<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><span><span><span style="color: rgb(56, 83, 118);">If anyone receives further detailed information, please share. </span><br></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span><span><span></span></span></span></div><div><span></span></div><div></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Deryle Perryman
<dpderyle@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Chuck Searcy <chucksearcy@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Robert Woolley <rob05woolley@yahoo.com.au> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:27 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Four American Deminers Injured in UXO Blast<br> </font> </div> <br>
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serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1;border-color:initial;display:block;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:initial;font:normal normal normal 26px/27px CenturyOldStyle, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-1px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);border-top-style:none;border-top-color:initial;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:initial;">Four American Deminers Injured in UXO Blast</h1><div class="yiv970813665postmeta" style="margin-top:5px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;padding-top:2px;padding-right:1px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:1px;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:12px;font-family:Calibrii,
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Mine Action Center (CMAC) in Kompong Chhnang province were injured Tuesday, two of them seriously, after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) accidentally exploded inside one of the center’s rooms.<span id="yiv970813665more-7755" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;"></span></div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">The victims, whose names and ages have not yet been made public, were working for the U.S. military and arrived in Cambodia last week to take part in training exercises with Cambodian personnel at CMAC.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">“There were four injured, and two seriously,” said CMAC Director-General Heng Ratana. “Based on the preliminary reports, their arms and their bodies were hurt in the explosion,” he added.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">“They
were there to provide training and technical support to CMAC in dealing with UXOs.”</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">While unsure of the exact details, Mr. Ratana said that the explosion may have been caused by machine gun ammunition.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">“We cannot yet conclude as we are still carrying out our investigation with authorities and other witnesses.”</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Chuon Choeun, military police commander in Kompong Chhnang, said that the explosion
occurred inside a room at the training center at about 1:30 p.m., while the victims were examining UXOs.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">“They are trainers helping at CMAC, but they did something wrong, or made it drop,” said Mr. Choeun.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Minh Sovat, CMAC chief in Kompong Chhnang, said that he could not comment on the particulars of the case as investigations were still ongoing, but did confirm that a single UXO explosion had caused the injuries.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Officials from the U.S. Embassy did not respond to requests for comment.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Soon after the explosion, all four injured Americans were airlifted by helicopter to Phnom Penh’s SOS International Medical Clinic
and were later transferred to Calmette Hospital.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">One victim appeared in critical condition as he was wheeled on a gurney into the emergency room at about 6 p.m. last night. Both arms, as well as his head, were dressed in bloodied bandages.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">A doctor from SOS International, who declined to give his name, confirmed that he was treating two of the injured Americans alongside doctors from Calmette Hospital. He said he was awaiting further information before any decision could be made about whether the victims would need to be evacuated for further medical treatment.</div><div
style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">“I cannot comment on their condition as we are still waiting on more details. If needed, we will evacuate them, but no decision has been made yet,” he said.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined
countries in the world, a legacy of years of conflict, with CMAC estimating there may still be 4 to 6 million mines and UXOs left in the country.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-size:14px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-color:initial;">Cambodia’s progress in ridding the country of the deadly munitions has been lauded however, and Cambodia’s highly trained deminers regularly take part in U.N. peacekeeping missions abroad in countries such as Lebanon, Syria and South Sudan.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>