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Khmer Serei organization

also: Khmer Khapakia Khom, KKK, Khmer Seri, Khmer Syri, Khmer Syri KKK units, Khmer Syrie, Khmer series, Khmerist theory, Khmer Siri

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Claims (11)

Army Green Berets trained Khmer Serei book_quoted
“which was referred to over there as the KKK, of whom an unflattering portrait is found in Robin Moore's book called The Green Berets. Trained by U.S. Special Forces, the Khmer Syri, and later the Thai officers in Thailand, these troops beca…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 33:20
CIA trained Khmer Serei host_asserted
“were all spearheaded by CIA-trained Khmer Syri with some U.S. embeds. In the weeks and months following the coup of March 18, 1970, it became abundantly clear that the most reliable cadre in the Cambodian army were those recruited and train…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 37:14
CIA funded Khmer Serei documented
“Sinonuk's overthrow, the New York Times report revealed that the U.S. had used the Khmerist theory, an organization dedicated to the overthrow of the legitimate government of Cambodia on covert missions in that country in 1967, according to…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 34:50
John McCarthy Jr. member_of Khmer Serei documented
“said the clandestine operation in Cambodia was directed from South Vietnam by the CIA. The mission was known as Operation Cherry. It involved McCarthy working undercover as a member of the Khmer Seri. According to the same New York Times ar…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 35:48
Victor Matsui member_of Khmer Serei book_quoted
“had been premier of Cambodia under the Japanese reign when they were invaded during World War II. To show CIA complicity in the uprising, Shananuk is said to have given as evidence the fact that a political officer from the U.S. Embassy, a …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 30:01
Son Ngoc Thanh headed Khmer Serei book_quoted
“President Nixon's covert operations against Cambodia in the first year of his presidency are part of a series dating back to that era when he was vice president in 1958 and 59. The CIA financed, equipped, and advised the brief military upri…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 29:35
Anthony Poshepny worked_with Khmer Serei host_asserted
“Tony Poe, their legendary ground operative who spearheaded the guerrilla operations against Tibet and in Laos and South China from 1958 to 1970, has been identified as also working with the Khmer Syri insurgents in Cambodia. Again, they use…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 43:45
Khmer Serei carried_out_attack Vietnam host_asserted
“even when diplomatic relations with Cambodia had been broken off. A man by the name of Wilford Burkett, B-U-R-C-H-E-T-T, has charged that more violent events surrounding the overthrow of the prince, like the planned raids against North Viet…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 36:44
Khmer Serei carried_out_attack Cambodia host_asserted
“even when diplomatic relations with Cambodia had been broken off. A man by the name of Wilford Burkett, B-U-R-C-H-E-T-T, has charged that more violent events surrounding the overthrow of the prince, like the planned raids against North Viet…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 36:44
Khmer Serei recruited Cambodia host_asserted
“were all spearheaded by CIA-trained Khmer Syri with some U.S. embeds. In the weeks and months following the coup of March 18, 1970, it became abundantly clear that the most reliable cadre in the Cambodian army were those recruited and train…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 37:14
Army Green Berets trained Khmer Serei host_asserted
“were all spearheaded by CIA-trained Khmer Syri with some U.S. embeds. In the weeks and months following the coup of March 18, 1970, it became abundantly clear that the most reliable cadre in the Cambodian army were those recruited and train…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12 @ 37:14

