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Soon after Munley fired at Hasan, taking him down, she fell, wounded, and police radios quickly sent out an "Officer down" call. Wounded three times in the arm and leg, Munley is in stable condition after undergoing surgery on Friday to repair damage to an artery. Base officials said she...
Munley, described by neighbor Brooke Beato as "very petite, with long blond hair and a strong personality," was credited by base officials with preventing further carnage by aggressively engaging Hasan as he shot at her. She rounded a corner, took aim at Hasan and brought him down, officials said. "It...
But the Cambodian government didn't back down. Earlier this week, the Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand wrote an angry letter to the Nation, after the Thai daily published an editorial criticizing Hun's Sen's offer of refuge. The Cambodia emissary accused the Nation of having become a "vulgar newspaper...
The spat might be dismissed as a silly diplomatic row, but fatal battles between Thailand and Cambodia have been fought over other seemingly minor issues. Relations between the two neighbors have deteriorated markedly since last year because of a territorial dispute surrounding an ancient temple complex on their border. After...
Ironically, another nadir in Cambodian-Thai relations occurred back in 2003 when Cambodian protesters - armed with false information that a Thai actress had claimed Cambodia's national treasure, the ancient city and temple complex of Angkor Wat, as actually being Thai - burned down the Thai embassy in Cambodian capital Phnom...