April 17 1975 - a dark day to remember

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April 17 1975 - a dark day to remember

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The day the Khmer Rouge marched into PP, before they emptied the city.
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(Memorial April 17, 1975) is an icon Revolutionary Military Women. !!! Beautiful smile, but dare to eat human liver
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I see a monk welcoming them...if he had only known.
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Young, smiling and barefoot,
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I expect to be hearing an apology from the US and Chinese embassies sometime soon...

I'll start to get worried on 17/04/2018.
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They look pretty happy. Especially the one with the giant thing around her neck.

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Such chilling images.


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I think those two in the photo were just posing for the camera. If they were trained soldiers they would not have two fingers on the trigger.
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Many people almost forget 17 April but they remember 7 January .
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prahkeitouj wrote:Many people almost forget 17 April but they remember 7 January .
That's a great post :thumb:
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If 7 Jan were not a state holiday they might forget that too. In the local school system nothing is taught about the KR period. And since the curriculum is under the control of The Min. of Education I assume this is nation wide.

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