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'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of government policy. The word "genocide" was coined by Rafael Lemkin in his 1944 book ''Axis Rule in Occupied Europe'' to describe the mass killings of European Jews by the Nazi regime. (See Samantha Power, ''A Problem From Hell.'')

'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of [[tyranny|government policy]]. The word "genocide" was coined by [[Rafael Lemkin]] in his 1944 book ''[[Axis Rule in Occupied Europe]]'' to describe the mass killings of [[European]] [[Jew]]s by the [[National Socialist]] regime. (See Samantha Power, ''A Problem From Hell.'')

The term applies mostly to mass killings since the beginning of the 20th century, although throughout history there have been many cases of bloodshed like this. Even in the Bible, there was the Israelite conquest of Canaan, where God instructed them "...do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them...as the Lord your God has commanded you..." ([[Deuteronomy]] 20:16).

The term applies mostly to mass killings since the beginning of the 20th century, although throughout history there have been many cases of bloodshed like this. Even in the [[Bible]], there was the [[Israelite]] conquest of [[Canaan]], where [[God]] instructed them "...do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them...as the Lord your God has commanded you..." ([[Deuteronomy]] 20:16).

==20th century genocides==

==20th century genocides==

Major 20th century examples include:

Major 20th century examples include:

*1916-1917: The Ottoman and Turkish genocide of the [[Armenia]]ns

*1916-1917: The [[Ottoman]] and [[Turkish]] genocide of the [[Armenia]]ns

*1932-1933: The [[Soviet]] genocide of the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] ([[Holodomor]])

*1932-1933: The [[Soviet]] genocide of the [[Ukraine|Ukrainians]] ([[Holodomor]])

*1939-1945: The [[Nazi]] [[Holocaust]]

*1939-1945: The [[Nazi]] [[Holocaust]]

*1959-Present: The [[Chinese]] [[Communists]] killing massive numbers of [[Tibetans]] in [[Tibet]]

*1959-Present: The [[Chinese]] [[Communists]] killing massive numbers of [[Tibetans]] in [[Tibet]]

*1975 - 1978: The [[Killing Fields]] in [[Cambodia]] by the [[Khmer Rouge]]

*1975 - 1978: The [[Killing Fields]] in [[Cambodia]] by the [[Khmer Rouge]]

*1986-1989: [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Anfal campaign against the Kurds in Northern [[Iraq]]

*1986-1989: [[Saddam Hussein]]'s Anfal campaign against the [[Kurds]] in Northern [[Iraq]]

*1991: Serbian massacre of Bosnian Muslims under [[Slobodan Milosevic]]

*1991: [[Serbian]] massacre of [[Bosnian]] [[Muslim]]s under [[Slobodan Milosevic]]

*1995: Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]<ref>http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/</ref>

*1995: Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]<ref>http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/</ref>

[[Communist]] regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century, according to ''Le Monde'' and more than 100 million people according to ''The Black Book of Communism''.

Communist regimes killed 60 million in the 20th century through [[genocide]], according to [[Le Monde]], more than 100 million people<ref> [[China]]: 65 million [[mass murder|deaths]]; [[USSR]]: 20 million deaths; [[North Korea]]: 2 million deaths; [[Cambodia]]: 2 million deaths; [[Africa]]: 1.7 million deaths; [[Afghanistan]]: 1.5 million deaths; [[Vietnam]]: 1 million deaths; [[Eastern Europe]]: 1 million deaths; [[Latin America]]: 150,000 deaths; [[Communist]] movements or parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths. "Nearly 100 million deaths. Not casualties of war, but [[mass murder|civilian slaughter]]. Deaths in [[gulag]]s and [[concentration camp]]s. Deaths from a bullet to the head. Most of all, deaths by [[starvation]] - the result either of planned [[famine]]s, meted out as punishment to internal foes (as in [[Stalin]]'s USSR), or unintended consequences of [[central planning|policy]]." [[Claire Wolfe]], Black Book of Communism - Review , [[Free Republc]], (formerly posted on the Pro-[[Second Amendment]] [[Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership]] ([[JPFO]]), http://www.jpfo.org/wolfe-blackbook.htm No longer available), http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/786293/posts?page=33  Accessed December 3, 2014 </ref> according to ''The Black Book of Communism'' (Panné, J.L., Paczkowski A. et al, 1999).<ref> Available at https://archive.org/stream/TheBlackBookofCommunism10/the-black-book-of-communism-jean-louis-margolin-1999-communism_djvu.txt Accessed December 3, 2014. https://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Book-Communism-Repression/dp/0674076087</ref> and according to [[Cleon Skousen]]<ref> father of [[anti-Communist]] [[conservative]] [[libertarian]] [[survivalist]] author [[Joel Skousen]]</ref> in his best-selling book ''[[The Naked Communist]]''.<ref>"In July 2014, the noted [[[African-American]]] surgeon and political commentator, Dr. [[Ben Carson]], appeared on [[Fox News]] and said, "[[The Naked Communist]] lays out the whole [[progressive]] agenda

==International conventions==

==International conventions==