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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-25-09 09:33 AM
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Thai troops accused of crossing Cambodia border
Source: CNN

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) -- Nearly 100 Thai soldiers crossed into Cambodian territory Wednesday near a disputed border temple that was the site of clashes last year, Cambodian officials said.

The Thai army denied the claim.

Thai soldiers crossed into the area of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple about 1:40 p.m., said Phay Siphan, secretary of the Cambodian Council of Ministers.

The two sides did not fight and Cambodia has asked Thailand to pull back.

Thai Army Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd said the troop movement was part of a normal rotation and that Thai soldiers had not gone anywhere they were not permitted to be.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/thailand.cambodia.border.tension/



*sigh*

Again with this nonsense Thailand?
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-25-09 09:58 AM
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1. Maybe they need a distraction.
They got a "low level conflict" in the South and internal unrest up the wazoo. Time to "bring the nation together" and fight someone not too threatening like Cambodia.
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