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| Pol Pot is a pseudonym for the Cambodian guerrilla commander Saloth Sar, who organized the Communist guerrilla force known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge ousted General Lon Nol in 1975, establishing a Communist regime in Cambodia. As prime minister, Pol Pot ruled harshly, forcing most of the urban population out of the cities to farm in the countryside. Pol Pot’s regime was responsible for the deaths of close to 1.7 million Cambodians before being overthrown by invading Vietnamese in 1979. | ||||||
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