A Cambodian soldier stands guard in July at an entrance gate to Preah Vihear temple on the Cambodian-Thai border. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press)Monday, October 13, 2008
CBC News (Canada)
Thailand has 24 hours to pull its troops out of a disputed border region that includes an ancient temple, Cambodia's prime minister warned Monday on threat of violence.
"Thai troops must withdraw from Cambodian land by tomorrow at the latest," Hun Sen told reporters after meeting Thai Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat in Phnom Penh.
"We will not allow them to occupy our land."
Both countries have laid claim to the Preah Vihear temple complex, an ancient Hindu site built by the same Khmer dynasty as the internationally renowned Angkor Wat temples in central Cambodia.
"We see that territory is our land, too. What would it mean if we retreated?" Sompong told reporters in Bangkok.
"If the Cambodians think it is their land, too, we should start bilateral talks to sort that out very quickly."
Thailand's failure to immediately withdraw, however, will incite Cambodian forces to turn the area into a "death zone," Sen said.
Cambodian troops are en route to the disputed territory to counteract up to 500 Thai soldiers who have crossed the border, Cambodian deputy defence minister Gen. Neang Phat said Monday.
Decades-old dispute
The dispute has simmered for decades but came to a head in July when UNESCO accepted Cambodia's request to declare the temple complex a World Heritage Site, a move seen in Phnom Penh as de-facto international recognition of its claim.
Thousands of heavily armed soldiers from both sides rushed to the disputed 460-hectare area, about 250 kilometres north of Phnom Penh, and faced off in hillside trenches just metres apart from one another.
Since then, two Thai soldiers have lost their legs in blasts from landmines strewn around the temple. A number of others from either side have been wounded during exchanges of fire.
Both countries are members of the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, which has previously offered to mediate in the dispute. No consensus could be reached, however, on how best the organization could be involved.
Thai forces occupied land around the temple in 1954 when France withdrew its soldiers from newly independent Cambodia.
International legal authorities have found in favour of Cambodia's claim in the past, but Thailand has rejected such rulings.
Cambodia has since appealed to the United Nations Security Council to help resolve the standoff.
With files from the Associated Press and Reuters
"Thai troops must withdraw from Cambodian land by tomorrow at the latest," Hun Sen told reporters after meeting Thai Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat in Phnom Penh.
"We will not allow them to occupy our land."
Both countries have laid claim to the Preah Vihear temple complex, an ancient Hindu site built by the same Khmer dynasty as the internationally renowned Angkor Wat temples in central Cambodia.
"We see that territory is our land, too. What would it mean if we retreated?" Sompong told reporters in Bangkok.
"If the Cambodians think it is their land, too, we should start bilateral talks to sort that out very quickly."
Thailand's failure to immediately withdraw, however, will incite Cambodian forces to turn the area into a "death zone," Sen said.
Cambodian troops are en route to the disputed territory to counteract up to 500 Thai soldiers who have crossed the border, Cambodian deputy defence minister Gen. Neang Phat said Monday.
Decades-old dispute
The dispute has simmered for decades but came to a head in July when UNESCO accepted Cambodia's request to declare the temple complex a World Heritage Site, a move seen in Phnom Penh as de-facto international recognition of its claim.
Thousands of heavily armed soldiers from both sides rushed to the disputed 460-hectare area, about 250 kilometres north of Phnom Penh, and faced off in hillside trenches just metres apart from one another.
Since then, two Thai soldiers have lost their legs in blasts from landmines strewn around the temple. A number of others from either side have been wounded during exchanges of fire.
Both countries are members of the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, which has previously offered to mediate in the dispute. No consensus could be reached, however, on how best the organization could be involved.
Thai forces occupied land around the temple in 1954 when France withdrew its soldiers from newly independent Cambodia.
International legal authorities have found in favour of Cambodia's claim in the past, but Thailand has rejected such rulings.
