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US support for Cambodia military in peacekeeping exercise condemned
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 09 - 07 - 2010


Human Rights Watch condemned US support for
Cambodian military units participating in peacekeeping exercises next
week in Cambodia, accusing those units of committing human rights
abuses, according to dpa.
The human rights group said in a statement released Thursday in
New York that material and money provided to Cambodian brigades
taking part in the multinational exercise was unacceptable given
those units' documented history of rights violations.
"For the Pentagon and State Department to permit abusive Cambodian
military units to host a high-profile regional peacekeeping exercise
is outrageous," said Phil Robertson, the rights group's deputy Asia
director.
"The US undermines its protests against the Cambodian government
for rampant rights abuses like forced evictions when it showers
international attention and funds on military units involved in
grabbing land and other human rights violations," he said.
The peacekeeping exercise, which was scheduled to begin Monday,
involves more than 1,000 troops from 23 Asia-Pacific nations as well
as US soldiers. It is part of the 2010 Global Peace Operations
Initiative, a US-run effort to help train peacekeepers.
US embassy spokesman John Johnson said the US has provided
military assistance and training for peacekeeping operations to the
Cambodian military since 2006.
"The fact that a country that was recently a beneficiary of
peacekeeping troops is now providing them to areas of conflict is a
testament to the efforts of both countries," Johnson said, adding
that US law required Washington to vet all participants in the
exercise.
Human Rights Watch singled out for criticism a two-week field
training exercise at the provincial headquarters of a tank unit that
has been implicated in land grabs and evictions.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced this year a sponsorship
programme that saw more than 40 businesses sign up to support
military units.
Critics said the programme formalized existing arrangements
whereby well-connected companies use military personnel to guard
corporate assets, such as plantations.
The right group said the US should desist from training corrupt
military units just to bolster international peacekeeping operations.
"Instead, military units that are called to deploy abroad as
international peacekeepers must be true professionals, not only in
technical expertise, but in their respect for human rights,"
Robertson said.


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