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Aki Ra – Cambodian Mine Clearer – Part Two
After Aki Ra had opened the first Cambodia Landmine Museum and relocated the premises from his house to a new location in Siem Reap, it became even more of a tourist attraction than it had been previously. Aki Ra continued … Continue reading
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Tagged aki ra, angkor, banteay sray, banteay srei, cambodian landmines museum, cshd, ngo, relief centre, veterans
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Aki Ra – Cambodian Mine Clearer – Part One
I’m not often going to be writing about former members of the Khmer Rouge on this website. In 1975 the Khmer Rouge, also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, seized control in Cambodia and proceeded to conduct one of … Continue reading
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Tagged aki ra, cambodia, cambodia land mines museum, danger mines, kampuchea, khmer rouge, land mines
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Senator Romeo Dallaire – Humanitarian – Part Two
Previously we explained what General Dallaire’s role had been in Rwanda as head of UNAMIR, a United Nations assistance mission. The Hutu government had been steadily building up arms and supplies and identifying Tutsi citizens so when the attack came, … Continue reading
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Tagged general romeo dallaire, hutu, kigali, massacre, paul kigame, rwanda genocode, tutsi
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Senator Romeo Dallaire – Humanitarian – Part One
Although this article’s title describes Romeo Dallaire as an humanitarian, it is his military service which is of interest to us. In 1994, the African country of Rwanda suffered approximately one hundred days of ethnic genocide between Tutsis and Hutus … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, boutros boutros ghali, canada, general romeo dallaire, genocide, hero, hutu, kigali, massacre, rwanda
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Muhammed Ali – Part Three
This part of Muhammed Ali’s story deals with two of the most controversial periods of his life, the conversion to Islam (or at least the public’s recognition of it) and the associated refusal to be drafted into the Vietnam War. … Continue reading
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Tagged cassius clay, draft, elijah mohammed, malcolm x, muhammed ali, nation of islam, vietnam war
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Johnson Beharry
It’s a little difficult to write about military heroes in a completely objective way because generally the person involved has been fighting against another country or faction and ones person’s hero is another person’s enemy. Sometimes it’s possible to look … Continue reading