Cambodia has since appealed to the United Nations Security Council to help resolve the standoff.
With files from the Associated Press and Reuters
36 comments:
Good luck Cambodians.
God bless Cambodia.
Go to Hell the thieves Thai!!!!
I like this firm action!
Now you HUN SEN you really fit with your title Somdech Akekdecho HUN SEN.
I am one of Khmer people I am ready to sacrafice my life to defense my country.
Yeah, give them 24hrs is too long.
Give them only 8hrs.
Get out of death!!
khmer PP,
If the fucking Thai want to take back their land, then go to figtht against China to take Nan Chao.
This area belongs to Cambodia only.
We see that territory is our land, too. What would it mean if we retreated?" THIS IS WHAT YOU FUCKING SAID AH SOMPONG ? DID YOU KNOW THAT SIAM LAND IS KHMER LAND , YOU FUCKING DOG DON'T YOU FEEL SHAME OR ARE TOO STUPIT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR OWN HISTORY THAT SIAM ARE A FUCKING ROBBER ? If you want to envade our land you will die like a dog , I HATE HUN SEN but I suuport him now if he decide to Shot you siames dogs out of my land ..very STRONG support ... FUCK YOU AH FUCKING SIAMES SHIT... AND ALL OF YOU SHOULD GO TO HELL...
If war break out, I will join my brothers to shed blood with Siam to defend our land.
Khmer Oversea
Let do it and get over with it. Thai has the high tech weapons and cambodian has the battle skills.
"When came the Vang Tao incident of July 2000, the Vientiane administration gleefully jumped at the opportunity to seize more territory. Having lost almost 6,000 men in 1987 in fight with communist Lao over a strip of less than 5 square kilometer, Thailand is reluctant to provoke a full-scale military conflict".
To ah Siem's theif, do you remember your 6000 bodies of your foolish and stupid soldiers when clashed with Loa's soldiers in 1987?
We need fighter jets! I don't see Cambodia winning without figther jets. The oversea trained figther pilots should patrol the area Now!!!!!! Without them, Cambodia will be toasted!!!!!!!
24 hours is enought to retreat. If they want to fight.Ok. Let face it. I think the FUCKING SIAM DOGS won't dare to do fighting. If they do it means they curse their country to melt-down.
A huge conflict in the main city and a fight from the border. What do you think?? It can melt the Bangkok as an ice, isn't it? then the Khmer rumor said,"Bangkok ROLEAY" became a true word. Let do it!! Fight the siam dog from OURs land.
LOL, I will laught so loud if the THAI retreat. When they had war with LAOS they looked so damn fool and shamefull.
HUN SEN, you are the man!!!
Khmer Abroad,
We see that territory is our land, too. What would it mean if we retreated?" Sompong told reporters in Bangkok.
But why don't you made a claim before more than 3 decades?
Why don't you did it, Sompong? A Siam dogs.
Fucking Sompong!!!
Fucking thai intruder!!
Fucking Adulyadem, the Siam King who send all the black-shirt soliders to invade ours land!
Fucking thai people who though n made that shit idea agaist Khmer!!
You motherfucker-thailand!!!
Apparently the Siamese leaders are showing to the world its ignoble ancestral culture of little bandit. It is true that Cambodian people have right to defend their land against this kind of violation and aggression. I applaud the courage of Khmers who want to defend the land, heritage of their ancestors but should not they ask themselves who they are fighting for or die for, Cambodia or yuon, cpp or Siamese? Yuons led genocide and controlled everything in Cambodia, yuons continue to kill Khmer people in many ways, direct or indirect, but why non contest it and why the Siamese? If the war explodes, the losers are Khmer people, these bother external robbers will profit the conflict to kill more innocent people in Cambodia.
The only way to get it back is through war. The Thai know full well that the Khmer tended to walk out as shown in the past, if invaded. The Thai have expanded to this big size was because they were willing to use brute force, but no nice, sissy words. If it would mean war to defend what we have, let do it. The Thai will not back down without force, as stated by one of the Khmer commanders who intercepted their radio communication - their intention to stay put.
