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<text id=93TT2433>
<title>
Feb. 08, 1993: Guerrilla Democracy
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Feb. 08, 1993 Cyberpunk
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
WORLD, Page 20
Guerrilla Democracy
</hdr>
<body>
<p>Cambodia sets a date for elections but gains no assurance of
peace
</p>
<p> Can a Democracy be born while bullets are flying? Cambodia
may find out May 23-25, the date set for U.N.-sponsored elections
for a national assembly. The Vietnam-installed government and
three guerrilla groups, including the Khmer Rouge, agreed to the
timetable, but there was no guarantee that the warring factions
would put aside their ethnic hatred long enough to vote. Both
the government and the Khmer Rouge have been accused of killing
off enemies in a series of massacres. According to U.N.
peacekeepers, a Khmer Rouge soldier confessed that he and other
guerrillas slaughtered a group of 15 Vietnamese living in
Cambodia.
</p>
<p> The Khmer Rouge's acceptance of the May election date
seems meaningless, since the group still insists that it will
not participate in the voting. Many observers believe the U.N.,
which is spending more than $2 billion to bring peace to
Cambodia, will hold the elections regardless of the situation--so that it can declare victory and leave.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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