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The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 29:35 President Nixon's covert operations against Cambodia in the first year of his presidency are part of a series dating back to that era when he was vice president in 1958 and 59. The CIA financed, equipped, and advised the brief military upri…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 30:01 had been premier of Cambodia under the Japanese reign when they were invaded during World War II. To show CIA complicity in the uprising, Shananuk is said to have given as evidence the fact that a political officer from the U.S. Embassy, a …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 31:56 in both Cambodia and South Vietnam for special missions inside of Cambodia and for the recruitment and training of paramilitary forces from the large ethnic Khmer minority of the Delta provinces of South Vietnam. They are setting up more Op…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 32:50 school had been turned into a prison and people were killed where they had marks on the chalkboard of how many people had been killed in each classroom. This is Cambodia. We went through that entire lesson. This is what I'm talking about. T…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 33:20 which was referred to over there as the KKK, of whom an unflattering portrait is found in Robin Moore's book called The Green Berets. Trained by U.S. Special Forces, the Khmer Syri, and later the Thai officers in Thailand, these troops beca…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 34:18 The U.S. public was given a hint of the deep splits within the U.S. military and intelligence communities in the wake of two Green Beret murder scandals in 1969. Some of the results leak concerning Cambodia. Both of the murdered agents it d…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 34:50 Sinonuk's overthrow, the New York Times report revealed that the U.S. had used the Khmerist theory, an organization dedicated to the overthrow of the legitimate government of Cambodia on covert missions in that country in 1967, according to…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 35:48 said the clandestine operation in Cambodia was directed from South Vietnam by the CIA. The mission was known as Operation Cherry. It involved McCarthy working undercover as a member of the Khmer Seri. According to the same New York Times ar…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 36:18 1967, when Long Nol was briefly prime minister. But the indications are that the Khmer series retained their identity, their militant opposition to the prince, and their links to the U.S. CIA. In other words, it was all bullshit. Of these, …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 36:44 even when diplomatic relations with Cambodia had been broken off. A man by the name of Wilford Burkett, B-U-R-C-H-E-T-T, has charged that more violent events surrounding the overthrow of the prince, like the planned raids against North Viet…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 37:14 were all spearheaded by CIA-trained Khmer Syri with some U.S. embeds. In the weeks and months following the coup of March 18, 1970, it became abundantly clear that the most reliable cadre in the Cambodian army were those recruited and train…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 38:12 for a very long time. The more plausible explanation is they were given the weapons by the U.S. from people that they had already trained that were ethnically Vietnamese. So, a special relationship between Long Nol's army and the Khmer Syri…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 39:03 does not imply that the Cambodian history in 1970 followed a master blueprint, but it does have CIA fingerprints all over it. The intelligence structures of other nations were also involved, like Thailand and South Vietnam. The prince himse…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 39:33 who was then the ambassador to Tokyo, and Song Sak, who was the Khmer Syri leader and alleged CIA agent, and Phnom Penh, and that they had a budget of $10 million and used CIA personnel for the coup. The analysis of the coup and La Mayonne,…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 43:19 foreign involvement reemphasized the central coordinating role of U.S. intelligence, especially paramilitary factions of the CIA, and that they used these front companies like Civil Air Transport and Air America, that the Civil Air Transpor…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs,Oil and War Part 12
▶ 52:02 something that shouldn't be happening. And that was basically this large-scale operation that was going on in Cambodia that, like I said, basically just empowered the Khmer Rouge eventually. And as a result of that, millions died. Literally…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 13:13 the supervisor of the Guatemalan operation success as the American ambassador to the adjoining country in Thailand, which didn't make the king feel any better because they had already overthrown at least one government. It was in Thailand a…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 13:42 By the late 1950s, these groups were making raids into Cambodia. The fact that the Khmer Syri and the Khmer Krum were incorporated into the CIA Green Beret Mike forces that we talked about in Vietnam made obvious the existence of this compl…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 22:02 Nixon nonetheless forged ahead in Cambodia because, you know, what's the big deal? It's just a dead body. The apparent willingness of the U.S. to act encouraged those Khmer who opposed the king's neutrality. This was especially true for Pri…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 22:32 So in March 1970, when the king was abroad, Long Nol launched a coup and overthrew the chief of state and plunged Cambodia into the Indochina War. The extent of American complicity in the coup has long been disputed. But what is not dispute…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 23:04 about the coup, there is no doubt that the Khmer Siri owed their status to the CIA. Sources range from the king to Long Nol's own army commanders who agreed that without the funding of the CIA, these are the guys that actually put the coup …
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 23:30 Khmer Syri in Vietnam were openly recruited by CIA Mike forces. Most particularly through the 1969, there was a wave of desertions from the Khmer Syri in Thailand with entire units going over to the Cambodians. 200 in January, 300 in May, t…
The Colonel’s Corner Presidents’ Secret Wars, chapter 15
▶ 25:55 During the same period, the Khmer Syri leader, Sung Nak Thang, also met with Lone Knoll, a fact confirmed by the SecDef Marvin Laird. According to this contact, William Colby of the CIA told a journalist, William Shawcross, that Lone Knoll …