Back in the fold: Khmer Rouge offers to join national army

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The Khmer Rouge guerrilla movement has offered to participate in the new Cambodian national army. The group, which boycotted May 1993's UN-sponsored elections, now fears reprisals from the unified military forces of the interim government. Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan met with Cambodia's head of state to make the proposal, after which it appeared the group was offered political as well as military posts. Political participation by the Khmer Rouge may forestall conflict between the guerrilla group and the government, but it may also estrange the international community, who oppose the group's inclusion.

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Biding their time: Khmer Rouge aims for power in 5-10 years

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The Khmer Rouge, one of the warring factions in Cambodia, still hopes to win the respect and confidence of Cambodians by 2002 through its political activities. As a first step in obtaining its goal, the guerrilla faction fully supports the United Nation's plan of establishing peace and reconciliation in the country prior to the 1993 elections. While Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan professes that the election result is not the primary concern at the moment, the group realizes the Cambodians' lingering suspicions.

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Bloody agenda: Khmer Rouge set out to wreck planned elections

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Khmer Rouge Pres Khieu Samphan promised that his guerrilla group would try to thwart elections scheduled in Cambodia for May 1993. Samphan declared that the elections, which the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia will conduct, are merely a Western ploy for extirpating the Khmer Rouge. Samphan averred that the bloodshed in Cambodia will increase if the Western countries and the UN do not change their policy. In addition, persecution in Cambodia is inducing thousands of ethnic Vietnamese to flee the country.

Interview, Emigration and immigration, Vietnamese (Southeast Asian people), Vietnamese in Cambodia

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