Under attack at Preah Vihear temple on Thai-Cambodia border

Very rough video. This was shot between 3 and 4 pm, Feb. 4, 2011.

We had just arrived at the base of the mountain with another family, and were about to arrange for a ride up the mountain to visit the Preah Vihear Temple, when the shooting and bombing began. Immediately the soldiers there led us into a hole at the base of the mountain. There were continual gunshots and grenade launcher shots. A couple of times the whine of the missle sounded a lot closer so we all had to lie flat on the ground.

We had been hiding in the hole for about 20 minutes when the soldiers told us to leave quickly. The video starts as we were exiting the hole, but then the shooting and bombing started again, and we had to go back into the hole for safety. We stayed for about another 20 minutes, then the soldiers told us to escape quickly.

Our driver, who had been accompanied by his wife and teenage daughter, was instructed to take a different route by dirt roads to escape. On the way out we could see the flash of missiles in the air and the smoke from fires started on the hill. When we got to the nearby town the local villagers were packing up and the road got a bit crowded with trucks full of people leaving.

Although I'm smiling an laughing in some parts of the video, I believe that must be a reaction from nervousness, because believe me, at the time all I remember was being scared to death.

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[GeorgeBangdied]

bang!!! oh shit

[steve4nlanguage]

@GeorgeBangdied Not only did I say it, I almost DID it too!

[megamunchit2008]

@yuv06 Yeah, history is done. What you got now is yours. But why are your thai people fighting over 4.6km sq? Now, for the refugees from Cambodia, you Thais raped our women, beat our men, and killed our people during that time. You call that aid? PATHETIC!! Furthermore, I now know you're dumb. You use Wikipedia as your source of information. LOL!! Wikipedia is the worse place for information. Anyone can put information on Wikipedia.

[BYRD562]

No more fighting and debating on the past. Focus on the future, and our children. Do you want our children to fight over something they didn't have a hand in? Watch this video, it is very enlightening. 2012 is constructed subliminaly into Angkor, clear your sins now, or burn with it in future lives. Please, please youtube "Graham Hancock Angkor", it's an enlightening documentary.

[BYRD562]

As a Khmer i know that fighting and killing only adds to the wheel of Kharma. Money is just more needs created by a system. Power will be dominated by next generation of children. Reincarnation will always be there. We are born naked and die naked. So what if we chose not to fight and have our lands decrease in size. We still have Angkor as our witness.

[khemaraktevak]

Man can fight,steal, cheat , lie as much as he want,but he will not change what coming to this world in the near future !!! Please, go to You Tube for FUTURE MAP OF THE WORLD and also go to SPACE WAR ,if these don't help ,Please go to AJAHN BRAHM or HOLLY BIBLE for spiritual help . Good luck to you all !!!

[hadiyoo]

i hope they get peace and solve the problem. you guys are brother.

respect from indonesia

[DangersMines]

Thai thieves Ahbishit and Suthep are crying their ass loser on TV when Thai thief Suwit lost his Thai ass crying in Paris because UNESCO just hit a nail right on his Thai thief face.

THAI THIEVES ALWAYS GOT CAUGHT STEALING BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!

[AnthonyLoung]

Thailaand are pussys. They have enemies around their country

[jacktsang05]

Cảm ơn bạn đã ghé thăm Campuchia tôi hy vọng bạn tận hưởng kỳ nghỉ của bạn. Và tiếp theo thời gian thăm Việt Nam còn ở lại ổn:)

:)

also thailand are thief dont visit their country. Their country men use cluster bombs on cambodia killing innocent people all the time

[jacktsang05]

Cảm ơn bạn đã ghé thăm Campuchia tôi hy vọng bạn tận hưởng kỳ nghỉ của bạn. Và tiếp theo thời gian thăm Việt Nam còn ở lại ổn:)

:)