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2009-12-22 Southeast Asia

Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' charged with genocide

A UN-backed Cambodian war crimes court on Monday charged a fourth top Khmer Rouge cadre with genocide, broadening the scope of a long-awaited trial of the ultra-communist "Killing Fields" regime's top ranks. Ieng Thirith, 78, had already been accused of "murder, imprisonment and other inhumane acts" for her role as social affairs minister in a regime blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people. The new charges relate to the slaughter of Cambodia's ethnic Vietnamese and Cham Muslim minorities during the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge era. The tribunal on Monday also charged her with torture and religious persecution. Ieng Thirith, a former Shakespeare scholar known as the "Khmer Rouge First Lady", was arrested in November 2007 with her 85-year-old husband and ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary.

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#1 Ah, the wonders of 20th Century Socia!ism. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-12-22 07:01|| 2009-12-22 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, From the: "Who's more apt to put you in the oven?" department.

Posted by Jack Salami 2009-12-22 08:41|| 2009-12-22 08:41|| Front Page Top

#3 AKA "Pat Pot"...

Posted by mojo 2009-12-22 14:43|| 2009-12-22 14:43|| Front Page Top

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