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'Anatomy' reveals the underpinnings of Pol Pot horrors
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'Anatomy' reveals the underpinnings of Pol Pot horrors
"To keep you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss."
That chilling couplet was used by Khmer Rouge cadres as they added
new bodies to the killing fields of Cambodia in 1975. It was a time,
one villager said later, when "a person's worth was measured in how
many cubic yards of earth he could move."
Not all of the horrors of the horrific 20th century were inflicted
by the modern civilizations of Europe. In Cambodia, th...
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Guerrillas `sentence' Pol Pot to life term But some believe he is still actively leading the Khmer Rouge
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrillas have sentenced former leader Pol Pot to life imprisonment, the group's clandestine radio station announced today. On Friday, "thousands of people held a meeting and condemned and sentenced Pol Pot and his squad that had carried out serious rebellious deeds against
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Pol Pot, brutal leader responsible for Cambodia's 'killing fields,' reportedly is sentenced to life in prison.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... Revolution-style show trial.'' Videotapes of the trial, said to be taken by a cameraman who accompanied Thayer, were aired by ABC News on Monday night. ``This is not a hoax, this is not a ruse,'' said Thayer who is believed to be the first foreign journalist to ...
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A PEACEFUL END TO A VIOLENT LIFE AMID CONTROVERSY OVER POL POT'S DEATH, HARD-LINERS FIGHT ON.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Laid out in a simple jungle hut, flowers at his head and the reek of formaldehyde in the air, the body of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was put on display yesterday by his comrades turned captors to prove his death to the world. Pol Pot, 73, died late Wednesday of an apparent heart attack, his captors
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Is Pol Pot better off dead? A trial might have exposed his secrets.
U.S. News & World Report
; Both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin died without answering personally for their awful deeds. Last week justice was cheated again when Pol Pot, the ousted leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge, succumbed to apparent heart failure in the jungles of northern Cambodia. If the reported cause of death is
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Cambodians get glimpse of Pol Pot for first time in years Footage of former Khmer Rouge chief's trial draws amazement, disinterest
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... for the Far Eastern Economic Review, a Hong Kong-based weekly news magazine, was allowed into the Khmer Rouge's northern Cambodian ... trial. The video was promoted on Sunday's dinner-hour "World News Tonight" report, and in spots during ABC's prime-time lineup ...
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