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To: Brumar89 who wrote (55567)	10/29/2002 11:24:27 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thomas doesn't want to acknowledge that the Khmer Rouge was primarily a Maoist revolution, supported primarily by China. When Pol Pot came to power, he sought to force people out of the cities and onto agricultural communes. Vietnam's was marxist.. Cambodia was just as much a clash between China and Russia, as it was for the west clashing with communism.. edwebproject.org Though one might have expected the new communist governments of Vietnam and Cambodia to eventually settle into some kind of political agreement, their hatred and mistrust of each other ran too deep. The Khmer Rouge received support from China, Vietnam's rival to the north, while the Vietnamese were assisted by the Soviet Union, which competed with China for standing in the communist world. And when Pol Pot and others were eventually brought to trial, China STILL felt they had a right to meddle in the way the trials were carried out: cambodia.ahrchk.net Khmer Rouge Expert Blasts China Over Trial Cambodia's leading researcher into the crimes of the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge government blasted China on Wednesday for telling Cambodia not to let foreigners take part in a trial for crimes against humanity. Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, said Chinese interference in Cambodia's affairs had already cost nearly two million lives and Cambodia would make up its own mind about the trial. ''China seems to act as if they're the only country that can interfere in Cambodia's internal affairs. Who do they think they are?'' Youk Chhang told Reuters in an interview. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has rejected a U.N. proposal that an international tribunal be set up to try Khmer Rouge leaders, but said foreign judges and prosecutors can take part in a ''mixed'' trial in Cambodia to ensure international standards of justice are met. Hun Sen has asked the United Nations and some foreign governments for help in setting up a court and prosecuting Khmer Rouge leaders. China's foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan told visiting Cambodian officials earlier this month that there should be no foreign involvement in the trial. ''Cambodia is a sovereign state, she already decided...that there should, and will, be a mixed trial, established with foreign participation,'' Youk Chhang said. ''Advising Cambodia not to permit foreign participation is interfering with Cambodia's sovereignty and integrity. It's very clear.'' ''China always said before they do not want to interfere in Cambodia's internal affairs but in fact they are the only ones to interfere in this issue for a long, long time,'' he said. ''Their interference cost almost two million lives,'' he said. China supported the Khmer Rouge when the communist guerrillas battled a U.S.-backed government in the early 1970s and after they took over the country in 1975. An estimated 1.7 million people died of starvation or abuse or were executed during the group's ''killing fields'' rule. China provided military and other support to the group after it was driven from power by a Vietnamese invasion in late 1978 until all outside assistance to Cambodia's rival factions was officially terminated with a 1991 peace treaty. Thomas thinks if he can repeat a lie often enough, he can turn it into truth... Either that or he lacks even the most basic ability to research and analyze historical documents. Hawk