The Khmers Rouges march again.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: October 28, 1989 | Copyright information

The Khmers Rouges march again

CAMBODIA'S killing season has begun. A month ago Vietnam said it had pulled the last of its troops out of the neighbour it had occupied for nearly 11 years. Over the past week the three Cambodian resistance forces fighting the Vietnamese-backed government of Mr Hun Sen have claimed a string of victories in the northwest of the country. At midweek Mr Hun Sen's troops were said to be counter-attacking. The fighting gives a sense of urgency to-...

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