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{{Quote|We must purify our armed forces, our party and the masses of people in order to continue fighting the enemies in defence of Cambodian territory and the Cambodian race.|Khmer Rouge radio broadcast, May 1978.}}

The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist]] Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and served as the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which the country was known as Democratic Kampuchea. [[Pol Pot]] served as the organization's overall leader, with his inner circle consisting of [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], [[Ta Mok]], and [[Khieu Samphan]].

In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivising agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability.

They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural ~~labor~~ camps. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent. The regime opposed intellectualism as well, and educated people were also sent to "killing fields" where they were brutally [[murder]]ed with pickaxes. The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge.

They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]]. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent. The regime opposed intellectualism as well, and educated people were also sent to "killing fields" where they were brutally [[murder]]ed with pickaxes. The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge.

Khmer Rouge economic policies took a similarly extreme course. Trade was officially restricted only to bartering between communes, a policy which the regime developed in order to enforce self-reliance. Banks were raided and all currency and records were destroyed by fire thus eliminating any claim to funds. After 1976, the regime reinstated discussion of export in the period after the disastrous effects of its planning began to become apparent.

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 |type of villains = Terrorists}}
 {{Quote|We must purify our armed forces, our party and the masses of people in order to continue fighting the enemies in defence of Cambodian territory and the Cambodian race.|Khmer Rouge radio broadcast, May 1978.}}
 The '''Khmer Rouge''' was the name given to the followers of the [[Communist]] Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and served as the ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, during which the country was known as Democratic Kampuchea. [[Pol Pot]] served as the organization's overall leader, with his inner circle consisting of [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], [[Ta Mok]], and [[Khieu Samphan]].
 In power, the Khmer Rouge carried out a radical program that included isolating the country from all foreign influences, closing schools, hospitals and some factories, abolishing banking, finance and currency, and collectivising agriculture. Khmer Rouge theorists, developing the ideas of Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan, believed that an initial period of self-imposed economic isolation and national self-sufficiency would stimulate the rebirth of the crafts and the country's latent industrial capability.
-They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural labor camps. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent. The regime opposed intellectualism as well, and educated people were also sent to "killing fields" where they were brutally [[murder]]ed with pickaxes. The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge.
+They also orchestrated the [[Cambodian Genocide]], in which many people were expelled out of the cities into rural [[Concentration Camp|concentration camps]]. There, they were forced into hard physical work, with [[torture]] and executions being frequent. The regime opposed intellectualism as well, and educated people were also sent to "killing fields" where they were brutally [[murder]]ed with pickaxes. The ban on education also lead to a lack of doctors, which caused disease to escalate, and the unhealthy living conditions of farmers also lead to mass starvation. This culminated in roughly 2 million dying as a result of the Khmer Rouge.
 Khmer Rouge economic policies took a similarly extreme course. Trade was officially restricted only to bartering between communes, a policy which the regime developed in order to enforce self-reliance. Banks were raided and all currency and records were destroyed by fire thus eliminating any claim to funds. After 1976, the regime reinstated discussion of export in the period after the disastrous effects of its planning began to become apparent.
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 [[Category:Liars]]
 [[Category:Anti-Catholic]]
+[[Category:Misogynists]]