War brings tear, all sorts of havocs. But what else can Khmer do ?
Mr. Hun Sen, I have never supported you. But now you are taking a right action. I support you 100%.
May God bless you, Khmer troups and people.
Khmer California
I believe the most salute and noble act for Khmer people is not to down to the level of these bandit Siamese but require International community to involve in this affaire end condemn aggression of Thailand
All my friends in Sydney (Australia)are ready to flight to Cambodia to join Khmer army and kill Thai army in Prea Vihea.If they don't withdraw their troops from our Cambodia land.
Khmer in Sydney
Thailand fuck off from Cambodia Land, otherwise you all death.
I don't believe the word of 24h from Hun Sen, It may up to 72h. let see if my speculation is correct.
I'm totally agree with 5:03am. If we have with thai or not we ,Khmer, will still lose. If we won the war with thai, our country, Cambodia, would be lost to vietnam.
I praise our PM HUN SEN for taking a firm stand and give the fucken Thaicong an ultimatum to leave Khmer territories! But if they wish to see the blood flow, women without husband, and men without limbs and this is time for them to witness their own misery!
I really hate a warmonger but this is what every Cambodian people must sacrifice to protect what is left of our Khmer motherland! The reason Khmer people chose war because they want to have peace!
Just remember the consequence of Pol Pot invading Vietnam.
I hope Hun Sen will stand by his words that he will turn the area into a death zone for the thais.
Althought we are lacking in everything, from men power, fighting power, to supplies. I hope we can teach the arrogance thais that cambodian still have spirits to defend their mother land and national heiritage.
God bless Cambodian solidiers and their families. Let righteousness and Cambodia prevail.
To 5:35AM
What about Pol Pot invading Vietnam? Didn't Vietnam withdraw their troop from Cambodia in 1989? What is your fucken point? Did the Vietnamese succeed in wiping out Pol Pot military force? This is the issue of the Thaicong invading Cambodia!
Tell me some more about Vietnam invasion of Cambodia! In fact the Vietnamese had been invading Cambodia since 1600 and currently there is a going conflict in Khmer Kampuchea Krom against the Vietnamese government to create a free independent nation!
I don't think Hun Sen needs to stand by his word. He can just warn them again and again to mentally attack their soldiers because Thais have done the ashamed things under the negotiations pretext but keep deploying the troops. Thais just want to please the international communities. Having said that Hun Sen must have a concrete plan among his commanders and alliances, and keep the international communities alert.
"We see that territory is our land, too. What would it mean if we retreated?" Sompong told reporters in Bangkok...Fucking man, if it is ur land why don't u fucking guy took since 1954? And why during the VN in Cambodia, I never see your fucking face and FUCKING ARMY, YOUR FUCKING BLACK CLAD OF YOUR FUCKING BUMIBOL and HIS BITCHY WIFE come to that area?
"If the Cambodians think it is their land, too, we should start bilateral talks to sort that out very quickly."...We never think it is our land...IT IS ALREADY OUR LAND you fucking idiot...WE TRIED TO SEEK FOR NEGOTIATION BUT NOBODY FROM YOUR FUCKING COUNTRY AND FUCKING GOVT. COME OUT...!!!! YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR FUCKING IDIOT?...
5:56, Vietnam was poor, but that is not the case with Thailand.
for me, the only way to get over it is to bring the case to international court.
as you see Thai always try to postpone Cambodia in this point because they know how it will be if the case brought to international court.
Don't try to make war with Thai because Cambodia will be the loser in term of weapon,power,Cambodia can't compare with Thai.and the one who suffer is our Cambodian soldier.
Just a time for action! I have never seen the unity of khmers like this. Shoulders to shoulders to protect our land. God bless Cambodia. God bless khmer soldiers!
