Sunday, April 24, 2011

Fighting at Ta Krabey temple still continue at 4:15 this afternoon and the tower of Ta Krabey temple had collapsed

8:24 AM Stars

Cambodian villagers fleeing Thai artillery shells By KhmerizationSource: Kampuchea Thmey Kampuchea Thmey reported that the fighting between Cambodian and Thai troops at Ta Krabey temple that started at 6 a.m this morning is still continuing at 4:15 p.m this afternoon. The report said that the fighting in the area at the moment only involved small arms and light rockets like B-40s and the Thai side had stopped shelling the temple with heavy rockets like 155 milimetres rockets that they have used earlier in this morning. The newspaper reported that the fighting had restarted again after a group of Thai soldiers attempted to fight their way in to...


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U.S. starts war games near Thai-Cambodian clash.

8:18 AM Stars

BANGKOK | Thousands of U.S. troops began military exercises with Bangkok’s military on Monday, while a bloody, four-day artillery duel between Thailand and Cambodia flared on their border and a decades-long Muslim insurgency smoldered out of control in the south. Cobra Gold, which is scheduled to conclude Feb. 18, is one of the world’s biggest multinational, land-based maneuvers. It involves 11,220 people, including 7,200 U.S. service members. U.S. and other foreign forces are using Thailand’s Vietnam War-era Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Chanthaburi province and other facilities, about 280 miles southwest of the fighting along the Thai-Cambodian...


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New fighting at border

7:54 AM Stars

Thai military trucks with soldiers are driven to the Thai-Cambodia border for reinforcement in this still image taken from video April 22, 2011 (Reuters/Reuters TV) THAI and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their contentious border on Friday in a dawn clash that left at least five troops dead in the first major flare-up since a shaky ceasefire in February. Both sides evacuated villagers and accused each other of firing first in the thick jungle around Ta Moan and Ta Krabey temples, about 150 kilometres southwest of the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which saw a deadly stand-off in February. Council of...


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