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| Cambodian soldiers involved in last week’s violent eviction in Kratie province wear helmets market with a design that incorporates the United States stars and stripes. Photograph: (L) Heng chivoan / (R) supplied |
Eviction force’s garb curious
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Joseph Freeman
The Phnom Penh Post
“It is their own helmet that they bought by themselves” (sic!) - General Neang Phat
Observers
on site in the aftermath of a Kratie province military operation last
week that lead to the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl noticed
something odd about the attire of some soldiers.
It was their helmets. Crude replicas of what appeared to be American flags were stuck between the green and tan camouflage, like an out-of-place piece of a puzzle.
A uniform worn by one of the
soldiers is from the US, an Embassy spokesman confirmed yesterday. But
the helmets accompanied by the design are not official.
“That’s not us,” said Sean McIntosh, public affairs officer with the embassy in Phnom Penh. “When the US military makes uniform donations, no US insignia is left on the articles.”
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