What's Behind the Deadly Thailand-Cambodia Border Clashes?
Both sides have claimed the other was the aggressor when the fighting started in one of the contested areas, Prasat Ta Muen Thom. There were reports of gunfire and artillery shelling, and Thailand dispatched F-16 fighter jets to attack Cambodian army bases.
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