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Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge Cambodian communist guerrilla organization. It gained control of Cambodia in 1975. Led by
Pol Pot and Khieu Samphan, it embarked on a forced wholesale communist transformation of Cambodian society, during which an estimated 2 to 3 million people died. The regime lost power to the Vietnamese after a period of intense conflict in 1977–78. The Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation, supported by the Vietnamese, founded a People's Republic in 1979. In 1982 the Khmer Rouge joined a coalition with Prince
Norodom Sihanouk (the former Cambodian leader) and the Khmer Peoples National Liberation Front. From 1988 attempts were made to settle the political situation by peaceful means. In 1991 each faction signed a cease-fire agreement. After an election in 1993, in which the Khmer Rouge refused to take part, Prince Sihanouk's parliamentary monarchy was re-established. The Khmer Rouge continued hostilities and have been officially banned since 1994.
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The terror in a name. (Khmer Rouge) (Asia)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/20/1990; 700+ words
; ...collapses, and the Khmer Rouges--the main guerrilla force...could be punctured. After the Khmer Rouge raids on Battambang and Phnom...angrily to the idea. The Khmers Rouges' most effective weapon is...another opposition group, the Khmer People's National Liberation...
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Khmer Rouge Furor Riles Cambodia
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/8/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Writer AP Online 01-08-1999 Khmer Rouge Furor Riles Cambodia PAILIN, Cambodia...favor of a trial for the last two Khmer Rouge leaders to surrender -- the top...western city largely controlled by Khmer Rouge supporters. Ee Chhean, one of...
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Khmer Rouge Returns To Cambodian Capital, Says `Past Is History'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/18/1991; ; 700+ words
; The Khmer Rouge, whose radical communist regime has...Khieu Samphan, who was among the Khmer Rouge leadership when the group took power...factions opposed to it, including the Khmer Rouge. The various countries involved in the...
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Khmer Rouge Move Toward War; Still Led by Pol Pot, Cambodian Communists Seek to Ruin Election
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/10/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...unfathomable. As the real leader of the Khmer Rouge, he is the man behind the radical...according to analysts who monitor Khmer Rouge radio broadcasts and interpret...badly digested Maoism," the Khmer Rouge seem divorced from reality, still...
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Khmer Rouge Split After Defection of Top Leaders
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...0000 Long-time leader of the Khmer Rouge, Ieng Sary, may rise above his...Cambodia, have long been prized Khmer Rouge strongholds. Government troops...Malai through the defections of two Khmer Rouge commanders. Government spokesman...
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Khmer Rouge Trial Riles Cambodia
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Writer AP Online 01-07-1999 Khmer Rouge Trial Riles Cambodia PAILIN, Cambodia...favor of a trial for the last two Khmer Rouge leaders to surrender -- the top...western city largely controlled by Khmer Rouge supporters. Ee Chhean, one of...
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Khmer Rouge Vows To Stand by Treaty; Cambodian Factions to Meet Next Week
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/29/1991; ; 700+ words
; The Khmer Rouge guerrilla group vowed today to press...the president of the council, said the Khmer Rouge had agreed to attend an emergency meeting...Council's five permanent members. The Khmer Rouge, in its radio statement, questioned...
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Khmer Rouge Pull out of Phnom Penh
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/14/1993; 700+ words
; ...0000 LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: The Khmer Rouge closed their office in Phnom Penh...have been able to speak with the Khmer Rouge. U.N. peacekeeping chief Yushushi...gamble by deciding to include the Khmer Rouge in the peace process, figuring...
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Khmer Rouge Declares Provisional Government
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/11/1994; 700+ words
; ...the Cambodian government, the Khmer Rouge today declared a parallel government...world was willing to tolerate the Khmer Rouge despite their bloody record because...It's different now, but the Khmer Rouge don't seem to realize that...
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KHMER ROUGE SAID VIOLATING PEACE PACT.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/11/1991; 700+ words
; ...Times The Communist guerrilla group Khmer Rouge is hiding troops and a huge cache...refugees crossing into Thailand, the Khmer Rouge has put aside enough weapons and...of the threat still posed by the Khmer Rouge and its leader, Pol Pot. During...
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Khmer Rouge
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (Cambodian for “...come to be known as the Killing Fields. Khmer Rouge thought placed particular attention to...closed to the outside world. In 1979, the Khmer Rouge was ousted from power by a Vietnamese...
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Khmer
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...government in 1975. The Communists, or Khmer Rouge (Red Cambodians), attempted to...churches. In three and a half years of Khmer Rouge rule, at least one million...Vietnam invaded and chased the Khmer Rouge to the Thai border. For the...
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Cambodia
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...the Vietnam War. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge, a radical Communist group, overthrew...bloody civil war erupted between the Khmer Rouge and the three non-Communist groups...plan was signed in Paris by the Khmer Rouge and the three non-Communist groups...
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Pran, Dith
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...abusive treatment after the Communist Khmer Rouge forces took over his country in...and were met by a group of armed Khmer Rouge soldiers. Pran talked the soldiers...million Cambodians were killed by the Khmer Rouge, but the rest of the world remained...
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Hill Tribespeople
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...and early 1970s, the Communist Khmer Rouge were able to recruit a number of...became the prototype (model) of the Khmer Rouge army. Like other Cambodians...some groups were recruited by the Khmer Rouge as soldiers, others fought to escape...
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