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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Cambodian political leader whose Khmer Rouge movement overthrew the Cambodian government in 1975. Under his regime executions and famine killed an estimated three million people. He fled the capital in 1979 when Vietnamese forces overthrew his government.
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The man behind this ludicrous scheme turned out to be a man named Saloth Sar, who was to become known as Pol Pot or Brother Number One.
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My suspicions about the brutal murders that took place there have been confirmed by many outsiders like the journalist for Australia's Daily Mirror John Pilger, who called Pol Pot an "Asian Hitler" in his article "Echo of Auschwitz."
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One of his students recalled Pol Pot as "popular among students, a good teacher and very correct in his ways."
Pol Pot's Charisma 2008
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This paper will instead focus on the notion of Pol Pot as a charismatic political leader.
Pol Pot's Charisma 2008
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Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 †April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, was the ruler of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been de facto leader since mid-1975.
Think Progress » Breaking: White House Will Declassify ‘Key Judgments’ of NIE 2006
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Saloth Sar (May 19, 1925 †April 15, 1998), better known as Pol Pot, was the ruler of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been de facto leader since mid-1975.
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Palestinian people -- an attempt is being made to condemn Vietnam for its actions of legitimate defense against aggression and maintain the fiction that the bloody regime of Pol Pot, which is an affront to mankind, still exists.
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Saloth Sar or Minh Hai, (May 19, 1928 - April 15, 1998), widely known as Pol Pot, was the leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge and was Prime Minister of
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Founded and led by Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot
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Founded and led by Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot
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