Court ...
If Thai troops stay where they were (no more trepassing), Hun Sen would not have warned Thais. Because they only shout that they want negotiations just as a pretext to buy time for sending the troops at night (a tradditional bandit way of practice). Also, they might have planned to offer bribes to Khmer commanders for defections because this is one of their past military strategies. If Hun Sen acts NOTHING, by the time when the court receives complaint documents, Thais would advance to Angkor Wat already. Peace solution is always the best, but unfair behavior can't be accepted. Hun Sen is right, he can't be patient anymore. Thai is more stronger than Khmer since the Angkor was rapeatedly attacked, but JUSTICE will prevail. Nagas will be with Khmer soldiers.
7:52am is right. War will only bring bloodshed to our Cambodian people. We cannot stand a chance with the Siam because they have superior weapons. The only way to resolve this is through international court.
What happen let it happen,
Dear brothers and sisters and all khmer nationalism,Thai use the tact exactly like Viet Nam by using khmer kill khmer for it benefit .
In 1984 Thai king has kept four to five thousand of khmer orphanages from refugee camp and moved them to others deeper camp inside the Thai Land .Those teenagers are taking care by Thai King,please double check on this matters it for sure and good luck if Thai do not use those khmer kids yet.
Borisot khmer ca
What happen let it happen,
Dear brothers and sisters and all khmer nationalism,Thai use the tact exactly like Viet Nam by using khmer kill khmer for it benefit .
In 1984 Thai king has kept four to five thousand of khmer orphanages from refugee camp and moved them to others deeper camp inside the Thai Land .Those teenagers are taking care by Thai King,please double check on this matters it for sure and good luck if Thai do not use those khmer kids yet.
Borisot khmer ca
I have been always an anti-Hun Sen land grabbed and anti-his corrution. But now I support his heroic words to Thais invaders. Good on you Hun Sen !!! You must show your strengh with Thais invaders. We are all behind you to protect our mother lands. Areak Prey
To all cambodian,
We are in a loss, loss situation. If we lost the war with thai, we would lost our land to them.
If we won the war, we, khmer, would not get benefit from it. It belong to sok kong and vietnam. Look at Beung Kok near Tuol Kok, people live there is waiting for the day to be kick out of their house. Don't be fool by ah jo dump din hun sen.
6:35 AM YOUN was poor , But their army are 100 time stronger and fully train for war .. and still they can't stand againt the army that have only Ak47 of the KHMERS .. What a bout AH SIAMES ?WHAT make you think AH SIAMS better then YOUNs? OH , ok I got it now .. the difference is AH SIAMS got a bunches of GAY and COWARD ARMY that like to fuck each another ass .. and got a plenty of cash by saling your under whores .. GOT it GOT it..
BUT FUCK YOU ASIAMS .. DEAD TO AH GAY NATION SIAMES.
6:35AM is a fucken dickhead!
So what if the Vietnam is poor but the Vietnam was able to defeat American because of the help from the Soviet Union and China!
So what if the Thaicong is so fucken rich! I hope these fucken Thaicong have more money than the Soviet Union and China to ensure their military victory over Cambodia! Even if these fucken Thaicong win over Cambodia military and what will they do next? Let just say that the Thaicong has 2 million army stations in Cambodia and they are trying to control the population of 14 million and how much would it cost the Thaicong government in one day?
Let just assume that the Thaicong army live on $1 a day which the amount that most Cambodian people live on nowadays and it would cost the Thaicong government 2 million dollars a day! According to the math, the government would need to spend some serious money to protect their victory over Cambodia!
In war the victory must be maintained at all time with million and billion of dollars otherwise it is just a hollow victory!
10:48, you can be fully trained for war, but it will not exempt you from famine if you don't take care of your country. Cambodia would have been history, had Viet continues to get support from the Soviet, but the Soviet started to fall apart at that time.
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