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| Thousands of civilians have fled the border area, seeking refuge from the three days of fighting (Reuters) |
Bangkok calls for bilateral talks while Cambodia accuses Thai forces of damaging ancient temples in renewed fighting.
25 Apr 2011
Al Jazeera
The death toll from three days of heavy fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border area has climbed to 12.
Officials on Monday said one soldier had been killed on each side following an exchange of fire in the jungle frontier late on Sunday.
Cambodia also accused Thailand of damaging two ancient temples during the latest clashes, while Thailand accused the Cambodian army of firing artillery shells that did not make it across the border.
Fighting appeared to have resumed on Monday afternoon with several shells fired, following a brief lull in the violence after days of cross-border shelling.
Thailand's foreign minister called for one-on-one talks with Cambodia, a renewed push that came after the cancellation of talks with a top regional envoy.
Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa had been scheduled to hold talks in Thailand and Cambodia on Monday but his trip was cancelled, government officials from both countries said.
Natalegawa had brokered a UN-backed peace deal in February that would have posted unarmed military observers from Indonesia along the border, but the Thai military has said they are not welcome and the deal has yet to be put in place.
Panitan Wattanayagorn, a Thai government spokesman, said Natalegawa's visit was cancelled because Thailand and Cambodia had not yet settled on terms for the Indonesian observers.
Cambodia has asked for outside mediation to help end the standoff, but Thailand has resisted third-party intervention. However, Kasit Piromya, the Thai foreign minister, declined on Monday to rule them out when
speaking to reporters at an evacuation camp.
"It's not something we are opposed to. This is a sensitive issue," he said in a briefing about 30km from the scene of recent fighting.
Ceasefire shattered
Both countries have blamed each other for sparking the violence, which is the first serious outbreak of fighting since February, when 10 people were killed in clashes near the 900-year-old Hindu temple Preah Vihear.
Seven Cambodian and five Thai troops have been killed and thousands of civilians have fled the area since the latest clashes began on Friday.
About 20,000 civilians have sought refuge in 16 camps on the Thai side of the border while about 17,000 have been evacuated from Cambodian villages.
Some, like 47-year-old Suwech Yodsri, stayed behind to guard their properties, despite the danger of violence.
"I'm scared to be here but I have to be here to protect our village from looting," he told the AFP news agency from the Thai village of Nong Kanna in Surin Province, about five kilometres from the border.
"I believe political conflicts are to blame. Innocent people are just being used as a political tool," he added.
Calls for restraint
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has called on the neighbours to "exercise maximum restraint" and has urged them to resolve the issue through "serious dialogue" rather than military means.
He also urged the two neighbours to take immediate measures for an effective and verifiable ceasefire.
Indonesia, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc, has called for an immediate end to the violence. Vietnam urged "maximum restraint".
Ties between the neighbours have been strained since Preah Vihear -- the most celebrated example of ancient Khmer architecture outside Cambodia's Angkor -- was granted UN World Heritage status in July 2008.
The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but both countries claim ownership of a 4.6 square km surrounding area.
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same shit of human life wasted..same imaged of 70's 80' of how war dont benefit any country.
same shit of human life wasted..same imaged of 70's 80' of how war dont benefit any country. only normal people suffered and homeless...
8:47PMអាមួយនេះនិយាយមិនត្រូវទេបើរាជរដ្ធាភិបាលសព្វថ្ងៃមិនស្រឡាញ់ជាតមិនស្រឡាញ់ប្រទេសប្រ
ហែលអាសៀមវាមកយកដីខ្មែរបានស្រួលទៅហើយ។
ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាសព្វថ្ងៃមិនត្រឹមតែមានឈ្មោះនៅក្នុង
អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍នោះទេថែមទាំងមានឈ្មោះនៅលើពិភពលោកថែមទៀតផង។ថាះតើលទ្ធផលទាំងនេះ
នរណាជាអ្នកធ្វើមិនមែនក្រុមអ្នកប្រឆាំងបានធ្វើនោះ
ទេគឺដោយរាជរដ្ធាភិបាលក្រុងភ្នំពេញបានធ្វើទាំងអស់។ចំណែកឯបក្សប្រឆាំងវិញរកតែពាក្យមួយមាត់
និយាយទៅអាសៀមក៏គ្មានដែរ។នេះឬបក្រប្រឆាំង
ដែលអួតខ្លួនថាជាអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិស្នេហាប្រទេសខ្មែរនោះ?
អា យួន 10:03 PM មួយនេះនិយាយមិនត្រូវទេ
បើ បក្សប្រឆាំង ជារាជរដ្ធាភិបាលសព្វថ្ងៃ
យួន វាយកដីខ្មែរ មិនបានទេ
cambodia already know that war causes suffering; we've been there and done that in the 1970s and 1980s, etc; however, evil siem thugs do not know what war is like and suffering is like. i say let them experience it with cambodia; we'll nuke bangcock to ashes, etc! what an asshole, evil siems really are, you know! always wanted to steal from cambodia since ancient time, they are reall khmer people's enemy, you know! apparently, evil siem still think and live in the dark ages era or something. they stole many of our khmer old provinces in the past and they think they can just do it again and again nonstop or something! i think cambodia should fight them back this time and demand all of our old khmer provinces from siem thugs and tell them to go back to nanchoa province of china where they came from originally, really! we want our khmer empire back, ok!
siem thugs seemed to think it's a joke when civilians on both sides are the one to suffer the most loss, etc! siem is really evil as their true color come out. i bet the world didn't know that before and thought siem thugs are friendly, smart and clever, etc, they are evilly clever, really! siem country and people is no america, ok! please know the distinction, here. that's right siem thugs are no american; siems are very evil people, you know!
រដ្ធាភិបាលហ៊ុន សេន កាន់អំណាចផ្ដាច់ការ ។
ការឈ្នេះឆ្នោតដោយម្ដងៗ ដោយគៃបន្លំ សំឡុត
បំភ័យបំភ័ន្ត សន្លឹកឆ្នោត។
អាហ៊ុន សេន ប្រកាសឈ្នះមុនការរាប់សន្លឹកឆ្នោត។
អាហ៊ុន សេន មានយួនខុសច្បាប់បោះឆ្នោតអោយ។
បើគ្មានការគាំទ្រពីយួននោះ ហ៊ុន សេន ត្រូវបាត់
បង់អំណាចដ៏យូរលង់មកហើយ។
តើនរណាជាអ្នកទទួលត្រូវ ទំនាក់ទំនង បំពេញ
ភារកិច្ច ជាអ្នកដឹកនាំប្រទេសកម្ពុជា មិនមែនជា
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី នឹង គណបក្សលោកនោះទេ។
សូមលោក 10:03PM ភ្លឺភ្នែកទៅ កុំខ្វាក់ដូចអាហ៊ុន
សេននោះ។
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Yeah, Keo, sounds like you are pro-thai and hate the viet. Preah Vihear is an iconic symbol of Khmer culture and identity unlike the Siem Thugs have no identity.
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