Cambodia: LIFE AND DEATH OF THE KHMER ROUGE [FR]

THE situation of the "old people" under Khmer Rouge rule was more ambiguous. Refugee interviews reveal cases in which villagers were treated as harshly as the "new people," enduring forced labor, indoctrination, the separation of children from parents, and executions; however, they were generally allowed to remain in their native villages.

On the basis of interviews with refugees from different parts of the country as well as other sources, Michael Vickery, author of Cambodia 1975-1982, has argued that there was a wide regional variation in the severity of policies adopted by local Khmer Rouge authorities. Ideology had something to do with the differences, but the availability of food, the level of local development, and the personal qualities of cadres also were important factors. The greatest number of deaths occurred in undeveloped districts, where "new people" were sent to clear land. While conditions were hellish in some localities, they apparently were tolerable in others. Vickery describes the Eastern Zone, which was dominated by pro-Vietnamese cadres, as one in which the extreme policies of the Pol Pot leadership were not adopted (at least until 1978, when the Eastern leadership was liquidated in a bloody purge). Executions were few, "old people" and "new people" were treated largely the same, and food was made available to the entire population. Although the Southwestern Zone was one original center of power of the Khmer Rouge, and cadres administered it with strict discipline, random executions were relatively rare, and "new people" were not persecuted if they had a cooperative attitude. In the Western Zone and in the Northwestern Zone, conditions were harsh. Starvation was widespread in the latter zone because cadres sent rice to Phnom Penh rather than distributed it to the local population. In the Northern Zone and in the Central Zone, there seem to have been more executions than there were victims of starvation. Little reliable information emerged on conditions in the Northeastern Zone, one of the most isolated parts of Cambodia.

Terror and paranoia reign, reaching a climax in 1977 and 1978 when Angkar Leur/Cap Tren launches a bloody purge against the "hidden enemies, burrowing from within" and the Khmer Rouge cadres turn on themselves. At least 200,000 are executed.

If we didn't study thoroughly political tricks of Yuon leaders, who we might not know anything about, we would be still terribly misled that the Khmer Rouge yotheas killed each other indiscriminately and madly. Those murderers are super-illiterate-ignorant Khmer Rouge yotheas and former cruel bandits who were secretly trained to be the killers of their own people in the name of murderous-powerful shadowy Angkar Leur/Cap Tren by all but Yuon leaders in Srok Yuon.

Yuon, who could speak, read and write are able to be perfectly impostors as the leaders of super-illiterate-ignorant Khmer Rouge soldiers, had brutally killed many million innocent Khmer people madly in their secret words of Angkar Leur/Cap Tren.

As then-prince Sihanouk also gives us a clearest confession: "Vietnamese aggressions with the intention of destroying the Khmer Rouge's best units. Khieu Samphan and his comrades explained to me (Norodom Sihanouk), regarding this, that the North Vietnamese desperately wanted to nip KR power in the bud so as to prepare for the coming to power (after a foreseeable victory over the U.S. and Lon Nol) of a government that would be Cambodian in appearance only and in reality Vietnam's servant."

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[bearMU]

Peoples around the war !

Pls never forget how China helped and funded Polpot to take power in Cambodia and massacre Cambodian and Vietnamese.

In three years after Vietnam war 1975-1977 : 3 millions Cambodian and Vietnamese were death under the Poppot´s massacre with Chinese supplies !

Vietnam saved Cambodia from Polpot´s regime, even China slandered Vietnam : "invaded Cambodia"

[bearMU]

Hitler killed 6 millions Jews !

Polpot killed 3 millions Cambodian and Vietnamese !

If you´re a peaceful human, pls never forget how the Chinese made a HITLER of Asia !

Don´t let this bloody history happens again,pls !

[AhmekKhmer]

lol please just make sure you don't become one that is all I concern.

[AhmekKhmer]

lol "In three years after Vietnam war 1975-1977 :3 millions Cambodian and Vietnamese were death under the Poppot´s massacre with Chinese supplies." Actually which is correct the THREE YEARS or 3 MILLIONS? Oh just remember that between 75-77 Vietnamese were evacuated.

[judas666iscariot]

in war it is not the right that matters but victory

that means you have to win in order to prove that you are right

[oneginee]

By large however one country had a defnitive intention to suppress cambodians and take their land. The Khmers rouge committed atrocities but Vietnam intentions is why the Khmer rouge were able to be supplied by china's weapons. Only one country only took posiions that were always bad for the cambodian people and that is vietnam. The victory against the kr was in vietnmam best interest even though it is positive things it was purely logical.

[oneginee]

the flow of weapons from China into Cambodia were signs that China intended to act against Vietnam.

The military government of Thailand used the Khmer Rouge as a buffer force to keep the Vietnamese away from the border. The Thai military also made money from the shipment of weapons from China to the Khmer Rouge.

[oneginee]

He received some training in China.

The evil mastermind behind the early days of Pol Pot was China.

military assistance to Pol Pot was from China channeled by means of the Thai military.

In early 1972, China was supplying five million dollars a year in weapons to Pol Pot.

China had been supplying the Khmer Rouge with weapons for years before they took power in 1975.

[huntar8]

I think what to compare Pol Pot with Hitler it is not correct. Pol Pot is a blood-thirsty communistic animal.

[yingxiong18]

Reoly to bearmale

Pol Pot never killed smelly Vietnamese

And USA support Cambodia not China

Ugly male pretending to be a prostitute

[khmerboyz1]

les viet voulais nos terres, ils voulais nous exterminer la race khmer....sa deja longtemps ,meme avant le regime de pot pol!!!!

[BeahHappy]

man both hitler and polpot are both heartless period and would not be considered human!

[zazikid]

WTTFFFF aye bearMU are you hook on crack? pol pot killed over 18 million he would of merkd hiltler