My mom tends to fall asleep through movies. Actually every movie. Unless theres an explosion or car chase in the first ten minutes. Needless to say I've watched a lot of James Bond.... Have you guys ever wanted to be spys? To be sneaky throughout your espionage? Well it turns out several politicians tried it, but weren't sneaky enough.
Early in december last year seven Thai politicians illegaly crossed the border to Cambodia with intention for espionage -to spy-. When this was revealed two of the sneakers were arrested, which many "yellow-shirts" (nationalists -people devoted to their nation and its' independance) have been protesting. Althought this event was not the cause, many disputes and fights between the Cambodians and the Thais have occured following this.
The two countries bordering eachother in Southeast Asia have a long-simmering border dispute, which at this moment is not especially simmering with many armed clashes in recent days, and tension continuing to rise.Schools have been wiped out, houses destroyed and people have been killed, wounded and displaced. A nine hundred year old temple has been damaged with constant fighting surounding it. The significance of this being that this Cambodian temple was dedicated to the Hindu Diety Shiva, (a sacred God) and was given to the Cambodians by the World Court in 1962. The temple has been named a UNESCO World Heritage sight for Cambodia, but many Thais believe that it rightfully belongs to them and have currently siezed it.
Many Thais, aprox 16 000, have recently been moved to temporary shelters for protection, but with shells still expoliding all around them, how safe are they really?
Neither country appear to be backing down currently, although Hun Sen the Prime Minister of Cambodia has called upon the peacekeepers of the United Nations.
Hope to keep you informed,
-Em
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