ese-trained veterans of the independence struggle, including former Buddhist monks and their peasant followers. And young urban radicals such as Pol Pot who was the Cambodian guerrilla commander. When Pol Pot became secretary general of the Worker's Party of Kampuchea or (the Communist Party of Kampuchea) in 1963, the party made a concerted effort to seize control of Cambodia.
             So Sihanouk, the then leader of Cambodia, attempted to keep his country out of the Vietnam War and wrath of Pol Pot. This brought the country into disagreement and he was overthrown by US backed general Lon Nol because the other leaders such as Prince Sirik Matik thought that the Communi
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