Cambodia+(1975-1979)

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====The Cambodian genocide was located close to Vietnam. This horrifying event had occurred during 1975-1979. During this genocide 13,000 villages were destroyed, 1.7 million innocent people lost their lives, 115,000 people were targeted in the United States, bombing occured during 1965-1975. Statictics say that there was 2.75 millions and tons of ammunition and bombs, there was 158 prisons runned by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge soilders,and there is 309 grave sites with atotal of 19,000 grave pits. The Khmer Rouge was the main group that was behind this whole event. Saloth Sar, who's very well known as Pol Pot. Not many people weren't really familiar with who Pol Pot was. Camps that people were forced to go to; the camps tried to be self-sufficient. There was only little to but no communictaions between other camps.==== ====Khmer Rouge also known as the Red Cambodians.That was the given name to the folowers of the communist party of Kampuchea. They were the ruling party in Cambodia, the group was was led by their five important men who were; Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Leng Sary,Son Sen, and Khieu Samphan. These five men had their own government and were incontrol of everything and everyone.==== ====When the Khmer Rouge and manily Pol Pot became very controllable they tore apart families, were forced to leave home and belongings, children were taken away some were killed if they were under the age of 5 years old. They were force to work in fields beginning around four in the morning and lasted until ten at night. With only two rest periods allowed during an eighteen hour day, all victims were under the armed supervision of young Khmer Rouge soilders; who were very eager to kill anyone for the slightest infraction. starving people were forbidden to eat the fruits,rice, and any other foods that were harvested, then the Khmer Rouge soilders would bring a truck and confiscate all of the crops. ethnic groups were attacked, including three of the largest minorities; the Vietnamese, Chinese, and Cham Muslims, along with twenty other smaller groups==== ====Cambodia has a lot of different countries who were close with them and got along equally. Although the United States supported Cambodia's efforts and decision makings with combat terrorism, build democratic institutions, promoting human rights, foster economic development, eliminating corruption, achieving to the fullest poosible accounting for Americans missing from the Vietnam war,and mainly to bring justice for those who were most responsible for the serious violations of the international humanitarian law that was committed under the Khmer Rouge regime. The United states were the main supporters who were the ones who agreed with everything that Pol Pot was doing and the U.S helping, that made him and his government more in power.==== ====The war Khmer Rouge governement succeeded at what they wanted to happen; lasting almost 17 years. On December 25, 1978, Vietnam launched a full high scale invasion of Cambodia making an end to the Khmer Rouge attacks. January 7, 1979, Pol Pot was deposed. In the mid-1990's, after a serious of power struggles, Pol Pot finally lost control over the Khmer Rouge group. In April of 1998, he died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 73 years old.====

Today, Cambodia has established diplomatic relations with many countries, and Cambodia is a member of the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
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