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Pol Pot Part 3: Vietnam War, Cambodian Revolution

Real Dictators

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Cambodia's Long Goliath

Every Cambodian now has a choice to make. Are you full on no, or against him? The coup does little to dampen the savagery of the Civil War. A week after Sianuk is deposed, anti-lonal protesters beat two officials to death. Two local MPs arrive to mediate, but they are grabbed by the mob and murdered. Meanwhile, the Viet Cong continues to launch guerrilla attacks against long gnoll. He retaliates by seeking out Vietnamese civilians living in Cambodia. On just a single morning, 400 bodies, hands tied, riddled with bullet holes, are dumped in the Mekong River. Over the next year, a quarter of a million Vietnamese residents

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