Saturday, April 23, 2011

New fighting claims more lives

Cambodian soldiers prepare a BM21 rocket launcher near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey.

Thai soldiers in military trucks head toward the Thai-Cambodia border.
CAMBODIA SAYS THAI SIDE DROPPED CHEMICAL WEAPONS; KASIT CALLS FOR TALKS

24/04/2011
Bangkok Post

Up to 10 soldiers from both sides have so far been killed after a second day of fighting with Cambodia on the border in Surin province, with no apparent end to the conflict in sight.

An area near Ta Muen and Ta Kwai temples along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin's Phanom Dong Rak district was rocked by five hours of gunfire and heavy artillery exchanges which killed one Thai soldier and injured 11 more yesterday morning.

Three Thai soldiers were killed and 13 others injured when fighting broke out on Friday, the first clashes between the two sides since February.

Cambodia says it has lost six troops since the border conflict erupted.

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