PM calls on US to take its bombs back

The Prime Minister yesterday urged the US

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to assist Cambodia in removing unexploded bombs that its forces dropped on the country during the Vietnam War, rather than focussing on finding the remains of missing American soldiers.

His call came as the Defence Ministry met yesterday to discuss what to do with two tear gas barrel bombs found in Svay Rieng province earlier this year, believed to have been dropped by the US in the 1970s.

Speaking to about 10,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh, Mr Hun Sen said the US focusses on asking Cambodia to repay $500 million in war loans accrued during the Lon Nol era and on repatriating the remains of its troops, but fails to do anything to deal with the legacy of weapons it dropped on the country.

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