Word: lon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intensity. There the Communist forces, composed primarily of North Vietnamese regulars, plus some Viet Cong and Cambodian Khmer Rouge, are as determined as ever to isolate the capital of Phnom-Penh from the rest of the country and thus discredit or even oust the "salvation government" of Premier Lon...
...days passed, the enemy hit the schoolyard with .50-cal. machine-gun bullets, mortars, and a giant 122-mm. rocket that toppled a 60-ft. tree. At the height of the battle, Srey Yar sent a radio message to Lon Nol promising that he and his men would not surrender. Even though they ran short of ammunition and food, and were outnumbered by about 5 to 1, they kept their word, but the cost was fearfully high. Of the 400 Cambodians, 50 were killed and 300 wounded, including 114 critically. Estimates of enemy soldiers killed ranged from...
...Phnom-Penh cinema. A grenade on a crowded avenue, and plastique attacks on a bus and a locomotive followed. The attacks, which have killed at least 25 and injured 60, can no longer be regarded as isolated incidents. They represent a new phase in the war, said Premier Lon Nol. "This second phase becomes a test of morale, a ferocious battle of nerves...
...sought Sihanouk's help in locating other missing newsmen. Said the prince in a noncommital reply: "I understand the anguish and pain of mothers, wives and children. I myself am confronted with unhappy family problems; for example, my aged, ill mother is kept prisoner by the regime of Lon Nol, which has just arrested and unjustly imprisoned two of my children. War consists of such dramas, but I do not complain because I know that humanity is so made that no one can count on anyone...
...Saigon authorities stop meddling with student activities in university buildings). Several were arrested and severely tortured. The student body responded with another wave of protests. Demonstrators poured into the streets. Then, the invasion of Cambodia sparked an escalation of the struggle; the students, demanding that the government condemn the Lon Nol regime's pogroms of Vietnamese in Cambodia, "liberated" the empty Cambodian embassy in Saigon. Militant peace banners ("We want peace, not solutions") appeared with increasing frequency during the mass protest marches...