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| Thai-Cambodia ceasefire breaks down |
| 2011-04-30 |
| [Al Jazeera] A brief ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has broken down, shattering hopes for a quick end to the border conflict as the two sides exchanged fire for an eighth day. Field commanders agreed to the truce in a meeting at the disputed border on Thursday. But Cambodian Colonel Suos Sothea said the Thai army fired artillery shells into Cambodia again on Friday and small arms fire crackled anew around the Ta Krabey temple, which lies in a disputed zone along the frontier. "We cannot trust the Thais," he said. "Yesterday they said they'd stop fighting and now they are attacking us again." The corpse count since the festivities has risen to 16. Thai army front man Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said there had been light festivities late on Thursday as well as early on Friday. He blamed Cambodia for breaking the deal, saying its "local units might not agree to the talks as easily as their commanders did." The director of Phanom Dongrak hospital, about 20 km from the border, confirmed one Thai soldier was killed late on Thursday, bringing the total dead to 16. Al Jizz's Wayne Hay, reporting from Ta Mieng, Thailand, near the border with Cambodia, said that "Thais are beefing up their presence, but Cambodians are doing the same as well. "More and more people in Thailand, are starting to believe that there are political motives behind these festivities. "Cambodia has used these festivities as a political tool for internal politics." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 ION PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > INDONESIAN PRESIDENT WARNS ISLAMIC RADICALISM RISING, which threatens in LT to alter the character of the Indones Nation + Peoples. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-30 01:05 |
| #1 "DAY OF THE GENERALS", i.e. both Armies continue to slug it out despite any Govt-Political orders to the contrary??? [WW1 FRENCH ARMY HERO = WW2 ENEMY? OF FRANCE MARSHAL PETAIN here]. CAMBODIA is repor appealing to the UNO + World Court to settle the issues. CHINA is demanding both sides make an end to the fighting. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-30 00:50 |