Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Faces of the killers

Noun Chea, Deputy Secretary of the Khmer Rouge during 1975 to 1979, stands in the doorway of his modest Pailin, Cambodia home on Saturday, July 26, 2003. The U.S. ambassador to Cambodia warned Tuesday that unless a planned genocide tribunal for former Khmer Rouge leaders is convened soon, the likely defendants, aging and infirm, may cheat justice through death. Under a 2003 pact, Cambodia and the United Nations agreed to establish a special court for the Khmer Rouge leaders, but funding problems in Cambodia have delayed the trials. Many fear that remaining Khmer Rouge leaders may die before they can be tried. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Nuon Chea, the former No. 2 man with the Khmer Rouge and trusted advisor to Pol Pot, waits to casts his vote at a rural polling station as others look on along the Thai-Cambodia border near Pailin, Cambodia, Sunday, July 27, 2003. The U.S. ambassador to Cambodia warned Tuesday that unless a planned genocide tribunal for former Khmer Rouge leaders is convened soon, the likely defendants, aging and infirm, may cheat justice through death. Under a 2003 pact, Cambodia and the United Nations agreed to establish a special court for the Khmer Rouge leaders, but funding problems in Cambodia have delayed the trials. Many fear that remaining Khmer Rouge leaders may die before they can be tried. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Former Khmer Rouge soldiers gather in Pailin, Cambodia, Sunday, Aug 10, 2003, for a meeting. The U.S. ambassador to Cambodia warned Tuesday that unless a planned genocide tribunal for former Khmer Rouge leaders is convened soon, the likely defendants, aging and infirm, may cheat justice through death. Under a 2003 pact, Cambodia and the United Nations agreed to establish a special court for the Khmer Rouge leaders, but funding problems in Cambodia have delayed the trials. Many fear that remaining Khmer Rouge leaders may die before they can be tried. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

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