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alp227

(33,301 posts) Thu Aug 7, 2014, 12:31 AM Aug 2014

Top Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity [View all]

Source: BBC

Two top Khmer Rouge leaders have been jailed for life after being convicted by Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal of crimes against humanity.

Nuon Chea served as Pol Pot's deputy and Khieu Samphan was the Maoist regime's head of state.

They are the first top-level leaders to be held accountable for its crimes.

Up to two million people are believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge - from starvation and overwork or executed as enemies of the state.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28670568

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Top Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity [View all] alp227 Aug 2014 OP

It took 39 years to get these murdering scumbags Warpy Aug 2014 #1

Yes but several other Cambodian war criminals died of natural causes before they totodeinhere Aug 2014 #2

I'm with you BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #8

Exactly Warpy Aug 2014 #11

Like this BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #12

Next Stop billhicks76 Aug 2014 #9

Gives me hope that someday even our own war criminals will be brought Purveyor Aug 2014 #3

Don't think that will ever happen, at least while they're alive theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #4

Keep in mind the Right Wing websites claim these guys were Liberals.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #5

And they especially targeted anyone with an education n/t n2doc Aug 2014 #10

They were communist. former9thward Aug 2014 #13

Communism is supposed to be a classless society which is the basis for "Commerade".... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #15

They were a communist movement. former9thward Aug 2014 #16

Those countries have been failures because they have been dictatorships by committee. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #17

Which is the Leninist model. former9thward Aug 2014 #18

History is filled with hijacked populist revolutions.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #19

Finally. eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #6

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #7

History stands and we do remember...Please look for this important Documentary when it makes it's... Tikki Aug 2014 #14

Secretary of State Kerry, who as Senator helped broker the tribunal, commented on this karynnj Aug 2014 #20