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A regime in this country wore black uniforms and red-and-white checkerboard scarves called krama. In an interview with journalist Nate Thayer, this country's former leader denied having “Comrade Ya” tortured and killed at a facility (-5[1])named for poison trees. The Santebal, this country's secret police force, disappeared many of its “New People” (10[1])from urban centers. A dictator of this (10[1])country known as “Brother Number One” (10[2])established (10[1])the “Year Zero” ideology, (10[1])which targeted people for wearing glasses. (10[2])From 1975 to 1979, more than a million citizens of this country were murdered in its “Killing Fields.” For 10 points, name this country once ruled by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. ■END■ (0[1])

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