Thread: Thailand 'admits cluster bombs used against Cambodia'

Thailand 'admits cluster bombs used against Cambodia'
Guy De Launey
6 April 2011


The bombs were reportedly used during border clashes around Preah Vihear temple in February

Campaigners against cluster munitions say Thailand has admitted it used the weapons against Cambodia in February.

The Cluster Munition Coalition called the decision "appalling" and "unconscionable".

The weapons were banned by an international convention three years ago, but neither Thailand nor Cambodia have signed the agreement.

Admitting the use of cluster munitions would represent a significant shift in Thailand's position.

Cambodia was quick to accuse its larger neighbour of using the weapons during four days of border fighting in February.

Thailand denied the allegation - saying that if anyone had used cluster munitions, it was Cambodian forces.

But several humanitarian organisations have visited the border area around Preah Vihear temple, and they reported finding unexploded cluster bomblets.

This evidence appears to have caused the shift in Bangkok's stance.

The Cluster Munition Coalition says that Thailand has confirmed that it fired the weapons, claiming that it was self defence against heavy artillery from Cambodia landing in civilian areas.

The coalition says that should not be a justification for using weapons which are banned by more than 100 countries.

According to the campaigners, thousands of villagers are now at risk of death or serious injury because of unexploded ordnance near their homes.

Part of the reason for the weapons notoriety is that children find the brightly-coloured bomblets attractive and get badly hurt if they pick them up.

bbc.co.uk

Lying Thai bastards.

Originally Posted by brouhaha

Lying Thai bastards.

In a nutshell

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Originally Posted by brouhaha

Lying Thai bastards.

In a nutshell

Thaihouse will still believe them......

How crazy to deny from the start.

You'd think that the Cambodians would be used to things like cluster bombs by now......

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The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) said it had investigated and verified Cambodian government claims that the deadly weapons had landed on its territory in four days of unrest between the neighbours in early February.

The group, which campaigns against the bombs, also said the Thai ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva had confirmed the use of cluster munitions in a meeting on Tuesday.

"The ambassador said Thailand used cluster munitions 'in self-defence', using the principles of 'necessity, proportionality and in compliance with the military code of conduct'," it said in a statement.

"It's appalling that any country would resort to using cluster munitions after the international community banned them," added CMC director Laura Cheeseman.

Thai officials were not immediately able to confirm or deny the ambassador comments.

Thailand's alleged cluster bomb use

Originally Posted by Mid

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) said it had investigated and verified Cambodian government claims that the deadly weapons had landed on its territory in four days of unrest between the neighbours in early February.

The group, which campaigns against the bombs, also said the Thai ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva had confirmed the use of cluster munitions in a meeting on Tuesday.

"The ambassador said Thailand used cluster munitions 'in self-defence', using the principles of 'necessity, proportionality and in compliance with the military code of conduct'," it said in a statement.

"It's appalling that any country would resort to using cluster munitions after the international community banned them," added CMC director Laura Cheeseman.

Thai officials were not immediately able to confirm or deny the ambassador comments.

Thailand's alleged cluster bomb use

I've thought for some time that Thai officials and spokesmen must have been taking lessons from their Israeli counterparts. This guff was spouted all the time by the IDF and government spinners during and after the "not a-war-on-Gaza" campaign. Still, the Sri Lankan version must have been helpful, too.....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE

CMC condemns Thai use of cluster munitions in Cambodia
Thailand and Cambodia should join global treaty banning cluster munitions

In a meeting on 5 April, the Thai Ambassador to the UN in Geneva confirmed Thai use of 155mm Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) cluster munitions. The Ambassador said Thailand used cluster munitions “in self-defence”, using the principles of “necessity, proportionality and in compliance with the military code of conduct”. He alleged heavy use of rocket fire by Cambodian forces against civilian targets in Satisuk, in the Khun Khan district of Thailand.

http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newman...60411FINAL.pdf

they're not killing enough women and children, they really need America's assistance in how to really use these sorts of weapons.

US cluster bombs 'killed 35 women and children' - Telegraph

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

they're not killing enough women and children, they really need America's assistance in how to really use these sorts of weapons.

US cluster bombs 'killed 35 women and children' - Telegraph

fuck you