Villagers find chemicals dropped by us in 1970s
Villagers in Mondolkiri province have found a pair of rusty barrels believed to date back to the early 1970s and which officials suspect hold chemicals the U.S. used in its war against the Viet Cong to defoliate trees and eliminate cover. The officials said they did not yet know the exact origin of the barrels or precisely what they contain. The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), the government body charged with disposing of Khmer Rouge and civil war-era ordnance, is sending an expert team to the area today to investigate further. CMAC spokesman Sam Socheat said villagers came upon the two barrels on Monday about a kilometer apart near Andoung Kraloeng village in O’Reang district. …
Saing Soenthrith and Zsombor Peter
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