All that stands between them and the camp are fifteen hundred of Son Sanns brave but poorly armed KPNLF resistance troops. They have little food. medicine. or ammunition. and no antitank capability. When I asked the KPNLF commander what he intended to do with no help in sight. he replied: "We will wait. we will fight. we will not abandon defenseless civillans--if we die it will not be as refugees in a foreign country. but in our own country. on our own soil. What I say reflects not only my personal view. but that of all Khmers who love freedom. Some of my forces and I may die. but we will not be defeated." The day I departed Nong Samet.
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