Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nine Law School faculty members yesterday sent a letter to president Carter asking him to do everything possible to prevent the extinction of the Cambodian people...
Nguyen Ngoc Huy, research associate on Southeast Asian affairs at the Law School, also suggested that Carter pressure Vietnam not to use starvation as a weapon in its war against Cambodian rebels...
Countryman said the Vietnamese will continue to sabotage any American aid to Cambodia. He added that the Cambodian people--described in the letter as holding "a bitter cup of oppression"--deserve special attention because the "U.S. is primarily responsible for the mess...
...when they speak of the ideological legitimization of genocidal action. Every source of prestige (including Darwin), from religion to science to social science, has been used to legitimize genocide, powerseeking, and exploitation. Applying their own standards to themselves, one would find them ideological participants in the Soviet Gulag, the Cambodian holocaust, and China's system of "re-education...
...necessary supplies has been committed. The government has not acceded to the proposal by relief agencies to establish a "land bridge" from Thailand, over which thousands of tons of rice and other goods could be trucked in. But aid officials now sense a willingness to cooperate among Cambodian officials. It remains to be seen what will be the impact of the new attitude. Some 180,000 Vietnamese troops are preparing a final offensive against Pol Pot's surviving forces. Their attack could drive hundreds of thousands more into refugee camps in Thailand, where so many Cambodians have already sought...