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There was a movie made called the Killing Fields I believe.
Who were the Khmer Rouge?
* Maoist regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979 - also known as Angkar
* Founded and led by Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot
* Abolished religion, schools and currency in effort to create agrarian utopia
* Up to two million people thought to have died of starvation, overwork or were executed
* Defeated in Vietnamese invasion in 1979
* Pol Pot fled and remained free until 1997 - he died a year later
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