Khmer Rouge
Cambodia-UN-trial, FOCUS by Suy Se This photo taken on March 21, 2013 shows Cambodian people sittin on a homemade vehicle traveling along a street in Malai, near the Cambodian-Thai border, in Banteay Meanchey province, some 400 kilometers northwest of Phnom Penh. It has been hailed as a chance to heal a traumatised nation, but former foot soldiers of the brutal Khmer Rouge say Cambodia's genocide trial is a waste of money that will only re-open old wounds.
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Cambodia had reinforced the island. It had 300 to 500 combat-hardened Khmer Rouge veterans in fortified positions with heavy weapons and established fields of fire. What the latter means is they already know where the bullets will go
How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary) kill? Tens of thousands? You should tell the Cambodians (i.e., Khmer Rouge) that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we won’t let that stand in the way. We are prepared to improve relations with them. Tell them the latter part, but don’t tell them what I said before.
How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary) kill? Tens of thousands? You should tell the Cambodians (i.e., Khmer Rouge) that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we won’t let that stand in the way. We are prepared to improve relations with them. Tell them the latter part, but don’t tell them what I said before.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Cambodia Khmer Rouge tribunal staff goes on strike
tribunal is seeking justice for the estimated 1.7 million people who died due to the extremist policies of the communist Khmer Rouge's 1970s rule.Cambodian staff members have been working without pay since December. They also face the prospect of not receiving Read more »
Around the web
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‘I came back. He didn’t’: 38 years later, closure for a Marine
being claimed by both Cambodia and North Vietnam. “Cambodia had reinforced the island. It had 300 to 500 combat-hardened Khmer Rouge veterans in fortified positions with heavy weapons and established fields of fire. What the latter means is they already know from The Seattle Times Read more »
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Back in Phnom Penh
Wat but I visited the Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh this morning, which serves as a testament to the horrendous crimes of the Khmer Rouge. In the 1950/60/70's this was a school, which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and then became a detention from Travel Blog Read more »
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An Analysis of Pol Pot's Regime in Light of Machiavelli's the Prince
of what happened in Cambodia during the time of the American-Vietnam war and the seizing of Cambodia’s government by the Khmer Rouge. It showed us the real scope of the disaster that fell upon the Cambodian government and society by using the experiences of from Term Paper Warehouse Read more »
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Letters: Attack on Christopher Geidt a disservice to a fine public servant
It was an exciting place to visit. The beautiful country was beginning to open up after two dreadful decades of war, Khmer Rouge communist terror and Vietnamese occupation. In October 1991 a historic UN peace agreement was signed in Paris, whereby all the from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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REVIEW: "The Elimination,” by Rithy Panh with Christophe Bataille, translated by John Cullen.
good in the world, but it is a dull and everyday occurrence; it does not fascinate. What makes Duch monstrous is that he is a thinking man. A former math professor, he willingly adopted the Khmer Rouge ideology with its airless, insane but precise logic. from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
