May 8, 1966: NY Times Reports on US-Backed Coup and Massacre of 1 Million Communists in Indonesia
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NY Times reports on US-sponsored and backed coup in Indonesia, followed by US-sponsored and backed massacre of over 1 million Indonesians: "Nearly 100 Communists, or suspected Communists, were herded into the town’s botanical garden and mowed down with a machine gun … the head that had belonged to the school principal, a P.K.I. [Communist Party] member, was stuck on a pole and paraded among his former pupils, convened in special assembly."

Source: , , Killing Hope, p. 193