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'''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sar''') (May 19, 1928 – 1998) was a Cambodian communist dictator and [[mass murder]]er responsible for killing 1 to 3 million Cambodians in the late 1970s, nearly a third of the Cambodian population. Anyone thought to be intellectual was murdered, including the killing of people simply for knowing a foreign language or even merely wearing glasses.  Pol Pot held power through a combination of enormous charm and complete ruthlessness.  Among Communists, he is infamous for being a Communist who apparently did not even like to read the works of [[Marx]] {{cn}}.

'''Pol Pot''' (born '''Saloth Sar''') (May 19, 1928 – 1998) was a Cambodian dictator and [[mass murder]]er responsible for killing 1 to 3 million Cambodians in the late 1970s, nearly a third of the Cambodian population. Anyone thought to be intellectual was murdered, including the killing of people simply for knowing a foreign language or even merely wearing glasses.  Pol Pot held power through a combination of enormous charm and complete ruthlessness.  Among Communists, he is infamous for being a Communist who apparently did not even like to read the works of [[Marx]] {{cn}}.

== Biography ==

== Biography ==