The killing tree

The Killing Fields

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March 9th 2010
March, 8th - March, 10th During the three years, eight months and 21 days of the Khmer Rouge regime soldiers committed many atrocities but the most depraved in my mind is taking babies by the legs and smashing their tiny heads against a tree before throwing the bodies into a mass grave. The tree still stands in the Choeung Ek Killing Fields and is no longer stained with blood just as the ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more