Phnom Penh, the legacy of the Khmer Rouge's murderous rule two decades ago is still evident.
The United States should similarly press China to reduce its support for the Khmer Rouge.
When the Khmer Rouge moved into Phnom Penh in 1975, Sihanouk returned as head of state.
He refused to break with the Khmer Rouge who still held much military power.
During the 1980s, Beijing was the principal source of aid, through Thailand, to the Khmer Rouge.
The imminent collapse of the Khmer Rouge does not end the questions, of course.
The Paris Peace Accords that year brought Cambodia's warring factions together, including the Khmer Rouge.
Besides, says Hun Sen, the U.N. has some nerve pontificating about the Khmer Rouge.
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In the 1970s he was with the Khmer Rouge, his enemy the U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime.
Eng Chanthy, 47, lost her father, six brothers and grandfather to the Khmer Rouge due to starvation.
To many, that sounds like an excuse, since the Khmer Rouge defectors have little fighting clout left.
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And to break them, to make them loyal only to the Khmer Rouge, they would make them do terrible things.
When the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975, Sihanouk returned as head of state but was subsequently detained.
To fund their fighting, the Khmer Rouge became businessmen -- people they would once have killed on principle.
In a meeting in November 1975, then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger acknowledged the brutality of the Khmer Rouge.
Hun Sen had asked the world body in 1997 to help find justice for the Khmer Rouge's atrocities.
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Effectively a retirement home for mass murderers, Pailin houses at least four former leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
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Sihanouk later condemned the Khmer Rouge for the deaths of the Cambodians, including of several of his own children.
It was from there that he struck an ill-fated deal with the emerging Maoist rebel force, the Khmer Rouge.
The Vietnamese quickly overthrew the Khmer Rouge, who fled back into the jungle.
Only the Khmer Rouge's withdrawal from the peace process prevented this from happening.
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Ieng Sary defected from the Khmer Rouge in 1996 as it began to fall apart, and was granted a pardon.
Chhang now runs the Documentation Center of Cambodia, an organization that works to document the terrors of the Khmer Rouge.
His detailed testimony during the public phase of the trial revealed details about the decision-making process of the Khmer Rouge leadership.
Among Thai military and business interests, the Khmer Rouge even gained a reputation for being the best to make deals with.
The premier, himself a former Khmer Rouge army commander, destroyed the Khmer Rouge military and political apparatus in a two-decade struggle.
By 1977, the Khmer Rouge had been in power for two years, and much of the world remained unaware or uninterested.
Most consider the Khmer Rouge and the Prince to be beaten forces.
Has a few scores to settle since the Khmer Rouge reverted to form and fanned passionate anti-Vietnamese xenophobia (a national Cambodian pastime).
For years the Khmer Rouge could be blamed for much of the illicit trade, which they used to bankroll their guerrilla operations.
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