PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia – Cambodia angrily alone Thailand's coach outlet allegation that Cambodian troops acclimated a centuries-old temple forth their acknowledged bound as a aggressive base, revving up a war of words Wednesday amidst a brittle truce.
The mountaintop Preah Vihear temple, appointed as a World Heritage site, was the arena of angry arms battles during a four-day blast of a abiding bound altercation amid the two neighbors. The angry larboard at atomic eight asleep and dozens wounded.
Shrapnel from the blasts chipped abroad at some of the sanctuary's age-old walls, sparking a agitation amid the two abandon over how abundant accident was done and who is to blame.
Thailand accuses Cambodia of stationing soldiers at the temple and battlefront beyond the bound at Thai soldiers, abrogation them little best but to retaliate.
Cambodia's Foreign Ministry said in a account Wednesday it "strongly rejects such a calumniating assertion," abacus that "there has never been and there will never be Cambodian soldiers" at Preah Vihear temple.
"This has consistently been a abode for adoration and tourism," the account said, abacus that the alone aegis attendance at the temple is a baby amount of policemen with ablaze weapons to ensure assurance at the site.
On Wednesday, however, hundreds of Cambodian soldiers were apparent by Associated Press journalists deployed in and about the sprawling temple compound, which was adherent by sandbagged bunkers.
Dressed in aggressive camouflage, some played cards central the temple's black walls. Some adequate on cots or hammocks while others caked new sandbags and ample them up. Aside from broadcast rifles, weapons were not visible.
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