Saloth Sar, was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia (officially renamed the Democratic Kampuchea during his rule) from 1976 to 1979, having been "de facto" leader since mid-1975. Having been directly and indirectly responsible for the physical elimination of about one-third of the Cambodian population during his stay in power, Pol Pot is today regarded as one of the five worst mass-murderers of modern history. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Pol Pot. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
Pol Pot remembered Pol Pot: "Ranting and raving ... always in the quietest of tones" Elizabeth Becker of the New York Times, author of 'When the War is Over', is one of the few westerners ever to have met Pol Pot. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent...
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Pol Pot, ousted leader of the Khmer Rouge and the architect of Cambodia's "killing fields" regime, has died, evading prosecution for the deaths of as many as 2 million of his countrymen. www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9804/16/pol.pot.on.update/
Pol Pot's death heralded the end of the career of a man responsible for overseeing one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/78988.stm
Pol Pot in Cambodia 1975-79 2000000 Deaths. ... An attempt by Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths ... www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm
Cambodia's ruthless dictator cheated justice, dying before he could answer for the atrocities committed during his unrelenting quest to create a rural ... www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/pol_pot1...
The Khmer Rouge dictatorship in Cambodia was the product of the combined influence of Stalinism and American imperialism. www.wsws.org/news/1998/apr1998/plpt-a18.shtml
