Constitution of Thailand and are punishable under Thai law. The Red Shirts surrounded the main government building and demanded that the responsible parties be brought to justice and have also set up a large camp in a posh residential section of the capitol. Currently the Red Shirts are accusing the government of attempting to amend the constitution in order to evade prosecution which has fueled the fire even more.
There have been talks of agreements and treaty’s between the current government and the Red Shirts but nothing has transpired. To date there has been some violence and just yesterday the leader of the Red Shirts was shot with intent to kill. He survived the incident but this has taken the protest to a different level.
As of now the U.S. Department of State has issued travel warnings for its citizens traveling to Thailand. Hopefully this situation will be resolved leaving Thailand and its people free from this violence.