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Parrot's Beak

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Parrot's Beak, region of SE Cambodia indenting S Vietnam. During the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam.
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, it was a staging ground for Communist forces against South Vietnam. In Apr., 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces invaded the region in an effort to destroy the sanctuary.


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Head baddie Mackenzie Crook fared even worse dressed as one of Showaddywaddy, talking like an EastEnders' villain and wearing a metal parrot's beak.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The fluid nature of the population in the Parrot's Beak and the porous borders mean that instability in any of the three countries impacts on the others almost instantaneously.
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