Saturday, October 18, 2008

Khmer troops defending Cambodia territorial integrity

Cambodian solders patrol near the Engel field at the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, about 543 km (337 miles) north of Phnom Penh, October 17, 2008. Thai and Cambodian army commanders ended five hours of talks on Thursday with no agreement to withdraw their forces after heavy fighting near the temple killed two Cambodian soldiers. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A Cambodian soldier, right, holds an unexploited B-40 rocket launcher as other soldiers look on at the frontline of the Cambodia-Thailand border near the famed Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Cambodia's prime minister called Friday for more talks with Thailand after a deadly armed clash raised fears the two neighbors were headed for a full-scale war over a patch of disputed land along their border. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian soldiers walk through the famed Preah Vihear temple as they head for the frontline of the Cambodia-Thailand border in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Cambodia's prime minister called Friday for more talks with Thailand after a deadly armed clash raised fears the two neighbors were headed for a full-scale war over a patch of disputed land along their border. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A Cambodian soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard inside the grounds of the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, along the Thai-Cambodian border, October 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday this week's border clashes with Thailand around the temple would not escalate into a wider and more serious conflict. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
A Cambodian soldier carries an artillery shell near the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, 543 km (337 miles) north of Phnom Penh October 17, 2008. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday this week's border clashes with Thailand around the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple would not escalate into a wider and more serious conflict. "People should understand that there won't be any large-scale war taking place," he told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting, adding people living near the border need not worry. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Cambodian solders stand guard near the Engel field at the disputed 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, about 543 km (337 miles) north of Phnom Penh, October 17, 2008. Thai and Cambodian army commanders ended five hours of talks on Thursday with no agreement to withdraw their forces after heavy fighting near the temple killed two Cambodian soldiers. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Khmer soldiers are the masters of B59. It is so cool. Let's Thai eat some more B59. I heard that B59 had killed a number of Thai soldiers during the recent clash. The wounded Thai soldiers were reported in Thai news to get hurt by sharpnel. They was probably a free target of our B59 masters during the clash. One Khmer solider was reported to die after taking excessive smoke from firing many B59 rockets. His lung-related health was probably the cause of his noble death. His death and family should also receive equal attention and honor.

Anonymous said...

Cambodia will not be a trophy for Thailand!

Anonymous said...

The Khmer people had been through this old path of war before! And what the Thai aggressor had done is to remind the Khmer people that war will always be part of them as long as Khmer people continue to exist on this planet Earth!

Once again, the Khmer people are forced to choose war over bilateral talk! And they are forced to take up arm over the hand of love one! They are forced to make enemy instead of friendship!

This is a general curse for the Khmer people and that is why the Khmer people choose to go to war so that they can have peace! May God bless the Khmer people and her Kingdom and with power of conviction and the shear determination of the Khmer people and the enemy will crumble!

Anonymous said...

They are brave soldiers but their lives won;t be anywhere better than a beggar on the street while the associates clans of the ruling gov.t are spitting on their poorness. Those cunningly heal the injustice and miseries of poor people with their words and kill them harshly and quickly through their greedy lawless implementation.

Anonymous said...

The problem is also with current Khmer leader who want to show off against historical aggressor. The incident would not have happened if the government requested the UN for intervention in July. It's not too late to request for their help in order to avoid bloodshed. Either side is Khmer. Only Khmer surins are in frontline. That's reason why Khmer didn't kill those captured soldiers. My concern is that many young Cambodians quited their school to enlist for military service. We need them to build a strong Cambodia if peace can be achieved. Hun Sen should wake up and go for UN or EU's help. You can still go for golfing, digging wells for the poor, and let the UN do the job. Only international policy can stop thieves.

Anonymous said...

Dear to all khmer patriots,

first suffering condolence to our 3 soldiers who lose their life in the betle field and 2 injured soldiers for defending our Khmer nation. Those were and are hores in order to defence the Khmer interrest, Khmer honor and and our Khmer terretory. Thailand is really agressor and manipulate fast all information to the world. One easy questtion that I raise in this forum is, when those terretory are belong to Thai why they did not push the resistance fighter (former Khmer rouge and the other ..) back from their sole and Khmer stay always over this area? Just since July this year Thai said area belong to them and Khmer back from this area? Now who are agressor? On the other hand, Thai said the contract in 1904, 1906 and 1962 was pressed by France that why they signed this contract, Is this argument legitime. I say NO.

Newly after the clash the Thai General said arogance no Thai were injured or POW but the world see the pictures of Thai POW as a proof.

I am very pround to see our soldiers standing there and no afraid from this intermidation.

Khmer from Germany

Anonymous said...

Thank you for defending Cambodia!!!

Anonymous said...

May the Lord my God protect my Khmer soldiers. Thank you dear koan Khmers for your bravery and defense of our land. We shall be victorious. The enemy of ours must perish and be defeated.

God bless the Khmers.

Anonymous said...

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