Word: phnom-penh
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...hardest-hit section of Phnom-Penh was a teeming slum that houses war refugees and soldiers' families. During the barrage, 27 rockets pounded into the area, which is roughly the size of three football fields. At least 47 were killed and 56 injured, either in the blasts or in the fires that leveled every shack and lean-to in the area. By late morning, cabled TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud, "nothing was left but a smoldering, stinking layer of ashes littered with the charred corpses of chickens, pigs and people. I learned that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish...
...sweep through the rubber plantations of eastern Cambodia against moderate resistance and with inconclusive results. In another theater, the Cambodians were reeling from a major defeat at the hands of the North Vietnamese two weeks ago. And for the first time since the war began, Cambodia's capital, Phnom-Penh, came under a brief rocket attack...
...Phnom-Penh and last week sent three Russian-made rockets into the city's outskirts...
Dissatisfaction. Were the Communists about to invade Phnom-Penh? Not likely. Their aim, rather, seemed to be to force the Cambodians to move troops back to defend the capital and give up their road-clearing operations, leaving the countryside clear for the collection and movement of supplies. In Kompong Chhnang province northwest of Phnom-Penh, the Communist forces buy rice and fish from farmers at below-market prices, and transport the supplies to combat units by several routes. As long as such routes are open, the Communists are expected to content themselves with harassing government positions and attempting to organize...
Hoarding Food. Another objective of Minh's noisy operation is to counter a Communist campaign against Cambodia's capital. For a month, enemy rockets have repeatedly slammed into Phnom-Penh and nearby Pochentong airport. One theory is that the Communists are trying to force the Cambodians to pull back for the defense of the capital the troops that are harassing them in northern and eastern Cambodia. Phnom-Penh's residents are so worried that a Communist invasion is imminent that they have begun to hoard food. Obviously, Minh is not the only one who knows...