MILITARY BARS USE OF MUNITIONS AT CENTRE OF SCANDAL
10/04/2011
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
The army at first denied using a cluster bomb because it thought the term referred only to those dropped from aircraft, but the definition also covers ones fired from the ground if they later burst into multiple bomblets, said the source … The Thai troops did not care if the weapons they used were cluster bombs
The army has suspended the use of the M198 shell used with 155mm towed artillery, following allegations that cluster bombs were employed in border clashes with Cambodia in early February.
The army, however, insisted this type of shell was not classified as a cluster bomb, despite some similarities.
The army has suspended the use of M198 shells and the French-made Caesar self-propelled howitzer since late February after Cambodian soldiers complained to the United Nations that Thai troops had used cluster bombs during clashes on Feb 4-6, said an army source.
Cambodian soldiers had collected samples of what they believed to be cluster bombs and showed them to the UN, said the source.
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