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~~[[File~~:~~Nuon Chea~~.~~jpg~~|~~thumb~~|~~300px~~|~~right~~|Nuon Chea~~. A member~~ of ~~the Khmer Rouge]]~~

{{Evil Organization

|Box title = Evil Organization

|image = Image:Khmer_rouge.png

|size = 400px

|fullname = Khmer Rouge

|alias = Red Khmers

|origin = Germany

|foundation = 1930's

|headquarters = Phnom Penh

|commanders = [[Pol Pot]]

|agents = Norodom Sihanouk, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan

|skills = Military training, manipulation

|goals = Turn Cambodia into an agrarian socialist state

Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed)

|type of villains = Agrarian socialists}}

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. It was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by [[Pol Pot]], [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], and [[Khieu Samphan]]. Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.

The organization ~~is remembered especially for orchestrating~~ the [[Cambodian Genocide]], which ~~resulted from~~ the ~~enforcement of its social engineering policies~~.~~[1] Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine~~, ~~while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency~~, ~~even in the supply of medicine~~, ~~led~~ to ~~the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases such as malaria~~. ~~Arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges~~ of ~~its own ranks between 1975 and 1978~~, ~~are considered~~ to ~~have constituted genocide.[2] By 1979~~, the ~~Khmer Rouge had fled the country, while the People's Republic~~ of ~~Kampuchea was being established~~.~~[3] The governments-~~in~~-exile (including~~ the Khmer Rouge~~) still had a seat~~ in the ~~UN at this point but it~~ was ~~later taken away~~, ~~in 1993~~, ~~as the monarchy~~ was ~~restored~~ and ~~the country underwent a name change~~ to the ~~Kingdom of Cambodia. A year later thousands of~~ Khmer Rouge ~~guerrillas surrendered themselves in a government amnesty. In 1996, a new political party~~ the ~~Democratic National Union Movement was formed by Ieng Sary~~, ~~who was granted amnesty for all of his roles as the deputy leader of~~ the Khmer Rouge~~.[4] The organization itself~~ was officially dissolved ~~sometime~~ in ~~December~~ 1999.

The organization 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 murdered 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.

When Cambodia was invaded by Vietnam in 1979, the government claimed that one Cambodian soldier was equal to 30 Vietnamese soldiers, so if they could amass two million soldiers from their population of eight million, it could wipe out all of Vietnam’s population (which was 25 times larger than Cambodia's) and still have six million people left. This arrogance lead to the Khmer Rouge being overthrown during the invasion, with its army being devastated and the government being forced to retreat to Thailand. The Khmer Rouge continued fighting Vietnamese forces from there until it largely lost power during the 90's and was officially dissolved in 1999. In 2014 two major high-ranking former leaders of the Rouge were sentenced to life in prison for their assistance in the organization's atrocities.

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-[[File:Nuon Chea.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Nuon Chea. A member of the Khmer Rouge]]
+{{Evil Organization
+|Box title  = Evil Organization
+|image  = Image:Khmer_rouge.png
+|size   = 400px
+|fullname = Khmer Rouge
+|alias = Red Khmers
+|origin = Germany
+|foundation = 1930's
+|headquarters = Phnom Penh
+|commanders = [[Pol Pot]]
+|agents = Norodom Sihanouk, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan
+|skills = Military training, manipulation
+|goals = Turn Cambodia into an agrarian socialist state
+Defeat the Vietnamese army (failed)
+|type of villains = Agrarian socialists}}
 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. It was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by [[Pol Pot]], [[Nuon Chea]], [[Ieng Sary]], [[Son Sen]], and [[Khieu Samphan]]. Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.
-The organization is remembered especially for orchestrating the [[Cambodian Genocide]], which resulted from the enforcement of its social engineering policies.[1] Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases such as malaria. Arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1975 and 1978, are considered to have constituted genocide.[2] By 1979, the Khmer Rouge had fled the country, while the People's Republic of Kampuchea was being established.[3] The governments-in-exile (including the Khmer Rouge) still had a seat in the UN at this point but it was later taken away, in 1993, as the monarchy was restored and the country underwent a name change to the Kingdom of Cambodia. A year later thousands of Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrendered themselves in a government amnesty. In 1996, a new political party the Democratic National Union Movement was formed by Ieng Sary, who was granted amnesty for all of his roles as the deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge.[4] The organization itself was officially dissolved sometime in December 1999.
+The organization 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 murdered 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.
+When Cambodia was invaded by Vietnam in 1979, the government claimed that one Cambodian soldier was equal to 30 Vietnamese soldiers, so if they could amass two million soldiers from their population of eight million, it could wipe out all of Vietnam’s population (which was 25 times larger than Cambodia's) and still have six million people left. This arrogance lead to the Khmer Rouge being overthrown during the invasion, with its army being devastated and the government being forced to retreat to Thailand. The Khmer Rouge continued fighting Vietnamese forces from there until it largely lost power during the 90's and was officially dissolved in 1999. In 2014 two major high-ranking former leaders of the Rouge were sentenced to life in prison for their assistance in the organization's atrocities.
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 [[Category:Organizations]]